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    Join Date: Oct 2011

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    I'm Paul.

    Default Going Back in Time

    2014 has seen big changes to my system. At the start of the year my system was AN Dac One.1x sig, AN M-One, Croft Twinstar 1 and Proac Response 2S.






    Since then I've gone back in time to the 70's. Only the AN dac has survived the cull. I know I'm tempting fate but I think I have stumbled onto a system that I can live with for a long time. Just as well because I'm skint! The speakers and amp have been fully recapped and the Sony has had a wee service too. Now all my spare cash is going on vinyl.








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    What are the speakers, Paul? They look like some type of Celestions

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    Join Date: Oct 2011

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    Hi Marco, they're IMF TLS50s. Here's one with the grill off. BTW My current line up is detailed in my sig!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    What are the speakers, Paul? They look like some type of Celestions

    Marco.

    Celestion-ish dude but not quite their IMF TLS50 .
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    Marantz 2225
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    Marantz 6005 , Beresford Caiman , Paul Hynes SR4
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    KAM DDX 1000 with Goldring G800 Cartridge
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    Mordaunt Short M10

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    You just need to scrap the Hifi rack & put your clobber on a sideboard in true vintage style


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    Quote Originally Posted by The Barbarian View Post
    You just need to scrap the Hifi rack & put your clobber on a sideboard in true vintage style

    You're quite right. I would if I had a bigger room. My mum has one that would be perfect - just need to wait for her to die then I will have the room and the sideboard


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    You can get shorter ones. I have an original G-Plan it's around 6ft long

    Decor & Hifi have got more 60's since this pic was taken



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    By Christ, they sure knew how to make stylish amplifiers back then !

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    I like the TLS50s. Good grunty speakers. Bet they shake the floor.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Haselsh1 View Post
    By Christ, they sure knew how to make stylish amplifiers back then !
    The Kenny is my pride and joy. It just sounds fantastic and its phono stage is sublime. The Kenwood/Trio Supremes are pretty rare in the UK but well worth snapping up if you happen to see one.

    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I like the TLS50s. Good grunty speakers. Bet they shake the floor.
    TBH, the IMFs were a big surprise. I didn't expect much when I brought them home but they have really exceeded my expectations. Surprisingly they work well in a small room.

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