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    Join Date: Aug 2009

    Location: Staffordshire, England

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    I'm Martin.

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    The 'stealth' cabinet is cool.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

  2. #12
    Join Date: Mar 2017

    Location: NE Leics

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    I'm Nigel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    The 'stealth' cabinet is cool.
    Thanks Macca; t'is fitting for our 1870's cottage certainly, though I'd love to have a dedicated listening room where aesthetics were not such a constraint. I wish the cabinet was all down to skill and judgement but we came across it in an antique centre in Leicester 20+ years ago and it just seemed right. I think it's an HMV 163 and I've not seen another come up for sale. I got a carpenter/joiner friend to knock up some strangely profiled batons for the glass shelves to sit on - he thought I was mad by the way. All the items sit on Audiophile Base isolation platforms on these shelves. It's a bit tight but it works. I removed the back panel and braced the corners with L brackets for airflow though the solid states don't kick out anything like what I tube setup would.

    It's "only" Arcam but I like the neutral sound of their kit and it is completely pampered to get the very best out of it - isolation platforms, Isotek filter, dedicated mains, LAT AC-2 power cables with Furutech bits and bobs, Nordost Blue Heaven LS interconnects and Townsend Isolda speaker cables. It works for me.

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    Join Date: Aug 2009

    Location: Staffordshire, England

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    I'm Martin.

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    IME all tradesmen think we are crazy. And friends, family, work colleagues, and so on. A cross we have to bear.

    I had noticed the attention to detail btw
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

  4. #14
    Join Date: May 2015

    Location: St Leonard's on Sea

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    I'm Loz.

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    Welcome Nigel.
    Two great looking set ups there.

    Cheers

    Loz

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