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    Attendance was gash, hardly any decent rooms, Nick's room was the pic of the bunch. Bought some records from Diverse and some rubber feet from mcru. I doubt it'll survive another year, certainly not on the Salford weekend.
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    Going to this today, hope its worthwhile. Its only a quick run up the motor way from Liverpool so no real bother. I'll report back later.
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    Hi Simon,

    Were you the wee guy, along with Mark (YNWaN), who walked into Nick's room?

    Quote Originally Posted by sq225917 View Post
    Attendance was gash, hardly any decent rooms..
    Perhaps from an organisers point of view, but the lack of crowds, bumping into folks in corridors and fighting to find a seat in rooms, for me was great! Just enough 'bodies' around to create a bit of atmosphere... Parking was piss-easy too, and right next to the hotel - another *major* bonus

    Nick's room was the pic of the bunch.
    I agree, but the Monarch T/T, in the Inspire hi-fi room sounded sublime. Not sure if you heard that or not. Always wanted to hear one and compare it with my own T/T (which uses the same Technics D/D motor), and it was very good indeed.

    I would URGE anyone going to the show today to head for the Inspire room and ask to hear it, as there are a host of T/Ts there all ready to demo, and compare the same piece of music, played on one of the belt-drives. It's somewhat of a revelation....

    I doubt it'll survive another year, certainly not on the Salford weekend.
    Salford weekend? Is that some local holiday or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Hi Simon,

    Were you the wee guy, along with Mark (YNWaN), who walked into Nick's room?



    Perhaps from an organisers point of view, but the lack of crowds, bumping into folks in corridors and fighting to find a seat in rooms, for me was great! Just enough 'bodies' around to create a bit of atmosphere... Parking was piss-easy too, and right next to the hotel - another *major* bonus



    I agree, but the Monarch T/T, in the Inspire hi-fi room sounded sublime. Not sure if you heard that or not. Always wanted to hear one and compare it with my own T/T (which uses the same Technics D/D motor), and it was very good indeed.

    I would URGE anyone going to the show today to head for the Inspire room and ask to hear it, as there are a host of T/Ts there all ready to demo, and compare the same piece of music, played on one of the belt-drives. It's a revelation....



    Salford weekend? Is that some local holiday or something?

    Marco.
    Scalford is the WigWam show. I am surprised you didn't know that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    Scalford is the WigWam show. I am surprised you didn't know that?
    I believe Marco was having a laugh about the word 'Salford' as opposed to 'Scalford'. If you've never been to Salford, you haven't missed much.

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    Was good meeting some familiar faces yesterday and in general I enjoyed the show, so I do hope it takes place again next year. Perhaps attendance will be better today when most folks are off work?

    Anyway, the primary reason I go to these shows is to pick up some brand new vinyl! There are plenty of second-hand record shops around Wrexham and Chester, but few where you can physically browse through a big pile of new vinyl, and for me there's nothing like that - far better than buying online.

    So yesterday I obtained the following (from the stall next to Diverse):











    I also bought some black poly-lined sleeves from Covers 33, as their prices are great. Ordered from them before many times online, but it was nice this time to meet the guy behind the scenes.

    Plus.... Chris (Stratmangler) recommended a CD the guys in the AudioNote room were selling, called Pure Cello, by Vincent Belanger, for its sonic and musical qualities, which I duly bought. I resisted the temptation of buying the double-vinyl album, on 45rpm, selling for just shy on fifty notes and got the CD instead, for a tenner, which sounds stunning.

    Here's a YouTube clip, detailing some of the performance:



    So looking forward to chilling out and having a nice listening sesh today!

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    Scalford is the WigWam show. I am surprised you didn't know that?
    Yes of course I know that, daftee, but Simon wrote Salford, not Scalford, and as Salford is an area of Manchester, I thought he was referring to some sort of local holiday

    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.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Hi Simon,

    Were you the wee guy, along with Mark (YNWaN), who walked into Nick's room?



    Perhaps from an organisers point of view, but the lack of crowds, bumping into folks in corridors and fighting to find a seat in rooms, for me was great! Just enough 'bodies' around to create a bit of atmosphere... Parking was piss-easy too, and right next to the hotel - another *major* bonus



    I agree, but the Monarch T/T, in the Inspire hi-fi room sounded sublime. Not sure if you heard that or not. Always wanted to hear one and compare it with my own T/T (which uses the same Technics D/D motor), and it was very good indeed.

    I would URGE anyone going to the show today to head for the Inspire room and ask to hear it, as there are a host of T/Ts there all ready to demo, and compare the same piece of music, played on one of the belt-drives. It's a revelation....



    Salford weekend? Is that some local holiday or something?

    Marco.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Was good meeting some familiar faces yesterday and in general I enjoyed the show, so I do hope it takes place again next year. Perhaps attendance will be better today when most folks are off work?

    Anyway, the primary reason I go to these shows is to pick up some brand new vinyl! There are plenty of second-hand record shops around here, but few shops locally where you can physically browse through a big pile of new vinyl, and for me there's nothing like that - far better than buying online.

    So yesterday I obtained the following (from the stall next to Diverse):











    I also bought some black poly-lined sleeves from Covers 33, as their prices are great. Ordered from them before many times online, but it was nice this time to meet the guy behind the scenes.

    So looking forward to chilling out and having a nice listening sesh today!

    Marco.
    Band of Brothers is very good.
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    Are the black liners worth the extra £5 over the white ones?
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