I have been here for a while now but only just realised I have not even made my first post! So hello.
My musical taste is varied and more so now that I listen to a lot of radio. Possibly because I do not have a remote for my tuner, I find myself listening to (and enjoying) genres that I would normally avoid. My roots though are classic rock, blues and classical.
My Hi-fi activity started in the early seventies with a Garrard SP25 Mk3 plus amp and speakers from a shop in Edgware Road London. This was swiftly followed by my first proper system – a Thorens TD160 turntable into a Cambridge P50 amp feeding a pair of IMF ALS40 speakers.
I soon discovered the IMF speakers required more power than the P50 could deliver so began my journey into upgrading components via the venerable services of Exchange and Mart. I am now reasonably settled with a Transfiguration Axia cartridge, an Audiomods 5 arm on a Garrard 401 turntable, mounted in a slate plinth. CD source is an Esoteric XO3se. Pre is a Project RS with Event Opal active speakers (the only speakers that work well in my listening room).
Though I am more of a reader than a contributor I shall endeavour to change that.