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No, not really. I find them a bit ugly, but not unacceptably so with the grilles on - if I preferred to use them with grilles off they wouldn't be acceptable at all - they then look truly hideous.Originally Posted by Barry
I put up with my mild distaste for the looks because I love the sound.
I couldn't be 'aving with the stripey veneers that some folks love, either. Yeeurgh.
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Good way to be - don't change!Yep, the wife and I were discussing the same sort of subject the other day and we decided that neither of us had really outgrown our student days at university (which is where we met).
Still sloppy, slobby kids at heart.
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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Broken first gen Sony RX-100. Got it free with Amazon vouchers supplied by NatWest for spending so much on their credit card LOL.
I'm sure it is a long way from even being class leading now. It can't even shoot UHD vids and my phone can.
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I like the look of the Thoress - all hi-fi kit should look like lab equipment. And should have alpha-numeric designations, not some stupid name.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Hear, hear!
It should also look suitably sober and 'purposeful', in the sense that it's a simply a tool with which to reproduce recorded music, not a blingy ornament to 'wank over'....
If you want, jewellery, buy a brooch!
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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I'm Justin.
Interesting concept. Buy ugly hi-fi to resist its sexual allure and thus reduce the risk of exposure to fluids.
Top 'AoSing', Marco!
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FWIW I am not adverse to the Thoress look.
Here's some Tektron amps. I like these too. I had one in the house a while back doing Greg from G-Point a favour I seem to remember. No chance of driving anything here though.
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I'm Justin.
On the topic of not looking good... sorry Jerry!
Der Ververshiter... probably very good. But who cares?
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Pathos.
Not sounding great TBH. Quite dry and sibilant. Recording? Speakers? Or just not very good all round?
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I'm Justin.
So I sat down and cheated last night.
I played only recordings I know sound stella and tried to juxtapose what I heard with what was at Munich.
I estimated a fair price based on sonics only and I think around £250K for my system based on SQ alone would be reasonable value. Maybe that is conservative. It definitely outperforms systems costing more than that.
So I conclude:
1) What a crazy hobby.
2) There's nowhere to go at reasonable cost.
3) What a conceited, smug post this is. The fact that I really believe it is somewhat worrying
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