Didn't follow the whole thing , what phonostages would be compared ?
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Didn't follow the whole thing , what phonostages would be compared ?
Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
Just got back.
Really good session. Stages on show were
MFA phonostage,
Longdog JFET phonostage,
NVA Phono 3 prototype,
Firebottle Vivant,
Firebottle Tron,
NVA Phono2 + extra power supply
Furutech
Firebottle OTP-MK2
NVA Phono 1
Price order. Not reflective of performance. I'll do a separate post for that.
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hurry up! lol
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
Lol, not going to rush it mate. I made a shed load of notes so it should be a pretty comprehensive evaluation according to my ears.
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