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  1. #141
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael loves music View Post
    Nothing wrong with Tannoy speakers I have 2 pairs of the award winning V1 sound wonderful to me in fact as I listen I think of Louise Minchin ( BBC breakfast ) in black lace bra black lace panties and black suspenders
    ...whilst spanking your bare botty with the thick end of a canoe paddle?

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    Moving right along ...

    I'd welcome back:

    Transfiguration Spirit cartridge
    Cartridgeman Music Maker cartridge
    SME M2-12R arm
    Hashimoto SUTs
    MFA Mk2 preamp
    Any Shindo preamp
    Croft 4SA power amp
    EAR 859 integrated
    Neat MFS speakers
    Harbeth P3ESR speakers

    No thanks:

    ATC SIA2/150 integrated - screechy
    Quad II amps - woolly
    Project 9.1 turntable - wobbly
    Tandy 'Lineaum' speakers - gutless
    Nordost Blue Heaven cables - not fit for purpose.
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    I also remember from 1983 with some fondness my pair of original MkI QLN loudspeakers. I would happily live with them all over again as they had a distinct 'whiteness' to their sound that would really suit my current pre/power. Unfortunately, back then, one of the bass/mid drivers developed a fault and during that period QLN ceased trading. Farewell to a gorgeous pair of speakers.

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    I am intrigued by the 'chalk and cheese' opinions of equipment on this thread.

    Petrat's description of the SIA2/150 is the only negative view I have ever heard of it, so one has to ask, 'What is going on?"
    Nordost Blue Heaven were form memory the top of the range, one would at least expect them to be at their price good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pharos View Post
    Nordost Blue Heaven were form memory the top of the range, one would at least expect them to be at their price good.
    I've not heard them sound bad. But Nordost cables are rather system dependent.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pharos View Post
    I am intrigued by the 'chalk and cheese' opinions of equipment on this thread.

    Petrat's description of the SIA2/150 is the only negative view I have ever heard of it, so one has to ask, 'What is going on?"
    Nordost Blue Heaven were form memory the top of the range, one would at least expect them to be at their price good.
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    I had a pro-ject 9.1 for a few years and it didn't wobble, maybe it was set up properly

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    Well
    Blue Heaven was bottom of Nordost's range ... silver-plated ribbon cable. I actually don't 'believe' in cables making much of a difference, unless they are inherently flawed ... these were.
    The dealer I bought the ATC integrated from actually stopped stocking them because of sample variation. Don't believe reviews. I tried to like it, I really did. OK, 'screechy' is an exaggeration, but it wasn't great. Paint came off it, too.
    The Project ... was set up properly, insofar as the poor design and shoddy fabrication would allow. I persevered for a couple of years, before moving on.

    I could have added quite a few other mistakes back then, invariably stuff highly touted by the reviews ... I've learnt since then.
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  8. #148
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    Quote Originally Posted by petrat View Post
    Blue Heaven was bottom of Nordost's range ... silver-plated ribbon cable.
    Top of the range for a while as I recall, if you are referring to their speaker cables. Red Dawn below, Solar Wind below that and Flatline below those.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

  9. #149
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    I personally wouldn't have the gift of Nordost cables.... yuck.
    Regards Neil

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    I think that the only other piece of equipment I have owned that was not really suitable and therefore sounded as though it was, was a Mayware Formula 4 tonearm. This was only really bad because I wanted to team it up with a low output moving coil at which it was completely unsuitable. Given a very low compliance moving magnet and I think it would have been fine but this was back in 1979 when I simply had no experience at such things and had listened to very little gear.

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