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I'm a bit of a box and cable swapper . These last few months , however , I seem to have found a combination which I'm happy with and I've left well alone . Over that period I've noticed an incremental improvement in SQ which has culminated in SQ which IMO is , like yours Robert , sublime in a lot of areas . If I were you I would leave well alone and just enjoy the music , for a while at least ( after optimizing your cartridge first of course )
The final piece in the jigsaw should be arriving today or tomorrow , a Firebottle phonostage for my very nice Goldring Lenco GL75
BTW every set of Spendor speakers I've heard I've loved .
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG
Totally hear you Brian,
I've never been a box swapper and agree with you that for now, get the cartridge set to optimum and then just enjoy basking in the joys of the music through the system in all it's current glory.
If in the future, the itch or curiosity becomes unbearable it will very very likely be Spendors (S8e's most likely - always been drawn to those for some reason) even though I've never heard a pair or any Spendors whatsoever come to think of it
- (lots of 'research' and a good gut hunch I guess
Nice one. Trust me, you'll hear the difference when/if you ever have to power down your T/T and the SR7 is being used from cold...
The burn-in will result in a general 'fleshing out' of the sound, with the bass in particular gaining a little more weight and authority. The midrange opens out a bit more, too. It's all good!
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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Right guys, more hours clocked up and got through a few more familiar albums today.
Immediate thoughts are neutrality, the Cadenza Black and the Sansui AU-919 will defo be playing their part there being known for those character traits.
The other thing that is very clear now is that the system is now very revealing in terms of the individual recordings - you get the music as recorded. If bass is there, you'll get it, if it isnt then you'll get it how it is recorded in those grooves.
I haven't even scratched the surface in terms of tunes due to other commitments but I'm grabbing every opportunity like a mad man to get to know what has occurred as all the changes come together.
Boy oh boy! Cant half hear the tangibility of the vocalists going about their business, almost analytical is the presentation
What a great place to be It's fantastic when you can't wait to get home and play your system .
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG
You know it Brian and clearly been there enough times too .
Got work in the morning but it's album after album after album here, just loving the revealing nature of the albums, the vocals sound like a human if you know what I mean.
I've strived hard and waited long for this - Did somebody say good things come to those who wait
Yes , I've been there a few times Robbie , then I've made a couple of changes and lost my way again .
These days if I find a sound I'm happy with I just leave well alone .
You'll probably experience more improvements as the system components all burn in . Enjoy sir
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG
Regards
Brian
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )
Korus Computer Audio music server
JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
Speakers : Tannoy 637
Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG