very very very nice.
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I'm Andrew.
very very very nice.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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I'm Robert.
Yep !!! very very nice indeed !!
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I'm Rob.
Looks a bit shit to me
Buy Bose...And get your parking validated!.
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I'm Loz.
That's a really lovely set up and space Steve. When first scrolling down the thread I did wonder how you would entertain your guests!
Fear not. Very impressive indeed. And I bet it sounds as good as it looks.
All the best
Loz
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Hi Steve,
Nice to see you checking in again, hope you are well
System's looking fab, and I bet it sounds it, too! Are you happy now with how it's all come together?
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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Location: Winchester, Hampshire
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I'm Steve.
Thanks everyone!
Hi Marco. Yes. I am very well thank you and my hi fi "mojo" seems to have returned (via an immersion in my other expensive hobby, photography) after my voluntary abstention from forum life and attendance at shows for the past five years!
My interest in our particular "madness" was rekindled when I first heard the new dCS Vivaldi components about two years ago. Once I decided to retire fully, I first had to deal with selling my previous home and finding what will hopefully be my final house purchase prior to warden-controlled accommodation!
Having found the right house and location and getting settled into a new community, the time was right to revisit my audio system and refresh a few items. I wasn't prepared for how much more could be extracted from the silver disc. The Vivaldi system is phenomenal and I am rediscovering my CD collection in plain PCM, upsampled to DXD and DSD!
Previously "difficult" recordings are rendered wholly listenable. For example, yesterday I played the Maroon 5 album, "Songs about Jane" for the first time in a few years. It was always a very dynamic, but 'hard' recording, where it was tough to get the volume level right and remain in the same room!
The current room allows the speakers to be spaced about 9' apart and far enough away from the side walls to reduce first reflections and there aren't the severe nulls and peaks I encountered in my previous property, where the room dimensions were 24' X 11'.
I am really glad I decided to embrace Computer Audio and even happier when I auditioned the various 'plug and play' contenders and discovered the Melco N1A, which, to my ears, out-performs the competition, costing twice as much!
Iv'e no doubt that those with the knowledge about streaming media and component cost, will scoff and say that £1600 is a lot to pay for a box with a couple of hard discs, power supply etc., but I believe that Melco have done a brilliant job and the result is a very musical and user-friendly solution to adding a mass-storage player to a hi fi system. I have the option to either rip music from my collection, directly onto the Melco's HD, via a LAN ethernet connection, from my PC, or onto a USB stick (preferred method when purchasing hi-res files online) which plugs in and uploads to the Melco, which is virtually silent in operation.
Bottom line though? Yes. I am happy at how it's all come together!
Steve.
My System:- dCS Vivaldi Transport + dCS Vivaldi Apex DAC + dCS Vivaldi Master Word Clock + dCS Vivaldi Upsampler Plus, Aurender N20 Music Server/Streamer, TW Raven One tt/Graham Phantom II/Transfiguration Orpheus L & Audio Technica ART20 mc's, Whest Titan Pro, D'Agostino Momentum HD pre/S250 MxV power amp, TAD CR-1 MKII loudspeakers, REL Gibraltar G2 subs, Coherent Systems BD Mains, interconnects & speaker cables, Sablon Audo EVO USB cable, Tellurium Q Ultra Silver power cords, Ziro Disclosure & Vertex Roraima Hi-Rez power cords + Furutech FI connectors, Stillpoints ESS racks/component stands, Vertex Aletheia PSU2 balanced power supply, Coherent Systems RTZ3 ground box + CR/BD cables, Acoustica Applicata DaaD room treatment, Mutec Ref10 SE-120.
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Location: Essex, UK
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I'm Andy.
Steve, your forum cred went down as soon as you said l played Maroon 5 yesterday
On a more serious note however that has to be the AOS reference system- well done Sir!
PS- could say a few words regarding the sound of your Raven T/T?
System; Michell Gyrodec SE/ Orbe Clamp/ Gert Pedersen armboard mod/ HR PSU/ SME V / J7 Tonearm cable/Ortofon Cadenza Black// Jez Arkless Turbo nutter B------ /Trichord Dino+
Amplification and loudspeaker set up is at the moment being split into two groups, comprising the following;
1. Same sources as above; SONY TAF-770ES/SONY CDP761E/Cable Talk 3.1 loudspeakercable/ Harbeth Compact7ES2/ Stands
2. Virtue Audio Sensation M451battery PSU, ClarityCaps upgrade/ Sensation M901/Russian PIO caps with Teflon bypass caps upgrade/ JT Dynamic PSU with various tweaks/ Connex Audio 5N Litz loudspeaker cable, Impulse H6 Loudspeakers.
Me so horny- Impulse H6 Horny
What is the equipment?
I would love to know what all the boxes are, I have no experience of any of them.
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Location: Dagenham Essex
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I'm Allen.
.Originally Posted by Box13
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My System:- dCS Vivaldi Transport + dCS Vivaldi DAC + dCS Vivaldi Master Word Clock, Melco N1A Digital Music Library, TW Raven One tt/Graham Phantom II/Transfiguration Orpheus L, Whest PS.30RDT SE, Karan Reference MkII preamp, Conrad Johnson Premier 350SA power amp, Avalon Indra loudspeakers, MIT Oracle MA/MA-X interconnects, MIT Magnum MA speaker cables, Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB cable MusicWorks ReCoil mains power cords + Furutech FI connectors, Stillpoints ESS405 rack/component stands, Vertex Elbrus Point3 balanced PSU, Acoustica Applicata DaaD/GIK panel room treatment, dedicated mains.
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