I must admit that I've had my eye on one of their mid-70s tuners for a while. Nice simple lines...Originally Posted by Marco
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I must admit that I've had my eye on one of their mid-70s tuners for a while. Nice simple lines...
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You won't go wrong, Beechy. Their tuners were always a bit tasty
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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.
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Hello KMair,
Unusual shaped room (ceiling line) the last time I was in a building like that it was of military use....How do you find the acoustics differ from the normal square box like affairs of most housing? Unless of course all the properties are alike in your region (I notice you aren't in the UK) and you have a lack of boring square box builds to reference against?
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This room is the upstairs portion of our Cape Cod style house. This style home was quite popular in the 50's and still many people are drawn to them.
As for how it sounds compared to a more conventional boxy type, I've read different comments where people preferred the sound of an angled ceiling. I can tell you that I lucked out with this room as it is wonderful sounding. The one thing I've learned since moving is that the further I bring these speakers away from rear walls the deeper the soundstage became.
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Nice setup KMair. You come across as a rather discerning chap. It has been said before that Rotel make very good power amps but haven't yet come up with a decent pre.
Back in 1999 I used a full-blown Rotel system comprising of RCD 991, RA 971 integrated and RB 971 power amp to biamp into a pair of B&W 602 S2s on Atacama SE 24 stands filled with kiln-dried sand. It was a good and well-balanced system at the time.
PS: I heard those Usher speakers of yours recently - they are rather nice. Their UK distributor is a registered member here as it happens.
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Those speakers, or a very similar model from Usher, has just received a rave review in Stereophile.
Nice system you have there!
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They look quite similar to a pair of Sonus Fabers that I heard at my place years ago.I remember those were very nice.
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Tried getting different angled shots of stylus but ,unfortunately this was best of the lot. Sorry!
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Looks like a room I could spend a lot of time in. Beautiful setup, Jay
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Added this to system and proved to be a massive upgrade! My dealer had been using it for some time in show room and suggested I borrow it. After listening to it I knew that I had to have it. The Rotel cdp has come to life with this and now there is much more details and more relaxed sound. The dynamics are explosive with this preamp!
Cheers!
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