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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The dealer who sold me the Canterburys claimed he'd installed many pairs over the years, and he reckoned the best he'd ever heard were driven by a big Luxman integrated transistor amp. In fact, he was quite insistent that solid state was the way to go with all big Tannoys, especially Westminsters.
Location: belgrade serbia
Posts: 840
I'm gordan.
funny you mentioned that, yesterday i had a very surprising encounter with a vintage 100w luxman L-100. what a terrific amp if matched with the right speakers!
Gordan.
Speakers: Oris Swing MkII
Amps: Thomas Mayer 300b/ Hiraga La Maison de L'Audiophile 20
Preamp: Silver AVC by eng. Ferenc Lazar
Phono Preamp: Shishido LCR by Solaja Audio
Decks: Garrard 301 Martin Bastin reworked/plinthed with Fidelity Research FR64fx
Garrard 401 in eng Ferenc Lazar solid wenge plinth with SME 3012/2
Cartridges: SPU Spirit/ Koetsu Black revisited by eng. Salai/ Miyajima Shilabe
Step Up Transformers: Tango MCT 999/ Ortofon T-5000/ Lumiere SUT
Digital: Shigaclone by eng. Ferenc Lazar with Lampizator Amber II
Wires: of sufficient length
Peter - great to hear you're enjoying the Nakamichi.
Your description is exactly as I found - no lack of detail, but no edge either and real grip and control in the bass. And I'm impressed that you were able to hoik it up to the top of your equipment rack!
Regarding the transformer noise - they all seem to have a very low level hum, although it's not obtrusive. I have several other amps with large toroids and they all hum to a lesser or greater or degree - there's lots of nasties on the mains these days and toroids, especially large ones are the most susceptible. Out of curiosity I priced up a bog standard replacement 40v secondary toroid - it cost as much as the entire amp!
Many of these multichannel AV amps seem to have increased crosstalk simply because there are so many channels close together in one chassis. It's one of the reasons I use two amps as it keeps left and right amplification completely separate. These are about the only two negatives about the amp that I can find and they are not major from my experience.
To my ears they just sound so natural and "right."
Gordon
Thanks for the interesting comments, Gordan and Gordon ...
How are you getting on with the new amplifier, Darren? Any hernias, yet?
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Darren.
Listening Room.UNDER CONSTRUCTIONTurn Table. Garrard 401 2 Tier Slate Plinth, DIY Hadcock GH242, Nick G modded Lentek, Denon DL-103.
Pre Amp. Croft Micro. Power Amps Quad 405 Mono Blocks.
Speakers. TBC
Home Cinema.UNDER CONSTRUCTIONDAC/Pre Amp. Denon AVC X3700H.BDP/Streamer. Oppo 203 / Apple TV4K.Display. Optoma UHD51 / DIY False Black Window Screen.
Power Amps. 2 x Nakamichi AVP1.
Front Speakers. DIY Baby Celestion Ditton 66. Surround Speakers. Celestion Ditton 11. Subwoofer. BK Electronics P12 300SB PR.
Old Gallery. http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...-of-the-70%92s
Just got around to trying out the Lounge Audio phono-stage, seen alongside the Edwards MC3 on the second shelf in the photos above (post 135). It's quite a bargain, bought direct from the manufacturer.
http://www.loungeaudio.com/#!lcr-mr-iii/c1vla
Early days, as it's not really run in yet, but sounding quite promising so far.
Last edited by petrat; 21-07-2015 at 17:58.
Location: west midlands
Posts: 204
I'm andrew.
Has the Nak. replaced your Ear 534, or is it just a summer amp?
Hi Andrew.
I am off work & at home next week, so will be putting the EAR back in the system at the weekend, which will no doubt rekindle my love of the old girl. But, yes I have been enjoying a cooler listening room recently
I also have a lovely pair of Harbeth HL-P3ESR mini-monitors, which are sublime with the 534, so may end up with two systems