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: South East Cornwall
Posts: 322
I'm Dominic.
But what is the "music" to you Hugh? Is it a pure wall of sound you let wash over you, no matter how many musicians there are and the part each one plays? Are you like my friend who appreciates the "tone" - whatever that means? Do you bop around the house with whatever music is being played to make the dusting and hoovering more pleasurable? Are you one of these people that insists on having the one listening seat placed using a theodolite down the the last micron in position? Is Mrs Mills and her Piano at the top of your favourite playlist? Do you start blubbering when you hear "Puff the Magic Dragon"?
On the other hand, my enjoyment comes from listening to each musician in a band and noting the interactions and timings between them, whether they are true musicians with something unique to say and how they understand tonal colours that build up a tune or song. Three chords on a guitar and some Lalala in between soon goes in the bin as any idiot can perform that. Soundstage and imaging are way down in priority, but instruments must sound like instruments, bursting with the dynamics and harmonics they naturally possess.
I had a trawl through the 10/10 albums thread last week and called some of them up for a listen on Spotify to hear what excites AOSers and none were my cup of tea at all
CD player = Marantz CD6006
DAC/pre = Rotel RC 1572
Power amp = ADA PF201
Speaks = Quadral Chromium Style 6
Location: South East Cornwall
Posts: 322
I'm Dominic.
Location: South East Cornwall
Posts: 322
I'm Dominic.
I meant no offence to anyone by that statement Hugh, it was in response to Marco's observation that some people simply don't know how to analyse what they are hearing and put what they are hearing into words. It is the method I use to help lay people understand what us audiophools get all worked up into a froth about
CD player = Marantz CD6006
DAC/pre = Rotel RC 1572
Power amp = ADA PF201
Speaks = Quadral Chromium Style 6