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aleman
19-08-2012, 13:41
Hello everybody i have been a junior member lurking for a number of years i should have introduced myself a lot sooner .this place is a mine of useful information for novice and expert alike as well as proffesionals.i have been around audio equipment from 15 years old playing sound systems in manchester with my brother and friends before going off to train as a nurse was 25 years ago introduced to valve amplifiers whilst in london in particular Mr Trickett who had a shop in london, owned at one stage rogers quad radford arc sp8 preamp leak tl 50 as well as various inn turn tables ariston rd 11etc speakers previously owned included quad esl 57 bmagnaplanar smga audiostatic etc .The present day no longer a nurse three demanding teenage children wife and oldest daughter wife plays piano eldest daughter plays violin piano drums as well as singing thus i attnd a lot of concerts and recitals.present equipment as follows.

Pink Triangle original model modified tinted mirror toplate acrylic bottom plate with three spikes tone arm ultracraft tone arm audoi technica at33 mc cart
Amplifier basie preamp modified ladyday monoblocks modified
bushmaster dac modified structral ie silver plated bnc sockets silver wire connected as weas silver plated output rca with pure silver wire connections battery power supply.

modified teac t1 transport silver wired ie socket with filter silver plated bnc socket wired by pure silver wire
trichord clock tghree fitted with switch allowing the use of internal power or battery as well as never connected power supply housed in a seperate case which in turn is connected by home made pure silver mains leads

marantz dv7001 modified universal player bnc silver plated socket wired via silver wire

marantz ud5005 silver plated bnc socket silver wire.

speakers hme made horns following the pans of dutch hi designer tony gee constructed with mdf panels silver wire internaly driver cis a fostex 206e modified with planet 10 phase plugs had these around eight years
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also spare caiman modified with silver wire silver plated bnc sockets silver platd output sockets with pure silver vwire connections homee brewed power supply 16 volts dc regulated but with no electrolytrics replaced with polyproplene caps works very well wiyh caiman wll modify vsocket to try with bushmaster

connecting cables include van den hul the second for dac as well as home made 27 ohmm silver coaxial cable terminated with 75 ohm silver plated bnc plugs speaker cable i teflon covered pure silver 1mm diameter wire 5metres each side .

arjen helder tamp 2020 silver plated sockets plus silver plated speaker sockets as well as silver wired preamp is passive with 48bstep silver plated contacts a shunt designwithvishay 0.001 resistors for shunt duty one for each channel t amp battery powered all mains are fed via lynwood advanced conditione x1 as well as lynwood mega conditioner x3 for ppanasonic plasma and home theatre pc.

a small idea of the aquipment i have and have owned previously ipmoverished thses days thus i have to seek uot audio bargains bushmaster is one of those oh yes misic jazz reggea opera classical music punk some rock japanese music and 9 a big fananime) computer nas box plus servers in the cellar.

MartinT
19-08-2012, 13:51
Hi 'aleman' and welcome to AoS. Would you mind putting your name in the field so we know what to call you?

I too met Mr Trickett and bought a Leak Stereo 20 from him many years ago. Bet you wish you still had that SP8 and the '57s.

Marco
19-08-2012, 15:55
Hi 'aleman' and welcome to AoS. Would you mind putting your name in the field so we know what to call you?


Indeed, and we also need an approximate geographical location :)

Marco.

The Grand Wazoo
20-08-2012, 00:07
Hi & welcome to AoS.
As Martin & Marco allude to, we find it friendlier to refer to each other by our first names, so if you could amend your details or your signature to show that, it all helps the community spirit that AoS is so great for. A location is one of those other things that helps to make you a real person - you can change that on your profile details too!

You've had lots of kit that I still love - SP8 - I've used one since the early nineties except for a short spell recently. However, it's back in the system now & sounding fantastic. Radford - I've an STA15. Ultracraft arm - I'm currently mounting one on a Goldring ........

Cheers

MartinT
20-08-2012, 05:35
Ultracraft arm - I'm currently mounting one on a Goldring ........

Can't wait to see pics of that running, Chris.