Hello

[Darkstar2]

Newbie here, told I must post in the welcome area first, took an age to find it though!

Likes Grateful Dead, modern jazz, Bach, 20th century classical.

Listening to the Carpenters at the mo!

Standard, old, hifi. LP12, and old Naim stuff. Going through a period of mild upgraditis at the mo...

[Reid Malenfant]

Hi John, welcome to AoS :) You are the second chap I have seen join recently with a Linn/Naim system, must be something in the waters here abouts :D


I hope you enjoy your stay here, all the best to you :cool:

[AlfaGTV]

Welcome John, i'm sure you'll enjoy the AoS!
Regards /Mike

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi John,
Here's a warm welcome to you from me too. Dark Star, eh? A great track & one of the best films I know - excellent!
What do you have in mind for upgrades?

Cheers

[MartinT]

Hi John and welcome to AoS. I was about to say the same as Chris, great moniker, great film. Let us know your upgrade plans - plenty of Linn/Naim users in here.

[Darkstar2]

Ugrades? Hmmm...

I've had the same system for fifteen or more years with very little change, a very basic LP12 with no circuses, lingos, valhallas or anything, picked up with an Ittok second hand from the then Sound With Style in Sheffield for I think £600, a second hand Naim 42.5/160 combo from Moorgate Acoustics for a similar sum, and a pair of Castle Severns bought new from SWS for £500.

That was that until about three years ago when the Severns' plastic bass driver started to crack and double basses started to fart as a result. On a whim I popped into Moorgate where they had a pair of second hand Linn speakers, and a pair of B&W 604S3s. At this stage I hadn't paid any attention to hifi for years, wife and kids had come along and other considerations took over.

Anyway, earlier this year I decided that the B&Ws were just too huge and overwhelming, so I demoed a pair of ATC SCM7s which I loved with cd, but lps sounded awful, despite just having had the deck recently serviced. This, in a very roundabout way, led me to get some NACA5 which was a revelation, a new cartridge (AT440), and it was the old cartridge that made the 7s sound so poor, I'm quite sure, had the pre-amp serviced, bought a pair of EB Acoustics EB1s, and have auditioned a myriad of speakers new, ex-dem, and second hand over the last six months: Spendor, ATC, Neat, PMC, Wilson Benesch, and I'm waiting for a pair of EB2s to be delivered, with a view to a final contest between them and ATCs (with PMC TB2s as a possible substitute).

So that's me so far. Next, a pause to sort out and enjoy the new speakers, then possibly a NAC72, then possibly a HiCap. Then a stop. A stop because I'm then on the hunt for a new guitar (even more expensive, ha!).

[synsei]

Hi John, welcome aboard mate. Do you have an alien pet which looks like a beachball perchance? :D

[Darkstar2]

'fraid not, once I get my avatar up and sorted you'll see that the moniker is entirely Grateful Dead inspired. It was a good film though...

[Alex_UK]

Hi John, and welcome to AoS from me too - hope you enjoy the forum. :)