montesquieu
14-10-2014, 22:12
I never ever thought to be selling this, so attached I have become to it, but here we are ... the most long lasting bit of kit in my system, my Longdog Audio Moving Magnet MMx2 Phono Stage.
This was built by Nick Gorham and is a custom project for me. Its Moving Coil counterpart can be seen here in an identical case http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/phono-stages/331-the-mains-cables-r-us-phono-amplifier.html at a list price of £1995.
I commissioned this one from Nick and although it has an identical 12AT7-powered RIAA section, it differs in having a valve regulated PSU (6AS7 - a lovely NOS Raytheon) and a 12AX7 tube (rather than FET) output stage.
Nick further customised it to suit my requirements by making it dual input (so it can handle two arms/turntables) cleverly switchable via relay by lightly pushing the on-off switch, and two outputs (as I was putting one output direct to the pre and another through a processor enabling dialling in of pre-RIAA LP and 78 EQ).
It's been the backbone of my system for 4 years now and its loss will be a wrench. Many here have heard it - in my system it bettered (in no particular order) C-J EV1, Vinyl1, Graham Slee Reflex M, Leben RS30-EQ, even the phono stage in the Audion Quattro preamp much dribbled over by Arthur Salvatore - they've all been here and left with their tail between their legs. (And several others not mentioned, this is a top of the head list).
The Longdog is a wonderfully balanced, even, detailed but full bodied phono stage, very very quiet for a valve phono stage, works supremely well with any SUT from Kondo downwards I've thrown at it.
Looking for £850, not peanuts but a hifi bargain. I am prepared to ship it but would rather it collected from my place on Berks/Surrey/Hants border or meet up.
http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x440/montesquieu61/longdog2_zps7595a9b2.jpg (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/montesquieu61/media/longdog2_zps7595a9b2.jpg.html)
This was built by Nick Gorham and is a custom project for me. Its Moving Coil counterpart can be seen here in an identical case http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/phono-stages/331-the-mains-cables-r-us-phono-amplifier.html at a list price of £1995.
I commissioned this one from Nick and although it has an identical 12AT7-powered RIAA section, it differs in having a valve regulated PSU (6AS7 - a lovely NOS Raytheon) and a 12AX7 tube (rather than FET) output stage.
Nick further customised it to suit my requirements by making it dual input (so it can handle two arms/turntables) cleverly switchable via relay by lightly pushing the on-off switch, and two outputs (as I was putting one output direct to the pre and another through a processor enabling dialling in of pre-RIAA LP and 78 EQ).
It's been the backbone of my system for 4 years now and its loss will be a wrench. Many here have heard it - in my system it bettered (in no particular order) C-J EV1, Vinyl1, Graham Slee Reflex M, Leben RS30-EQ, even the phono stage in the Audion Quattro preamp much dribbled over by Arthur Salvatore - they've all been here and left with their tail between their legs. (And several others not mentioned, this is a top of the head list).
The Longdog is a wonderfully balanced, even, detailed but full bodied phono stage, very very quiet for a valve phono stage, works supremely well with any SUT from Kondo downwards I've thrown at it.
Looking for £850, not peanuts but a hifi bargain. I am prepared to ship it but would rather it collected from my place on Berks/Surrey/Hants border or meet up.
http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x440/montesquieu61/longdog2_zps7595a9b2.jpg (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/montesquieu61/media/longdog2_zps7595a9b2.jpg.html)