handh
31-10-2014, 08:18
Hi there,
A note to introduce myself. I was a teenager in the 1970's which is when I started this obsession gradually building a system as I could afford it using money from a Saturday job, paper round etc. You've probably all done it.
Always had a soft spot for KEF speakers & used to build my own cabinets buying chassis units from Wilmslow Audio (when it was in Wilmslow!) They always sounded OK but looked terrible if I am honest, all chipboard and screwed butt joints.
Then life got in the way as it tends to do and the hifi took a back seat to work & marriage.
Here I am 44 years later (how did that happen?) getting back into it as I am now semi-retired. I have a house full of not very fashionable kit (or junk my wife calls it) some working some not and I have joined this forum for help to try to get the broken stuff going again if possible.
Music wise? Well being a 70's teenager the usual culprits Led Zepp, Pink Floyd, Yes etc but also The Stranglers, James Taylor, Carol King. I have fairly broad tastes!
I like some classical but have never been able to get into Opera or Rap. Also I have a soft spot for 1930's stuff, Al Bowley and the like. I just love that sound.
My Kit? mostly analogue, mostly 70's to 90's
Some Denon recievers, the obligatory NAD 3020, NAD Tuner, NAD CD, Fisher 550 series amp & tuner, Aristion Q deck, GL75, GL69 with Linn Basik, Mission 760e's JPW mini monitors, JPW ML910's, some home built KEF Kit 1-LS3/5a look a likes, original Tangent 7's, Eltax Libertys, Grundig TS945 reel to reel, Telfunken magnetophon 214 reel to reel & thats just some of the stuff that works!
I don't aspire to be an out & out audiophile though. Well,I can't aford it in the first place and secondly I believe alot of it is 'Snake oil'.
Most of my kit was very cheap off the 'Bay or even free from free-cycle so our hobby can still be accessible for little money if you are careful & lucky!
Cheers
John
A note to introduce myself. I was a teenager in the 1970's which is when I started this obsession gradually building a system as I could afford it using money from a Saturday job, paper round etc. You've probably all done it.
Always had a soft spot for KEF speakers & used to build my own cabinets buying chassis units from Wilmslow Audio (when it was in Wilmslow!) They always sounded OK but looked terrible if I am honest, all chipboard and screwed butt joints.
Then life got in the way as it tends to do and the hifi took a back seat to work & marriage.
Here I am 44 years later (how did that happen?) getting back into it as I am now semi-retired. I have a house full of not very fashionable kit (or junk my wife calls it) some working some not and I have joined this forum for help to try to get the broken stuff going again if possible.
Music wise? Well being a 70's teenager the usual culprits Led Zepp, Pink Floyd, Yes etc but also The Stranglers, James Taylor, Carol King. I have fairly broad tastes!
I like some classical but have never been able to get into Opera or Rap. Also I have a soft spot for 1930's stuff, Al Bowley and the like. I just love that sound.
My Kit? mostly analogue, mostly 70's to 90's
Some Denon recievers, the obligatory NAD 3020, NAD Tuner, NAD CD, Fisher 550 series amp & tuner, Aristion Q deck, GL75, GL69 with Linn Basik, Mission 760e's JPW mini monitors, JPW ML910's, some home built KEF Kit 1-LS3/5a look a likes, original Tangent 7's, Eltax Libertys, Grundig TS945 reel to reel, Telfunken magnetophon 214 reel to reel & thats just some of the stuff that works!
I don't aspire to be an out & out audiophile though. Well,I can't aford it in the first place and secondly I believe alot of it is 'Snake oil'.
Most of my kit was very cheap off the 'Bay or even free from free-cycle so our hobby can still be accessible for little money if you are careful & lucky!
Cheers
John