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Jonboy
11-10-2009, 17:40
Picture of my new Tannoy Sterlings powered by 300b Audion Silver Knights running through a Ming-DA Pre amp, Micromega Duo3 transport that sits on Nordost Pulsar points and a Wadia Ipod transport all through a Stan dac, i will upgrade to a Caimen very soon i hope.
You can also see my Quad 11s sitting on the floor with a very nice set of GEC brown base KT66s
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0193.jpg

Ali Tait
11-10-2009, 18:25
Nice!

Marco
11-10-2009, 19:07
Respect, Jon, from a fellow Tannoyista. Ya babies are lookin' shweeeeeeet :smoking:

Marco.

chris@panteg
11-10-2009, 20:29
Mmm they are lovely looking things ,

those Quads remind me of a Pair of Concordant modified 2's i used to have about 19 years ago , lovely sweet sounding they were 'wish i still had them:doh:

DSJR
11-10-2009, 20:35
Looks just like HiFi used to be - with pot plants etc. on top of the speakers :D

Respect though. Great looking system..

Jonboy
11-10-2009, 21:09
Cheers for the comments:cool:, i have now been loaned a Lumley Reference amp to play with, this amp had a bit of a bad press from what i hear ,details and pics to follow after a listening to. I have just been given a pile of instruction manuals from some classic kit along with a load of Hifi mags, details and info to follow.

The Grand Wazoo
11-10-2009, 21:14
Cheers for the comments:cool:, i have now been loaned a Lumley Reference amp to play with, this amp had a bit of a bad press from what i hear ,details and pics to follow after a listening to. I have just been given a pile of instruction manuals from some classic kit along with a load of Hifi mags, details and info to follow.

Anything you'd like to donate scans of for the library, Jon?

Jonboy
12-10-2009, 17:48
I will start to sort some out, there's some crackers in there including Quad 22control unit, and 11 power amp from 1962 complete with cutout template and garantee cards, Am11 tuner, 44/405 FM4 manuals, SME circa 1980 arms, Yammaha NS1000 manual and glossy sales brochere, Nakamichi manuals and glossy pics, Rogers glossy pics of the range of LS speakers and late 40 valve amp, probably at least 100 different items including press type reviews and photo copies of manuals from all sorts of manufacturers mostly from the 80's and 90's it would take me a month to scan them all, i feel a good feast on ebay coming up:smoking:
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0196.jpg

The Grand Wazoo
12-10-2009, 20:40
Jeeeeeeeeeeezzzzuuus Jon!!
That's a bit of a haul!

aquapiranha
12-10-2009, 21:10
Wow Jon, lots of info to share with folks there! assuming you wouldn't mind of course.

Jonboy
28-11-2009, 15:11
Having a play with a Lumley reference complete with passive pre amp, not a bad sound from 6550 valves, it could be yours if anyone is interested, this one is fully serviced and ready to go,

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/lumley.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0097.jpg

DSJR
28-11-2009, 15:16
Is there a TD125 manual there????? ;) ;) ;)

Oh by the way, those two Victorian clocks will have to go, the bells/gomgs will resonate at musical frequencies and disturn the musical ether :ner:

Jonboy
28-11-2009, 16:15
like this one you mean

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0102.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0103.jpg

Beechwoods
29-11-2009, 17:53
:stalks: :stalks: Nice looking kit... and all that Quad literature! If you ever think of moving on your FM3 manual I'd be interested in first refusal (I think I see one tucked away in there somewhere :))

Spectral Morn
29-11-2009, 17:57
Having a play with a Lumley reference complete with passive pre amp, not a bad sound from 6550 valves, it could be yours if anyone is interested, this one is fully serviced and ready to go,

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/lumley.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0097.jpg

Nice Veritas oil lamp there to the left of the picture.

PM me what you want for the Lumley amplifier or what you might want to swap for it ? Nice oil lamps maybe...?


Regards D S D L

Jonboy
02-01-2010, 18:09
Just got these back having had them put back to standard and fitted wth some nice NOS smoked glass KT61's

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0121.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0122.jpg

MartinT
03-01-2010, 12:18
Is the Lumley amp pre-John Jeffries vintage, or a different company altogether? JJ of Sounds of Music owns the Lumley brand now and manufactures speakers and a turntable, to my knowledge.

The Lumley speakers are some of the worst I've ever heard.

Jonboy
03-01-2010, 16:22
I don't think the Lumley is pre John Jefferies as the owners hand book has a Heathfield Address, i have read or heard that some were fitted with Partridge transformers, it certainly has some weight to it.

I was going for a visit down his place this Christmas but never got around to it, I went last year and had a play with a MBL system, that was quite impressive, he was still rating his top of the range Lumley Concert Grands speakers as the best on the market

Ali Tait
03-01-2010, 16:46
He would if it's him selling them!

MartinT
03-01-2010, 17:27
he was still rating his top of the range Lumley Concert Grands speakers as the best on the market

Ugh!

Interestingly, he gave up JM Lab/Focal shortly after I bought Mezzo Utopias from him, and then more recently he gave up Pass Labs after I bought an X2 then an X1 from him. I was chatting with the Pass distributor and he agreed that JJ's choices were sometimes just bizarre.

Oh, and he promoted some Advantage amps to friends of mine and they were pretty rubbish too (I got to calling them Disadvantage). I stopped recommending him after that.

Jonboy
03-01-2010, 17:59
The only thing i have bought from him was my Wadia ipod dock last Christmas, my brother-inlaw is an old friend of his from over 25 years ago but from nothing to do with Hifi, that was the first time they had met each other since then and the first and only time i have met him, although i do remember going into his old shop in Brighton called "Jeffries HiFi" when i was a teenager, i couldn't afford anything i liked from his stock then and still can't now, but it is a nice trip out just to see and hear top notch stuff in stock.

Spectral Morn
03-01-2010, 18:25
He would if it's him selling them!

...designing and making them too....John is Lumley these days.


Regards D S D L

Jonboy
24-01-2010, 15:10
I have got a new Pre-amp to play with this weekend a Audionote M-Zero with remote control, very nice it is too, i think it might have to stay, next to it is my Ming Da MC767-RD valve phono stage, has any one had one of these before?

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0139-1.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0138.jpg

DSJR
24-01-2010, 15:16
Shouldn't you be using Mana or Revo racks???? :sofa:

Ali Tait
24-01-2010, 15:17
Nice Jon.I have the Zero dac,which I've tweaked a little.It's a nice bit of kit.

Jonboy
24-01-2010, 17:03
Shouldn't you be using Mana or Revo racks???? :sofa:

I think you know where you can poke your plastic shit:ner:

DSJR
24-01-2010, 17:04
Not mine guv'nor...:lol:

Jonboy
24-01-2010, 17:19
Nice Jon.I have the Zero dac,which I've tweaked a little.It's a nice bit of kit.

This one is bog standard but i have got the choice of either black or silver or with remote or with out, the pot is motorised, they are all new, apparently Peter Q does not like remotes so won't use them anymore.

i would be interested to hear it up against a croft pre like the new basic 25

twelvebears
24-01-2010, 17:48
I think you know where you can poke your plastic shit:ner:

LMAO :lol:

SimontY
26-01-2010, 12:22
Gosh, that's a shiny and interesting system, looks very impressive. Are you always changing parts then, is that part of the fun? I like the idea of the Tannoys, I bet they sound great.

Simon

Jonboy
30-01-2010, 19:35
Hi Simon, yes i'm afraid i'm a box swapper but the tannoys are here to stay (for now)

Jonboy
30-01-2010, 19:41
Has anybody had one of these before, Croft series 5, it hums like a bastard, too much to put up with, looks like it needs looking at.
It hums with nothing attached and unbearable when connected:(

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0151.jpg

MartinT
30-01-2010, 21:18
Main PSU reservoir capacitor gone open circuit? It happened to my Croft 4S years ago.

DSJR
31-01-2010, 14:10
That series 5 looks like it's been round the block and back a few times. HiFi dave will tell you that there were series 5's made by the man, and others..... I hope you didn't pay much for it as one which recently sold for £550 is £200 less than the series 7 which Glenn claims to be better in every way than the old OTL, which itself was better than the series 4SA and 5 models.....

If the caps are ok, you may just have to try some rubber/sorbothane sheeting between the trannie and the case. Glenn may be able to help if you need to source a replacement transformer and he can check the rest out too for not an unreasonable fee.

Scorchin34
31-01-2010, 16:08
Tannoys, my dream speaker, I love the classic cabinet design and their driver technology. Someday someday.
Peace,
Preston

Jonboy
31-01-2010, 16:27
That series 5 looks like it's been round the block and back a few times. HiFi dave will tell you that there were series 5's made by the man, and others..... I hope you didn't pay much for it as one which recently sold for £550 is £200 less than the series 7 which Glenn claims to be better in every way than the old OTL, which itself was better than the series 4SA and 5 models.....

If the caps are ok, you may just have to try some rubber/sorbothane sheeting between the trannie and the case. Glenn may be able to help if you need to source a replacement transformer and he can check the rest out too for not an unreasonable fee.

I havn't payed a penny for it Dave thank goodness, i just borrowed it for a week or two for a play, the same guy i got it from has a pair of 15 inch Tannoy golds as well, i will see if i can talk him out of those for a trial to see how they compare to my Sterlings

DSJR
31-01-2010, 17:36
Fair enough. if the hum's mechanical, then my post above should help to answer it. if it's electrical, then earthing or fault would explain it, as the amp shouldn't hum through the speakers to any noticeable extent.

Remember that Monitor Golds will need the crossover severely re-working and possibly cabinet re-inforcement to make 'em competitive. I'm amazed how reasonably uncloured the current models sound, 'cos the boxes seem to be hollow and undamped when given the knuckle test... that is, until you compare them with cheaper Harbeths, which do comfortably see them off I'm afraid......... :)

Jonboy
31-01-2010, 18:09
that is, until you compare them with cheaper Harbeths, which do comfortably see them off I'm afraid......... :)

Thats fighting talk:lol:

Jonboy
13-03-2010, 09:32
Well we have another visiter this weekend and its a Dynaco ST70 fully modded by same man that can who does all my amps, notice the simularity to the Lafayette using Jensons.
I'm not sure that it is better than the Lafayette but it does things a bit differently, the fact that its got more power on tap does not mean that the bass is any deeper or punchier, the lafayette is still on top it would seem, the Williams dac has certainly open up a new playing field and puts the Caimen in the shade a bit with a noticable expansion of the sound stage with the Williams, it birings everything more to life and is exceptionable with Jazz, big band and accoustic type stuff, with real depth and warmth to the voice being given.
I have also changed my speaker cables over to silver foils at the moment but not sure if they are staying, they seem to tighten up the bass but loose a bit of the punch and draw out the top end a little, i have certainly noticed more detail in the recordings but this is due to the Williams dac more than anything else.
Some cds especially compalations sound just crap and sound like they are singing in the toilet:eek:

The Audionote pre-amp has had its caps upgraded to copper foils and also up in value to 2.2 to give the bottom end a bit more grunt and roll off a slightly harsh top end, this was a good move:)

So in conclusion i still love my Lafayette and it's still a keeper (sorry Andre :ner:) and giving it a better source input just brings out more and more of that special thing it does in relation to it's price and i would have to spend an awfull lot more to better it thats for sure;)


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0186.jpg


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0185-1.jpg

Rare Bird
13-03-2010, 12:00
So in conclusion i still love my Lafayette and it's still a keeper (sorry Andre :ner:)



:lolsign:

:bum:

Marco
13-03-2010, 12:21
Remember that Monitor Golds will need the crossover severely re-working and possibly cabinet re-inforcement to make 'em competitive. I'm amazed how reasonably uncloured the current models sound, 'cos the boxes seem to be hollow and undamped when given the knuckle test... that is, until you compare them with cheaper Harbeths, which do comfortably see them off I'm afraid.........


<COUGH!> :lol:

Some folk don't half talk a load of pish ;)

Marco.

P.S System's looking good, Jon. Oh and welcome to the Dunc-DAC club! I'm not a member yet, but may be some day :)

Rare Bird
13-03-2010, 12:32
P.S System's looking good, Jon. Oh and welcome to the Dunc-DAC club! I'm not a member yet, but may be some day :)

Why! Don't over doo it that Sony DAC sounds great to me.

Marco
13-03-2010, 12:43
It is, Andre, and it's still my benchmark, but one never says never in this game.... :)

Marco.

Jonboy
13-03-2010, 16:37
<COUGH!> :lol:

Some folk don't half talk a load of pish ;)

Marco.

P.S System's looking good, Jon. Oh and welcome to the Dunc-DAC club! I'm not a member yet, but may be some day :)


Cheers for that Marco, i was wondering when you would spot that comment from Dave about our lovely Tannoys:eek:

goraman
13-03-2010, 19:50
Can you show some pics of the Audion Silver Night monos ?
Oh,please...
Are those PP or SET?
I have the Silver Night phono stage and just love it.
Id love to have the Manley labes Neo Clasic preamp with headphone inputs,and silver night phono and 300B monos. OHHH! OHHH! OHHHHHHHH! Exuse me I have to go change my shorts! he he he.



http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/300brc99.html

Jonboy
18-04-2010, 12:04
The Audions have been moved on

But here is a pic anyway


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0190-1.jpg

Jonboy
18-04-2010, 12:16
I have dug these out this weekend for a listen, they sounded distorted the last time i run them up, but i had a chat about them with Mike the valve and we came to the conclusion that because i was running them at 240 odd volts it probably made the valves out of Bias because they are Chinese they were probably set for 220 volts, so i have plugged them into my Variac and hey presto they seem to be fine now, has anyone else had this problem with Chinese kit?
They do sound very good now running Mullard ecc82's and ecc 83's,
The 845 's are Shuguang, i did have a pair of Golden Dragons but my Daughter dropped a candle on one so that was the end of one of them:(

They weigh in at around 22kg's each and are point to point wired and are better made than some of the other far eastern stuff.


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0201.jpg

Ali Tait
18-04-2010, 12:45
The Golden Dragons are Shuguangs anyway.

Jonboy
18-04-2010, 16:34
They have different plates, one is carbon the other metal

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0206.jpg


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0205.jpg

Ali Tait
18-04-2010, 16:41
Yes,but they are just Shuguang metal plates.GD do the graphite ones too.All they do is test and match the valves more rigorously than Shuguang themselves do,and stick on a very hefty premium.See here-

http://www.edsawyer.com/images/845mb.2.large.jpg

goraman
18-04-2010, 16:45
Was there no love for the little Audions? I could have given them a wonderful home ...
Not so comon here in the states,I have the early Silver Night phono stage.and a good freind of mine has the 300B SET golden dreams just sitting colecting dust.(Breaks my heart but untill he gets his house cleaned out to make room for a 3rd system they will most likely be unused.He has more audio stuff stacked to the ceiling than you would ever belive.It's like a musium of 60's 70's 80's 90's audio and very new high end stuff His favorites are Walcott,Audio Valve and Audion.He likes the big Sound Lab pannels but just got into Zingalli's for his SET system makeing number 3 compleate set ups.
He was collecting RtR's ,turntables,Now insted of being called crap its all called vintage and sells on ebay for 3X what it's worth.
Some of the stuff he got cheap is pretty rare.
I keep telling him to sell it all and use the money in his golden years.

Jonboy
18-04-2010, 17:26
Was there no love for the little Audions? I could have given them a wonderful home ...
.

I liked them them but didn't love them, for the money the owed me there are things out there that i prefer the sound of for less cash.

i have listened to the Audionote Kegons running Western Electric 300b's, they were the same, just didn't blow me away, perhaps i just havn't heard the right 300b amp yet

Ali Tait
18-04-2010, 17:47
300b's are hard to drive,and not cheap to do well.Get it right and they can sound wonderous.

goraman
20-04-2010, 02:07
I liked them them but didn't love them, for the money the owed me there are things out there that i prefer the sound of for less cash.

i have listened to the Audionote Kegons running Western Electric 300b's, they were the same, just didn't blow me away, perhaps i just havn't heard the right 300b amp yet

If the Audio Note Kegons didn't do it with WE 300B's your not a 300B guy.
I did like this alot.http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/300brc99.html

I think they make a better preamp and headphone tube in a lot of ways.
The EL84 and EL34 both have a better bottom end in a driver tube.
The 300B is a strong tube for a preamp and dosen't lack bass or sparkle but in a power stage seems to preform best in the midrange.
Speaker selection becomes very limited as well.

Ali Tait
20-04-2010, 07:19
IMO it's not the limitations of the 300b,it's the limitations of the circuit and iron used.A diy amp built by a friend with all regulated supplies remains one of the very best amps I've ever heard,and it didn't sound like a typical 300b.Normally it's pretty easy to tell a 300b amp,but you'd have never guessed this one was.

DirectDrive_Gordon
01-05-2010, 21:34
Picture of my new Tannoy Sterlings powered by 300b Audion Silver Knights running through a Ming-DA Pre amp, Micromega Duo3 transport that sits on Nordost Pulsar points and a Wadia Ipod transport all through a Stan dac, i will upgrade to a Caimen very soon i hope.
You can also see my Quad 11s sitting on the floor with a very nice set of GEC brown base KT66s
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0193.jpg

Nice. I'd love your Tannoys!

Jonboy
06-05-2010, 17:39
Gee thanks, i do love my Tannoys :cool:

Jonboy
26-09-2010, 16:56
I havn't posted in here for a while so i thought i would share my new love, keeping it simple this weekend, A I mono blocks, Caiman, Micromega transport and a Wadia ipod dock, that way i can play my stuff from CD (on my own) her stuff (the wife) on her IPhone and our stuff direct from Spotify

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0311.jpg


As my 2A3 Loftin project is dragging at the moment i have got these to play with, Audio Innovations 2nd Audio 2A3 push pull mono blocks, very nice indeed, loads of punch in these babys,

Ali Tait
26-09-2010, 17:02
Very nice Jon,the 2a3 is a great sounding valve.

Jonboy
07-11-2010, 15:48
I been banished to my office/den above my garage due to a film fest going on indoors, shes not well (the wife bless her) after a small op so i have left her to it watching good old Harry Potter with the kids, anyway i got bored so i dug out my old Bill Beard to remind myself of how it sounds with the Kefs they need some power behind them to get the best from them, i'm not dissapointed the truth be known, i'm using a Teac T1, a original 7510 Stan dac and my old Ming-Da pre amp and have been listening to some Dianna Krall on cd, just switched over to Last FM playing Calexico Radio, some good stuff being played at the moment, not the best in Hifi running through the computers headphone socket but certainly listenable, i need another usb dac i think

Daylights fading fast so pics are a bit blurry

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0348.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0349.jpg

Reid Malenfant
07-11-2010, 15:52
Always loved the looks of the Kef 105/3, gorgeous speakers ;)

Marco
08-11-2010, 07:07
Hey, Jon - you need to get those (15 inch?) Monitor Golds on the floor into some nice cabs, retire the Stirlings, and pocket the change! ;)

Anyway, nice 'second system'! Hope your good lady gets better soon :)

Marco.

Jonboy
08-11-2010, 18:50
Cheers for that Marco the anisthetic is still making her very groggy :(, i am waiting for a pair of cabinets to come along at the right price ;), i have thought that the Sterlings might be reitired if they come up trumps, but there again i also have some Westex 15's in the pipeline :eyebrows:

Marco
08-11-2010, 19:15
Good to hear that, John - keep on pampering her, as I know you will :)

Speedy Steve's yer man for cabs, and he's only a PM away! ;)

I think you'd love what the Golds do. The Stirlings are fab (named after the town in Scotland called Stirling), but I reckon you'd be utterly blown away by the sheer magic the Golds can muster....

You need to get the crossovers right, though, but others and I could certainly advise there :cool:

Marco.

Jonboy
08-11-2010, 21:55
Speedy Steve's yer man for cabs, and he's only a PM away! ;)

Marco.

Have you seen what he is doing with horns :wow:

Given me more ideas

Marco
08-11-2010, 22:01
I know; it's rather panty-wetting, isn't it? Gives me the right horn, so it does! :lol:

Marco.

Jonboy
08-11-2010, 22:05
I like the way he just gets on and does it

Puffin
09-11-2010, 16:06
I heard those Kef's at Heathrow in the early 90s. I still remember how good they sounded, as it was one of the rare occasions when you think "this sounds good". It was an enormous room and they were stuck right out in the middle and they were playing Walk Between The Raindrops, by Donald Fagen. It sounded superb. I don't know what the rest of the equipment used was, but from memory it didn't consist of monster amps etc that you normally see.

Rare Bird
10-11-2010, 14:23
I like the way he just gets on and does it

A lot of people are like that, i used to be.. these days i sit thinking about things but can't be arsed with anything really, nothing ever gets finished even if i get around to doing it :confused:..

Jonboy
23-01-2011, 18:41
Giving this Pure sound 2A3 push pull amp a run at the moment and its turning out to be a very nice amp, i have ditched the cd player and just streaming or using my Wadia for the wifes Ipod/Iphone music, just waiting for the power supply for my new dac kit, then we will try upsampling on the SBtouch which iv'e been told works very well

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/P1000688.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/P1000687.jpg

Jonboy
07-05-2011, 09:27
I'm having a EL34 weekend at the moment with this little beauty, basically its a home built Radford ST15 with all the bad bits of ther original design taken out and modified, this amp looks like shit but it sounds very very good, don't know when it was last used so we brought it up on my variac and checked caps as it warmed up and gradually increased the voltage until it was up to full tilt, i had to solder in some standard phono sockets and speaker sockets as i don't have any XLR cables to make life easy, the trannies are a mixture of proper Radfords and Sowter, just waiting the arrival of my new dac so i can hopefully go down to one dac and no pre amp, i had a Mullard based circuit EL34 amp with one of the biggest trannies i have seen on a amp but it decided to disgrace its self and pop a few solder joints on the valve bases, so its gone to the workshop for a few repairs, this one had very good bass which goes to prove that its all in the quility and size of the trannies, anyway here a a couple of pics of the Radford, its crying out to be re-built onto a decent chassis but would be a labour of love to say the least

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0095.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0091.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0092.jpg

Jonboy
21-05-2011, 21:30
EL84's this weekend.
Lafayette push pull EL84's, Williams Audio copper Dac EL84's

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0125-1.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0126.jpg

Reid Malenfant
21-05-2011, 21:36
Mmmmm, those glowing bottles sure are pretty! :) With transistors you just get a heatsink :rolleyes:

Nice one Jon! Thanks for putting things into perspective :)

The lights turned off pic is worth at least a thousand words :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
22-05-2011, 11:03
EL84's this weekend.
Lafayette push pull EL84's, Williams Audio copper Dac EL84's



:eyebrows: I was palying with an Laffy 'LA750' a while back sounded great.

Marco
22-05-2011, 13:43
Hi Jon,

Looking good, dude! :)


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0091.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0092.jpg

Proper point-to-point wiring, with none of yer PCB shite.... And that looks like a nice 1970s Plessey cap (the big gold one, and I suspect there are others) - those are amongst the best caps ever made. I have them in my Copper amp :cool:

Marco.

Jonboy
03-09-2011, 18:03
After selling my Gold stereo 20 i have been really missing it so when i was told i could borrow this one i jumped at the chance :)

It's a later Graphite grey one that has the reported better transformers, it sounds very good to my ears, i do think that EL 84's are some of the best and most musical sounding valves around

NB he's not having it back i'm keeping it :gig:


http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0496.jpg

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0497.jpg

Rare Bird
03-09-2011, 19:01
Nice Jon, you'll not be wanting the Lafayette 'EL84' anymore then :eyebrows:

Alex_UK
03-09-2011, 22:02
The same as hifi_dave's, I think - didn't play it for long, but sounded superb - enjoy! :)

Macca
03-09-2011, 22:03
Belkin 'Truly Amazed' interconnects in use there I see :eyebrows:

Jonboy
03-09-2011, 22:51
Nice Jon, you'll not be wanting the Lafayette 'EL84' anymore then :eyebrows:


:lol: The Lafayette is a keeper me old mucca just don't want to wear it out to soon by using all the time ;)

Jonboy
03-09-2011, 22:52
The same as hifi_dave's, I think - didn't play it for long, but sounded superb - enjoy! :)

Really worth checking out Alex, one of the best Leaks IMHO

Jonboy
03-09-2011, 22:54
Belkin 'Truly Amazed' interconnects in use there I see :eyebrows:

Of course And matching speaker cables , they just do what they say on the tin

MartinT
04-09-2011, 12:38
It's a later Graphite grey one that has the reported better transformers

I didn't know that there had been a transformer redesign. Mine is an earlier gold one - sadly not in use at the moment.

Rare Bird
04-09-2011, 16:08
Thats a shame Martin. i know what i'd be using if i were you ;)

:sofa:

'TL12+' are my all time favs tho..

MartinT
04-09-2011, 19:25
Within it's power envelope, Andr'e, the Leak Stereo 20 is a killer amp. Sadly, it simply cannot drive medium efficiency speakers to the levels I like, nor does it have the necessary bass control.

However, I may assemble a second system at some point in the future and put it back into use.

Rare Bird
04-09-2011, 20:41
Can see the medium efficiency bearing any problems tbh.. ;) however if you like things loud, personally i never have nor never will play any louspeaker loud even if i lived in the middle of a field. I think the best all round idea would be to post me the Leak :D

MartinT
04-09-2011, 20:56
I think the best all round idea would be to post me the Leak :D

:lol:

Rare Bird
04-09-2011, 23:03
Take that as a no :lolsign:

Alex_UK
04-09-2011, 23:24
Take that as a no :lolsign:

I think its a "never"! ;)

Rare Bird
05-09-2011, 01:44
He'll come round i know he will :eyebrows:

The Grand Wazoo
05-09-2011, 06:31
He'll come round i know he will :eyebrows:

Here you go, in the meantime, you can use these:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0W_QqQJyAQw/TTL9A9XfMjI/AAAAAAAAIhQ/iIN13r-_s58/s1600/Huge%2BLeeks.bmp

Alex_UK
05-09-2011, 11:21
Now that is a big set of leaks! :eek: :lolsign:

Rare Bird
05-09-2011, 12:28
I was just thinking what i could do with that root on the end :eyebrows:

:spank:

Jonboy
05-09-2011, 16:53
I was just thinking what i could do with that root on the end :eyebrows:

:spank:

Marco is thinking what he could do with the rest of it and these don't require batteries :wowzer:

Jonboy
07-09-2011, 20:51
I didn't know that there had been a transformer redesign.

In answer to that Martin i asked the owner tonight yes they are different, the Gold ones use 43% taps on the transformer and the Grey ones used a 22% tap, thus making the grey ones run nearer pentode and the gold ones running toward triode, i hope this makes sence

MartinT
07-09-2011, 22:17
Thanks, Jon. Running triode is good for sound quality but develops less power than pentode. It makes sense that Leak wanted more power for the marketing pull, but I'm happy with triode bias.

Patoufrench
10-11-2011, 11:30
Hello Jonboy,
You have a " Audio Note m Zero", what do you think of this preamp? The report was good?

Marco
10-11-2011, 13:33
Hi David,

Welcome to AoS :)

As was outlined in the registration email you received, please pop into the Welcome area and introduce yourself properly to our community, telling us what system you use and what music you like.

Cheers! :cool:

Marco.

Patoufrench
10-11-2011, 13:57
hello

ok :)

Jonboy
10-11-2011, 15:40
Hello Jonboy,
You have a " Audio Note m Zero", what do you think of this preamp? The report was good?


Hello David,

very nice little preamp but have a fairy high sensativity they come in three forms, Non Remote, remote and the top of the range M1 remote which has upgraded caps, i have been selling NOS ones for a while with no problems

Please introduce yourself here (http://theartofsound.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15)first and tell us a bit about yourself as the big man has asked, you will then find us all very amenable,

Patoufrench
10-11-2011, 16:17
Hi,
Thank you for the welcome, my English is bad! Why you sold him it? It is not advisable to you?

here is my presentation

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?p=265105#post265105

:)

macvisual
10-11-2011, 23:23
Hi Jonboy,

That's an impressive collection of hi-fi, wow!


regards;
macvisual

Jonboy
11-11-2011, 19:58
Thanks Peter, i enjoy trying different amps, most but not all of it has been mine i'm lucky enough to be able to beg, steal or borrow things now and again as well :)

Jonboy
10-03-2012, 14:13
Righto i managed to blag this for the weekend and i'm enjoying it immensely, i have been after trying out a 45 amp for quite a while and this one certainly got my attention, its got bottom end grunt and a lovely sweet top end to boot it really does do bass well without loosing that top end sparkle,

2 watts of SE power very well done, some other SE amps i have tried and heard lack that ultimate low end including some parrallel SE 300b amps i had for a while, mind you a Wavac SE 300b that my mate runs is very good as well but at 16 odd grand it ought to be something special :eek:,

I have seen it on a scope and it measures reallly well for those who like that sort of thing but more importantly it's sounds very very good as well to back up those figures.


I had a bit of a tidy up in my office den so i could set up my Tannoys again, i'm missing them so much indoors especially as i'm having to put up with a Av system with Sat/subs at the mo it's driving me nuts:(
Happiness is a man and his Tannoys in his own space playing what he wants.

Giving Julie London a whirl at the moment sounds great, here are some pics

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0045.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0043-1.jpg
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/DSC_0044.jpg

Alex_UK
12-03-2012, 20:56
Looks like you had a great weekend Jon - (quite an amp collection you're amassing there!)

The Grand Wazoo
12-03-2012, 20:59
How's the Armstrong sounding Jon?

chelsea
12-03-2012, 21:07
Lovely stuff jon.
Some nice looking stuff there.

Jonboy
12-03-2012, 21:26
How's the Armstrong sounding Jon?

Thanks Stu and yes Alex it's a bit of a disease at times this hifi lark


Hi Chris, the Armstrong has the same valves (ECL86's) as the Rogers and the Mullard 10/10 but more bottom end grunt i'm really chuffed with it.

The Audio Note is very good i spent far to much time listening to tunes over the weekend than i should have so the extension still has an unfinished roof, mind you the Sunday hangover was a corker this week so i didn't venture to far up the scafold, i should stay away from the Sambuca black

Oh well can't be all work and no play

Rare Bird
12-03-2012, 21:29
:lol: