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pgarrish
13-01-2017, 14:35
Doesn't really trip off the tongue but I'm having a bakeoff in the northwest (between Preston & southport) 18th Feb. A few places already filled so room for another 12 or so I reckon. Bring munchies for lunch and your own drinks and we normally use the local tandoori takeaway for tea.
Just the one room so only one system, but it's a big room :)
Doesn't really trip off the tongue but I'm having a bakeoff in the northwest (between Preston & southport) 18th Feb. A few places already filled so room for another 12 or so I reckon. Bring munchies for lunch and your own drinks and we normally use the local tandoori takeaway for tea.
Just the one room so only one system, but it's a big room :)
Can I come Paul :) although it was a bit crap last time :lol::lol:
pgarrish
13-01-2017, 19:15
Can I come Paul :) although it was a bit crap last time :lol::lol:
You brought some music last time didn't you ???
Jac Hawk
14-01-2017, 23:44
I'm up for this
pgarrish
15-01-2017, 08:42
I'm up for this
Cool
Zoidburg
16-01-2017, 16:21
I will check dates with the mrs tonight but if there is room id love to pop in for a few hours
pgarrish
16-01-2017, 18:00
I will check dates with the mrs tonight but if there is room id love to pop in for a few hours
sounds good, ben
pgarrish
21-01-2017, 20:15
Any more? We can do vinyl, CD or streaming. A few wammers and ex-wammers are coming but it would be good to get a few more new faces.
And the local takeaway is very good!
Hi Paul.
Sounds good! Pencil me in as a possibility, and I'll confirm nearer the time :cool:
Could you list your system again, so we know what we're going to be listening to? :)
Marco.
pgarrish
21-01-2017, 20:36
Good news
My rig is
rega planar 2 with super bias
Rotel rc850 pre doing phono duties and feeding hh s500d power
Or via a dact passive pre into Mullard 5-20 monos
Digital is sbt or chromecast or teac t1
All though teac d1 dac
Speakers are tannoy cheviots with rubber surrounds
Warfedale sub
Wires are long enough :)
Wires are long enough... Love it! :D
Sounds like an interesting system. Do you Dominic Harper, from NWA? He lives in New Longton, so I suspect is not too far from you.
Marco.
pgarrish
21-01-2017, 21:22
Never come across him... but that is close
This is his website (specialises in building/re-tipping cartridges and modifying/building T/Ts, mainly Garrards: http://www.northwestanalogue.com/index.html
Really nice bloke, as is his wife Natalie, and great hosts. You should hook up sometime... Maybe pop him an email and see if he fancies coming to your bake-off? :cool:
Marco.
pgarrish
21-01-2017, 22:07
I shall. Ta
Done
Zoidburg
25-01-2017, 10:30
Good news
My rig is
rega planar 2 with super bias
Rotel rc850 pre doing phono duties and feeding hh s500d power
Or via a dact passive pre into Mullard 5-20 monos
Digital is sbt or chromecast or teac t1
All though teac d1 dac
Speakers are tannoy cheviots with rubber surrounds
Warfedale sub
Wires are long enough :)
Is there anything you would like me to bring Paul? I'm happy to bring my turntable along for a play if anyone is interested.
Failing that Il just bring some cakes and some music.
pgarrish
25-01-2017, 10:48
We'll sort kit nearer the time Ben. With just the one room it can be a faff but I'm sure a bit of swapping wouldn't go amiss
pgarrish
31-01-2017, 20:38
OK, we're up to 13 or so. There will be (very nice) porkpies, plus any snacks people bring. Dom and Natalie from NWA are coming, plus Ben, marco, greg and Mike from here and a few Wammers.
Anyone else?
pgarrish
11-02-2017, 14:03
PMs with address sent. No-one appears to be bringing any kit so phono or pre-amp very welcome. Speakers if you are feeling brave!
Zoidburg
11-02-2017, 21:13
I've now got your address thanks Paul, as advised il bring my firebottle phono stage and tt too.
pgarrish
11-02-2017, 21:13
Cool
Jac Hawk
12-02-2017, 14:30
PMs with address sent. No-one appears to be bringing any kit so phono or pre-amp very welcome. Speakers if you are feeling brave!
i'll bring my Turntable and an amp if you want, could also bring my Bose 305's if anyone wants to relive HMV shops of circa 1986
pgarrish
12-02-2017, 14:31
Sounds good.
pgarrish
18-02-2017, 21:24
Thanks to everyone for coming. Some cracking food, good to chat to folks known and new and some new music to try. The sl1210 vs Aiwa vs Rega was interesting. More drive and detail from the techie, deeper but less controlled bass from the Aiwa and less drive, and the rega in the middle for me.
Zoidburg
18-02-2017, 21:58
Thanks to everyone for coming. Some cracking food, good to chat to folks known and new and some new music to try. The sl1210 vs Aiwa vs Rega was interesting. More drive and detail from the techie, deeper but less controlled bass from the Aiwa and less drive, and the rega in the middle for me.
Very enjoyable afternoon for me thanks Paul, top hopitality from your self and Sarah, great to meet a few new faces and hear some lovely kit (the tannoys especially) Il post a few pics up tomorrow and some more comments. Cheers again mate.
Jac Hawk
18-02-2017, 23:43
Cracking day Paul, Sarah and yourself were perfect hosts, some really good tunes and some very nice kit, i particularly loved how effortless the two mono blocks valve amps drove those big Tannoys.
pgarrish
19-02-2017, 07:33
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170219/60a82f595ff4eb350f7d86fcf7dfce85.jpg
The addition of the cat was a revelation in the performance of the Aiwa deck....
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170219/87d82b77f40b18dbf6d9758a6f1ad65c.jpg
Nice one, Paul. Pork pies look epic! :D
Shame I had to pull out, as it looks like you guys had a good time. Did Dom and Nat turn up? If so, did they bring any kit with them?
Nat would've been all over your cat like a rash, as she loves them, as do I :)
Marco.
pgarrish
19-02-2017, 09:18
No Dom and Nat - both ill
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170219/60a82f595ff4eb350f7d86fcf7dfce85.jpg
The addition of the cat was a revelation in the performance of the Aiwa deck....
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170219/87d82b77f40b18dbf6d9758a6f1ad65c.jpg
Any cat owner can testify to the beneficial room treatment effect they provide. Although I can see that in this example the feline is also demonstrating how it can absorb unwanted vibration which may transfer to the deck. The cat collects these in a special pouch in its throat and releases them as soft purrs which are pleasing to the human ear.
pgarrish
19-02-2017, 09:27
Now you are obviously taking the mickey... cats don't purr from a special throat pouch [emoji849]
No Dom and Nat - both ill
Ah, shame.....
Marco.
Now you are obviously taking the mickey... cats don't purr from a special throat pouch [emoji849]
Oh but they do, I have asked both my cats and neither of them denied it.
Zoidburg
19-02-2017, 15:39
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DegjHsdWPQM
Paul see what you thinkmif this, hopefully this will grow on you! But maybe not lol
pgarrish
19-02-2017, 16:23
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DegjHsdWPQM
Paul see what you thinkmif this, hopefully this will grow on you! But maybe not lol
Okey dokey.... don't take it personally though [emoji848]
Zoidburg
19-02-2017, 20:12
Okey dokey.... don't take it personally though [emoji848]
:D:D:D
pgarrish
19-02-2017, 20:34
:D:D:D
5 mins in so far..... when does it start?
Jac Hawk
19-02-2017, 21:07
5 mins in so far..... when does it start?
:rfl:I think you should call it a day Paul, not everyone gets Miles Davis
Zoidburg
02-03-2017, 19:56
Evening all,
Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to write this short review of Pauls bakeoff from a few weeks ago. I meant to do it straight away but then realised I had a few technical IT related issues and along with work being a bit manic at the moment things have been delayed somewhat ......hopefully this rectifies the situation :D
Anyway the event was a real pleasure to attend and Paul and his wife were the perfect hosts. There was a good mix of people and the music & conversation and pies flowed non stop for the 5 hours or so that I was there.
Pauls system consisted of a pair of lovely looking big Tannoys run from some Radford valve power amps and a passive pre of some sort. Initially we mixed and matched between his CD player (which I didn't pay much attention to unfortunately) and his stock rega deck. Later on we plummed in my own slightly modded SL1200 and Mikes Akia DD deck. I've not heard any Tannoys (big or small) before and initially I thought they lacked a bit of top end sparkle however after about an hour or so they really started to come on song and by the time I left I was very taken with what they were doing. They just seemed to have an effortless and enjoyable presentation, something I could have sat in front of for way longer than I actually did (if I only had the room for a pair myself..........:D)
I cant remember everything we played however for me the Tannoys really came on song with a thumping Grace Jones album and the back to back Propellorheads 12 inch we played via my techie and the (eary / mid 80s?) high end Akai DD turntable brought along by Mike (Jac Hawk) all of which we played through a firebottle phonostage. I think the techie would have been pretty evenly matched with the Akai had it not been for the AT150 MLX cart im using. We also ran the same tracks through Pauls stock Rega whos performance was lacking (for me anyway) against the 2 DD decks but thats not really surprising given its bog standard nature.
Anyway hats off to everyone who attended really I had a great time and it was lovely to meet some new faces. Heres a pew pictures for the benefit of those not able to attend.
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/IMG_20170218_132920.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/zoidburg1975/media/IMG_20170218_132920.jpg.html)
Pauls room before the run really got started
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/IMG_20170218_130457.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/zoidburg1975/media/IMG_20170218_130457.jpg.html)
The view from the sofa
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/IMG_20170218_135539.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/zoidburg1975/media/IMG_20170218_135539.jpg.html)
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/IMG_20170218_141137.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/zoidburg1975/media/IMG_20170218_141137.jpg.html)
Not sure if the isolating properties of the carpet were beneficial or not but that's what we went with :D
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/IMG_20170218_145659.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/zoidburg1975/media/IMG_20170218_145659.jpg.html)
Mikes Akai in full flow (I loved the front LCD read out:)
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/IMG_20170218_144501.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/zoidburg1975/media/IMG_20170218_144501.jpg.html)
A final view from the back
pgarrish
02-03-2017, 20:11
Cheers Ben. One correction, The valve amps aren't Radfords, they were built by my father in law.
A few photos don't show for me
Thanks for the comments. Had a great day ourselves.
You're welcome any time
Zoidburg
02-03-2017, 20:19
Cheers Ben. One correction, The valve amps aren't Radfords, they were built by my father in law.
A few photos don't show for me
Thanks for the comments. Had a great day ourselves.
You're welcome any time
Sorry Paul, my mistake. Wow Kudos to your father in law then, what sort of amps are they?
I think the photo issue is photobucket related, its been really slow uploading stuff to it but I can see them all on my PC
Thanks for the offer of a return visit, id be very pleased to return the favour if you ever found yourself Liverpool way.............its just a shame ive only room for a few people or id try a bakeoff of my own.
pgarrish
02-03-2017, 20:23
The amps are the Mullard 5-20 circuit. Some decent iron in there and a couple of foo Mullard valves, all running at a slightly detuned 350V to give about 18wpc
Zoidburg
02-03-2017, 20:38
The amps are the Mullard 5-20 circuit. Some decent iron in there and a couple of foo Mullard valves, all running at a slightly detuned 350V to give about 18wpc
Amazing what those 18 watts were doing!
pgarrish
02-03-2017, 20:39
Amazing what those 18 watts were doing!
We didn't fire up the HH. That's 180wpc solid state.... but there's a reason the valves were on all day [emoji6]
Jac Hawk
03-03-2017, 13:28
It was a really good day Paul, so much so I've gone and bought a planar 3, gonna spend some cash on it, putting an RB202 arm on it and then some other mods, once I'm done it would be good to see how it sounds against your stock planar
pgarrish
03-03-2017, 16:50
It was a really good day Paul, so much so I've gone and bought a planar 3, gonna spend some cash on it, putting an RB202 arm on it and then some other mods, once I'm done it would be good to see how it sounds against your stock planar
Sounds good. Mines a basic planar 2 with super bias cart. I'm not even sure what arm it is, it came fitted... [emoji15]
I think it's time for a new belt tho - that one is 20 years old
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