My System

[dantheman91]

Hi to Everyone on this forum i would like like to tell you about my system

Cyrus One Mk1 Amp
Arcam Alpha 7 Cd Player = Superb i think
Rega P2 with Bias stylus = Fantastic
QED silver annervirsary Speaker cable
Linn interconnects
Rogers LS7 Speakers - Superb

Thats All for Now ;)

[Beechwoods]

Welcome Dan. I'd really like to see some pictures of your kit. And your impressions of your Rogers speakers. I'm attracted to the old BBC speaker designs and I know the LS7's are from the same stable, albeit later.

I say Welcome. You've got 14 posts under your belt already so hardly a newbie! Hope you enjoy yourself here!

[dantheman91]

i would post some pics but as usual the cameras on the blink

[DSJR]

Welcome...:)

get that Cyrus 1 changed for a 2 at least, or, when funds allow, a nice valve jobbie..:) {and in best Sgt Major's voice) DITCH THAT 'ORRIBLE QED STUFF!!!!!

The LS7's by now should be just about run in after 25 years. keep these as they'll just get better and better and better........

[Spectral Morn]

Hi Dan


Welcome to AOS.

Enjoy the forum and have fun.


Regards D S D L

[dantheman91]

thanks mate i think the QED is very good stuff:lolsign:

Dan

[The Grand Wazoo]

Have a word with AlexUK about that - he used to like it too!

[Alex_UK]

What, me guv? :o

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3560 - thread 7 onwards...

[chris@panteg]

Hi Dan and welcome

So you have the original LS7 ' i had the updated LS7 t , way back ' it had a titanium tweeter ' i think they sounded far worse the your original , keep and enjoy .

[dantheman91]

Yes i have the originals mate evan the ones with the ones with older covers and diagram on the front the are fantstic speakers though whats your review on the LS7'TS :lolsign:


Dan

[DSJR]

WHEN NEW, the LS7T could strip paint it was so tinny. I heard a pair of T's many years later and, like many metal dome tweets when thoroughly run/thrashed to death (!) they were quite sweet toned, if a little lively still.

I suspect the QED SA is lightening the bass, but it really is a cr@p cable and disliked by many who've bothered to compare with other cables. many Sevanoaks shops sold kilometers of the stuff to AV system enthusiasts, together with the bell wire that is QED Micro. All this research into high-current cables ruined at a stroke by box-shifters who often didn't care or just wanted an easy sale to WTF readers...

Look at the Belden and Van-Damme options on the Mark Grant site and PLEASE give them a try. The 4mm and 6mm Van-Damme wires are great too. Forget silver-plated wire. It's as bright and shiny as it looks when stripped back IMO..

[chris@panteg]

Dave ' so right about that awful titanium tweeter , original's so much better , still prefer my type J though:)

[dantheman91]

i have

Chord carnival
Linn K20
Van den hul dont have the modle name on it :lolsign:


Dan

[DSJR]

Carnival was much better to my ears and the Cable Talk 4.1 and Excel 4 had a hugely better dynamic range - loud bits louder and quiet bits quieter...

[dantheman91]

What about the linn i have just put that back on

Dan

[Rare Bird]

:worthless:

[dantheman91]

I have Now put the Chord Speaker cable on sound better then it used too :lolsign:


Dan

[DSJR]

K20 is a bit bland for some reason, but live with it for a while and you should find the SA rather spattery and with little in the way of dynamic contrasts..

[dantheman91]

SA? like i said i have put the chord carnival back on sounds good for my likeing. My rega sounds Brill with the bias.