donkeytrousers
28-04-2020, 22:08
Hi everyone! I just joined this group. I am a sound enthusiast. I do an amount of recording for choirs/organs etc. - all amateur. I have also been sound man for two or three local gigs.
I'm also a musician - I sing and conduct a very good amateur choir. I have been actively involved in choral music for 54 years. Much of my listening is choral/organ. But there's a healthy mix of other stuff too: Tom Waits/Genesis/Dylan/Police/Floyd/Eno/Clapton/Altered Images/Bundu boys/Loudon Wainright III/Stones/Zeppelin the list goes on and on and on.
I got the hi-fi bug in about 1980. I started with a Thorens 166 turntable, a Nad pre/power combination and some Mission speakers bought from Richer Sounds (bless 'em). Upgraded the pre-amp with a second-hand Quad 33 and finally saved up enough dosh for an LP12 in 1983. Borrowed a Syrinx PU2 with a cartridge I don't remember. Various upgrades and eventually splashed-out on the wonderful DNM 2A pre-amp with a twin power supply beautifully hand-made by Dennis Morecroft. A Linn LV2 and an asak cartridge. Then Asaka. Then eventually a Karma - the gold standard way back. Speakers went from Mssion 737s to second-hand SD Acoustics SD1s.
My system now is still the same LP12/Ittok/Karma the same DNM pre-amp. 2 x Musical Fidelity MA-50 monoblocs which I have extensively restored. Speakers are hand-made (by me) IPL Acousic S5TLs. I also have an Arcam CD192.
Working on the MA-50s has ignited an interest in repairing amps/CD players - mostly replacing discrete components. When I have time, I love it! I have been learning "on the job" as it were and have had great success so far and learnt SO MUCH! My MA50s are now reliable amps and sound absolutely fabulous!
I'm also a musician - I sing and conduct a very good amateur choir. I have been actively involved in choral music for 54 years. Much of my listening is choral/organ. But there's a healthy mix of other stuff too: Tom Waits/Genesis/Dylan/Police/Floyd/Eno/Clapton/Altered Images/Bundu boys/Loudon Wainright III/Stones/Zeppelin the list goes on and on and on.
I got the hi-fi bug in about 1980. I started with a Thorens 166 turntable, a Nad pre/power combination and some Mission speakers bought from Richer Sounds (bless 'em). Upgraded the pre-amp with a second-hand Quad 33 and finally saved up enough dosh for an LP12 in 1983. Borrowed a Syrinx PU2 with a cartridge I don't remember. Various upgrades and eventually splashed-out on the wonderful DNM 2A pre-amp with a twin power supply beautifully hand-made by Dennis Morecroft. A Linn LV2 and an asak cartridge. Then Asaka. Then eventually a Karma - the gold standard way back. Speakers went from Mssion 737s to second-hand SD Acoustics SD1s.
My system now is still the same LP12/Ittok/Karma the same DNM pre-amp. 2 x Musical Fidelity MA-50 monoblocs which I have extensively restored. Speakers are hand-made (by me) IPL Acousic S5TLs. I also have an Arcam CD192.
Working on the MA-50s has ignited an interest in repairing amps/CD players - mostly replacing discrete components. When I have time, I love it! I have been learning "on the job" as it were and have had great success so far and learnt SO MUCH! My MA50s are now reliable amps and sound absolutely fabulous!