A little bit of Britain -v- Japan (for Analogue)
This is my spare room system, now that The Apprentice is back on BBC I will spending more time in this room!
Deck - Technics SL1210mk2 - Ortofon DJ Pro S cart & Stylus.
A few battle scars.
Not modded - apart from two slip mats placed under the stock rubber mat.
Cleaned up the internals a little is all.
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...ssl1210mk2.jpg
Next is the Amp, it's a Kenwood Trio KA-3750, which was recently purchased from fellow AoS member "The Black Adder".
It's a cracking little amp, full of punch and the perfect sound I am looking for! A Japanese amp with a Japanese deck, great match!
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...oKA3750Amp.jpg
Good friend and again fellow AoS member RichB donated these speakers, Celestion DL4 Series 2. I love them, still kicking it from the 80s.
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...L4_Series2.jpg
Flower not included.
For electronic sounds I've connected my Dell XPS 420 PC, which has a Creative Soundblaster X-FI soundcard, I use no FX on it, just "dry".
No point in including a picture of the PC, as hey it's a PC.
QED Performance 3.5mm to RCA from the PC
No brand 3.5mm to RCA from Tape REC to Soundcard (Recording Via Sony Sound Forge)
Speaker Cable is Rega FSC Quattro.
I've got to say the amp is little piece of magic, lots of warmth and presence in it, both with MP3 & FLAC. The phono stage on it is pretty decent too. But I think it's little secret is the headphone amp in it! I've got a standard pair of Sennheiser HD457 which I used for the iPod, these come to life with it, however I upgrade to a nice pair of Panasonic RP-HTX7 (red).
I've altered the Panasonic bass response using the old cellotape over 2 of each ear's air ports. Tightened the bass up somewhat.
Also note the good old "British" engineering sound isolation solution of two programming books, some polystyrene covered in bubbleWrap. It's actually works as well.
Enjoy, I know I am.
