337alanT system

Hi there pritty much a newbee here at AOS and I have enjoyed looking at other peoples systems here so I thought I would post my bodged up load of junk :) :mental:

System
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system aug 2012 by 337alant, on Flickr

Turntable
Garrard 401 / 12" Jelco 750L / now with Ortofon Konrapunkt B

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garrard 401 Jelco 750 by 337alant, on Flickr

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ortofon 3 by 337alant, on Flickr

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004 by 337alant, on Flickr

Tape Machines.
Tascam BR20 & Teac 3440, note slight tape overun problem :lol:

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Tape Head by 337alant, on Flickr


The Amplifiers
DIY PFM B4 / Hackernap

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Hackernap 5 by 337alant, on Flickr


The Power Amplifier
PFM Hackernap (NCC200 clone) 100WPC - 8ohms

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Hackernap 11 by 337alant, on Flickr

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Hackernap 1 by 337alant, on Flickr

The B4 Buffer Pre Amp

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B4 Pre by 337alant, on Flickr

DIY Phono Stage MM chinese op amp RIAA board

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118 by 337alant, on Flickr

MC step up is old 9V Lentek

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. by 337alant, on Flickr


To Be Continued :D

Great fun :lol:

The Speakers
Started life as a standmount kit from Wilmsow audio, The Home Studio Monitor.
The drivers are the Volt BM 220.8 and the Scanspeak D2905/95000 both excellent quality drivers.
I re-housed them in some floor standing Cabinets same drivers same Xovers

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xover 9 by 337alant, on Flickr

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xover 4 by 337alant, on Flickr

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xover 1 by 337alant, on Flickr

Speaker Cable is 4mm + 2.5mm Van Damm

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Van Dame studio 1 by 337alant, on Flickr

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xover 8 by 337alant, on Flickr


Alan

Nice open lids for all to see

Yep its whats inside the box that counts :)
I dont think I have ever screwed the lid down on anything I've built so far :eek:, guess thats one of the traits of DIY

Alan

Very nice Alan. Nice looking setup and a lovely looking room...:)

I have always fancied a reel to reel to compliment my setup.

Thanks Dave,
Its a dedicated room just for music but its only 4m x 4m with a bay window at one end so its not ideal, still can't complain :)

Alan

Lovely system and racking, all the more satisfying as it's self built, man of talent. :cool:

A wee question for you, i have a pair of PHL SP 3000 drivers for a good while now and was thinking of marrying it with a pair of RAAL 70-10D ribbon tweeters to make a pair of very high quality stand mounts,did Wilmslow tailor made the crossovers for your build?, do they have measuring equipment to make cabinets bespoke to your build?,
i don't want to throw these babies of mine into any box and hope for the best, your post and another who is building Wilmslow kit cabs with Tannoy drivers has rekindle my desire to house these into something nice. :)

Thanks Andy
Yes Wilmslow do make custom cabs and Xovers for you if you can supply the Theil small parameters for the drivers, they are helpful and the cabinets are excellent.
If you cant get the parameter's they could measure them for you

Audio Components UK also do that and are very helpful
http://www.audio-components.co.uk/

Alan

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Originally Posted by Thing Fish

Very nice Alan. Nice looking setup and a lovely looking room...:)

I have always fancied a reel to reel to compliment my setup.

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Thanks Dave

Yes Reel 2 Reel can be excellent with the right machine and good tape its analogue and very natural, it does have a bit of a bass lift but that’s always welcome :)
My Tascam BR 20 sounds excellent with Maxell UDXL tape. Tape is expensive now and I have thrown out a few reels with sticky shed (beware of old Ampex / Quantegy).
The Teac 3440 is very good and would suit a musician as you can tape on all 4 tracks individually, overdub and simul sync. I have only used it for 2 track play back.
I also have a Revox PR99 mk1 in sick bay and I will have to make time to repairing one day?, it will be interesting to compare it to the Tascam?
I also have an AKAI ?25 in a box in the loft somewhere which sounded very good and the glass heads dont wear out.
The Tascam cassette deck is also faulty as the speed is fast so its in bits in my work shop and it need the motor speed controller recapping as that is supposed to fix this fault, again its finding the time.
Last year I spotted a mint Nak BX150E in a second hand shop for £39 so I use that for now and its good but just not in the same league as Reel to Reel
Alan