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Yeah, looking forward to the journey, as l posted in another thread, l am shocked you can get this kind of performance for so little and all the features is just the icing on abig fat VFM cake, l think l may have hit on some synergy with the Stanton 681 EEE/SL1200/ Cambridge 640P, this makes my music sound addictive and is much greater than the relatively modest costing sum of the parts:).
Love that expression - should be in the Ethos!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarzan
Isn't it wonderful when you "cobble together" a collection of not too expensive audio gear and it delivers so much pleasure?
I was sent an email describing a chap's visit to a top end dealer - the sound wasn't good (Jazz at the Pawnshop didn't have the Pawnshop venue...;)) and when he told the sales guy the latter agreed, saying the amp only had 50 hours on it and the setup needed the £2000 Transparent Audio mains lead to make everything work... My entire vintage system is worth half that I reckon and I DEFINITELY have Jazz played at the Pawnshop :lol:
Hahaha, what an arse! As for Transparent mains leads, I might be getting rid of mine and swapping them for some Mark Grants. Watch this space! ;)Quote:
I was sent an email describing a chap's visit to a top end dealer - the sound wasn't good (Jazz at the Pawnshop didn't have the Pawnshop venue...) and when he told the sales guy the latter agreed, saying the amp only had 50 hours on it and the setup needed the £2000 Transparent Audio mains lead to make everything work...
Marco.
Ho Ho.....:lol:
Jeez, if a system *needs* a special mains lead to make it work, something is very wrong. All cables are just the final topping, not a fix.
£2,000 for a mains lead :scratch: think about that for a minute ' how much is an SME V ? £2,400 or for 2k you can buy a properly sorted NAS or 1200 with a good arm and cart .
There's a sucker born every minute . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by chris@panteg
If I had the cash to burn on a £2K mains lead, I'd give the money to charity . . .
Yes, it's definitely a bad day when your power cord costs more than your turntable,
Marco won't have that problem anymore when he swaps over to the Mark Grant cable.
To be fair, I know the dealer and the mains there is absolutely of the worst quality I think I've ever experienced. When I was there we used Russ Andrews Kimber mains blocks and the difference wasn't subtle. then Russ took all his sales in-house and made twice the profit for the same selling price...
Of course, the equipment shouldn't be sensitive to cr@p mains in the first place, should it???? :lol: