Will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It's in the post ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarzan
Cool, we can do a tweaked Techie shootout too:)
Latest update folks.....
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...ps3378c2ef.jpg
Laser etched graphics!! In any colour you want as long as it's black!.... the original donor unit that is..... silver against silver doesn't show up too good ;)
This is now an option at an extra cost of £30.
Unfortunately it can't be a no charge standard feature due to the costs involved in having this done in such small numbers and the random nature of it (one next week? Maybe a couple in 3 weeks time?) if you see what I mean ;)
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Originally Posted by Marco
l must say Marco, after briefly hearing a stone cold, not run in JA Turbo this morning, l really am looking forward to our little Tweaked Techie/ phono stage/SUT comparison, as that Arkless ain't no slouch........................ really suprised how good the humble CA640P can be made to sound.
And here's the real thing rather than a photoshop version....
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/...ps12303281.jpg
It looks better still in real life without the flash artefacts ;)
And in focus...
Not quie a David Bailey but looks alright to me...Quote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
Jez, to put not to fine a point on it, that is awful, on the upside my wife is a product photographer for magazines, newspapers and manufacturers. She says she'll do mates rates for manufacturers on here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics
and I'll do it for nowt. I'll bring my box and lights up this weekend.
Well in the words of the great Red Adair "If you think it costs a lot to hire a professional, wait until you see what it costs to hire an amateur".Quote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
Hi Jez,
Backtracking a bit..........did you have anything to do with the phono stage in the Musical Fidelity A100??
If so, you are a little genius:) I have the A100 in one of the bedrooms driving some Kef101s. Its usually fed by FM4 or a CD player but as I have just received a Pioneer PL112D to play with, it seemed a good opportunity to try the phono input for the first time.
Bloody brilliant. The deck may not be top end but it sings its little heart out in this system.
I must be getting old. I reckon I could live quite happily with a system as musical as this, it gets the basics so right.
Completely off thread, (for which all due apologies) but I have very fond memories of that deck, which I listened to Genesis, Ange, and other prog / French prog delights on as a teenager on a French exchange, with the lovely Dominique... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordon Steadman
I repaired 100's of them but no I didn't design the A100... That would be TdP ;) I quite often do rebuilds/upgrades on them as well... heat 'n all that....Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordon Steadman
The Arkless 640P would thrash the phono stage in the A100 though!
photography wise well it ain't got tits and isn't going to complain that I didn't catch its best side.... It's an amp guys.... I think people can see what it looks like even from my crap and out of focus attempt! Cheers for the offers though.
No doubt.....but I've got this one already and a new one would exceed my 2017 budget:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics
not tried an A100, but the phono stage in the A1000 is very good......
and i still fancy the haden boardman that was on here recently but cannot afford...
What does this mean please?
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Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics
Easy, man - the amp has 'real balls'... If it had tits, it'd be somewhat 'powder-puff'! :eyebrows:
I believe that Jez can give it a sex change, if a different presentation is required.
Marco.
No, I don't think that's the meaning that was intended Marco.
Perhaps my friend Mr Parry could give a judgement!
It's certainly got balls! What I meant was this ain't exactly a photo-shoot for the Pirelli calendar! It's just an amp and it is obvious what it looks like even from my crap photography.... I'll do some more shots and make it a bit better though ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Were he hiring an amateur, but he's not. I've shot product for eight years for the company I work for. They're only a multi-million dollar sporting goods brand, what would they know about making stuff look good.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulStewart
I thought your pictures were always a bit to clever for a cannon sure shot Si , I guess is all to do with the lighting?, I find circuit boards hard to photographQuote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
Alan
Well I've been listening to the Arkless for about a month now and have been very happy with it but something odd has happened since the weekend, the sound has opened up big time:cool:
Now I don't know if my integrated amp is playing up as I've been switching amps over and pulling cables out of the main amp to swap over to the Sony that I sold last week or the Arkless has changed a bit but my vinyl front end is sounding fantastic right now.
I'm just about to replace the stock arm in the next couple of weeks so that should be interesting.
For ref, I'm using a refurbed A&R A60 integrated amp feeding a pair of JR149s with a Technics SL-1200 mk2 & Timestep PSU, the aforementioned Arkless CA 640 phono amp, cart is an SAE 1000LT HOMC on the stock arm with a Technics headshell, Funk achromat, Isonoes and techniboots.
Pulling cables in and out does help to remove oxidation & improve conductivity across the contact length.Quote:
Originally Posted by twotone
Before people plug new cables into their system, they should experiment with plugging the existing ones in and out a few times, leave them in for a while, and then try the new ones. :)
Am not convinced that there's been a sudden burn-in considering that you have been using the unit for about a month & haven't heard a changing character since then.
I agree with you, I think that there's something going on with the integrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yomanze
It's either dodgy or I've not had the cables/rca plugs pushed firmly in since the last time I moved the amp about.
BTW, the integrated has Din conectors which I use with adaptors except for the tuner which has a din cable for both ends (amp and tuner).