Will ask if he has a rack, some cables and is prepared to deliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
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Will ask if he has a rack, some cables and is prepared to deliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
Just found out that I'll be in room 21 on the first floor. I've never been to Scalford before so hopefully it is fun. Hope to see some of you there.
Oh no..... They've given you *that* room (the one claimed to be haunted) where things always go wrong......:eek:
My advice would be to try and swap it for somewhere else if you can A.S.A.P!!
Marco.
That'll be the one. It's affecting things already. The tuner input on my amp has gone mono. There will be a bit of fixin' to do later. If owt else goes I'll nip to Tesco and get an ipod dock and fuck it.
Not in the store, hopefully.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
Is that what you call "bangin' tunes"? :lol:
Marco.
I have just been to Tesco. I think someone must have warned them. The docks were in plastic security boxes.
I did stock up on beer, crisps and more cd's for the show, though.
I have just acquired Leak Delta 70 that needs repair. This is the start of my broken crap of the internet system. So far I am £6.50 plus shipping out of pocket.
I picked up a pair of B&W DM2a's off vinylspinner at the show yesterday. They sound pretty bloody good.
So what's new about this! In my view all the early DM's are good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
May be worth checking out the Coles supertweeters, often a casualty.
I've had a quick check over them. The drivers all see to be working. Will have a look at the crossovers when I get a moment. The cabinets need a bit of cosmetics. Swapped them for a Creek tuner I got for a tenner.
Crossovers will probably be fine, no reversible electrolytics in there, possibly some switch cleaner/ lubricant on the HF1300 level switch. The Coles 4001 G should measure 23 Ohms DC resistance, that's probably worth checking even if they are working. A partly duff Coles looses some of that top end sparkle.
I bought an immaculate pair from an enthusiast, he had not noticed that one Coles was dead. Probably caused by using the speakers with a massive amp. He did like it v loud in a very big room.
Thanks for that. I'll get my meter out later.
I've got them sat on some sand filled Target MR-60's at the moment. It puts the tweeters at ear level. Do you reckon that would be okay or would you go lower?
My £6.50 Leak Delta 70 has just arrived. I might post pictures when I get a chance. Sort of before and after.
Ear level for tweeters should be fine, think the Delta 70 is basically a Leak Stereo 70, not too bad if set up correctly, I have two Stereo 70' s and a few Stereo 30's. Feeding the signal into the tape input on these amps misses out some of the pre stages and can sound better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
I've got to make it work first. It got dropped and stopped working. The back end of the wooden casework is a bit buggered, but I think I can do something with it. I've got a circuit diagram of the net and will have a play with it.
Plug in boards may have become dislodged
That's what I'm hoping. It'll be a bit of a Billy Bargain if it is. I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do through the B&W's.
All I need now is a source. I fancy a turntable, but getting one in budget with a cartridge that I would dare put anywhere near my vinyl isn't going to be easy. If anyone has a Lenco they want to sell me for £20 let me know.
The 70 should work fine into the DM2a and sound good, however the tweeters in the 2a are of such quality that further improvement may be heard with an even better amp. In my view, preferably valve. My Radford STA25 III works nicely with the DM2a's, or any other speakers for that matter.
I've had chance to open it up. The fuse to the power light had blown. I took all the boards out and re-seated them. There is evidence of a previous repair and and what might have been an electrolytic giving up.
I hooked up a source and the output at the speaker terminals goes up and down with the volume control. I need to sort out some speaker connectors. £2.05 each from Maplins. That'll be nearly as much as the amp cost.
The biggest bugger is that one of the tone control knobs has broken off in transport.
The DM2a's are sounding rather good on the end of my LK280 at the moment.
If Din loudspeaker connectors, I got some plugs off ebay very cheaply.
The control knob may be fixed with super glue, a couple of mine were fixed like this.
Thanks. I can save £2 if I get them off ebay. That £2 might come in handy.
Hi Spendorman,
I used the DM2 speakers with my little KEL84 amp, stunning sounds, these are still great sounding speakers, pleased they have gone to a good home.
Still have 2 pairs left!!!
Nigel
I have about 5 pairs DM2 / DM2a, 4 double double stacked per channel.
Stacked sounds rather good. I think I'll need a bigger house, though. From what I understand there should be some foam behind the grills in front of the drivers. If so, will some thin(ish) foam from the likes of Wilmslow Audio do the trick?
Can't wait to get my Leak hooked up. I might go splashing the cash at Maplins and get the £2 connectors tomorrow.
Hope the tuner is okay V-spinner, and survived being almost run over.
Hi Mark,
Good to meet you yesterday, listening to the tuner at the moment, sounds fine.
Glad you are pleased with the speakers, would you like a copy of the manual etc?
Also I must add that your £55 system sounded great and just shows that you don't need to spend a lot to get a nice sound, bedsit students take note!!
Nigel
It's very old now (the Stereo 70), but back in the early 80's we had a Stereo 70 as a loan amp. This thing was around ten to twelve years old then and compared well with a NAD 3020, itself a class leader at the time and still a great bargain today if you can find a good one..Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
Mark - I feel terrible, I didn't realise Mark on Aos (Dingdong) = Mark on the Wam (bmtell) - even though we spoke when Mark (Reid Malenfant) and I were in your room and I mentioned the Cheap as Chips Challenge! :doh:
Well done on the system, a fantastic result for fifty-five quid! Totally proved that the theory behind the challenge is sound (ahem...) - for less than the price of an ipod dock speaker system you CAN get proper hifi results! :)
Bring on your 2012 system!
My Delta 70 is from 82. I'm looking forward to hearing it with the B&W's.
Nigel I may be interested in one of the other pairs you have. Mostly as a set of spare drivers. Thanks for your comments about my system. I was quite happy with it once a few people were in the room to act as absorption. I got positive comments about it all day, except from a dick that popped in to tell me how much he disliked Linn speakers.
With the Leak and the B&W's I think I can better it. Just need to find the right source.
Alex, I joined the forums at different times, and for some dumb reason used different names.
The 2012 system will be pretty special. I'm determined to get a decent vinyl setup.
I'll make sure I get a better room, though. When I first got shown my room it had a massage table and all the oils n stuff in. I was thinking I'd got the wrong show. I might take a selection of soft furnishings as well next year. A small pair of curtains didn't quite do the trick. I thought the system sounded best with all 24 cans of beer on the rack.
Mark
Are we confusing Leak and Arcam delta products?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
It has a sticker on the boards inside saying '82. Maybe I'm wrong. But I can't say as I give a fuck, or two fucks come to think of it.
Up to now i've got a few things bought from ebay that may or may not go into my cheap as chips system, unlike Mark i think i'll stear away from vinyl, first of all to get a half decent TT arm and cart wouldn't leave much for speakers and amp, and second i don't own any vinyl anymore:(.
At the moment i've got a pair of Castle Durhams £15 ebay which have the unusual 15mm cone tweeters on them, i like the sound they make a lot, my only critisism would be that they need to be near a rear wall to get the bass going. A Trio KA-80 amp £26 ebay which i've had a quick listen to and i'm impressed with, and a Yamaha DVD-S2500 SACD/DVD-A player £40 ebay that basically knocks the socks off my Pioneer CD player.
Visually the Amp and DVD player are mint, and i've just finished sorting the speaker cabs, now i'm not suggesting this will be the system i go with, but £100 isn't a lot of money, i've spent more than double that recapping my Pioneer A400 so unless i get something really cheap i can't see any way to do a parts upgrade within the budget, so it's down to getting gear which is either A1 or only needing chear repair, my other problem is that up north car boot sales tend to have total crap for sale as far as hifi is concerned, and most of the best deals on ebay are down south and collection only:(.
Jac, I got lucky with my system. I got all of the components from One guy off ebay for £50. If he'd advertised them properly they would have gone for way more. Same with the rack I got for a fiver. The speaker cables I had at Scalford were from my cupboard of crap, as they were a million times better than the stuff it came with, and I didn't have time to find a bargain cable.
The bloke I bought the system off also sold me a Creek T40 tuner for a tenner that I then swapped with Vinylspinner for the B&W DM2a's.(hopefully within the rules).
For my existing cheap system I've got £45 for cable and tweaks.
For the new system I'm £16.50 out of pocket after buying the amp and speakers. I'm keeping my out for less than £20 turntables as I'll have to fork out a lot for a cartridge as I wouldn't trust some second hand of the internet one.
Good luck with that, in my opinion a TT is just too expensive, considering the other components you need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
I've got my eye on a couple of DD's up north at the moment. Might be an excuse to go and visit my parents. I reckon I can get a cartridge and a replacement needle just within budget. Only looking at direct drive tt's as getting a new belt would blow the budget.
Today I have won on that well known auction site 2 Garrard turntables. One for 99p and one for £9.99. Both within 30 minutes drive. Bit of work to be done on them. At the most I am now £26.49 out of pocket for a turntable amp and speakers. I'm crossing my fingers that one of the cartridges is ok and that I can find a new stylus for it and leave myself 50 quid for cables, stands and fettling.
Better get some decent rules drawn up for this soon Alex :)
My system is on the way to coming together :eyebrows: Just sourced my old Audax 5.5" bass mid drivers & a car power amplifier & active crossover i built years ago for a grand total of diddly squat :smoking: I just payed out a massive £13.98 for a brand new pair of Audax tweeters on fleabay, pity the delivery was free or they'd have been cheaper :doh:
So that gives me 4 power amplifiers with built in heatsinks, an active crossover, 4 x 5.5" Audax drivers & tweeters. Looks like i'm going MTM & active...
Just need to find a transformer & capacitors, rectifier etc to power the things from the mains rather than an SMPS from 12V DC which is what i built for the car amp ;) Looks like i just need a source & some MDF, glue, screws etc :D
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I've just connected up my Leak amp to the system I had at Scalford. It completely kicks the Arcam Alpha's arse when it comes to sound. In cosmetics it lags behind a bit.
Off to pick up my 2 Garrards shortly.
The other day I rather stupidly bid on a Sound Organisation rack before realising where it was:doh:. Looks like I'm off for a day out in Dorset.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Was there anything wrong with the Leak?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
Fuse blown for the lamp. Two resistor legs touching in the back left corner shorting 70 and 30-odd volts. The volume pot is very slightly noisy on the right chennel when it's turned up a little. I'll try and clean it up later.Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
Now I've got to shift some stuff around and try it with the DM2a's. I'm expecting it to be very good, but who knows.
There's got to be some reusable timber or suchlike in a skip nearby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jac Hawk
Seems like an easy fix. Lucky. Should be fine with DM2a.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
I got one of these off a skip:
http://www.electron.bg/images/sh_images/DSC06033.JPG
All that was wrong was that the mains voltage selector had been smashed, just soldered and insulated it, all works fine.
They don't seem to have skips round here. Your amp does look rather pleasant. Does it sound as good?
If anyone fancies a Sound Organisation rack in Dorset give me a shout.
That Hitachi is pretty good, coincidentally, the free skips every 6 month that the council supplied for residents round here, have just been stopped, council cutbacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
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Originally Posted by Stratmangler
I got a brand new Lack table from Ikea in Milton Keynes yesterday. They were selling off the dark brown ones for £1.70ish. I'm thinking of getting a couple more to sit the DM2's on.
Hi Spendorman,
I've just been having a quick check over of the DM2's. Both of the tweeters measure 12 ohms dc resistance. One of the supertweeters is 23 ohms and the other 21 ohms. What do you reckon?
Mark
Not bad, the 21 Ohms is a little low, but if the output is OK, I would not worry too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingdong
Notice that the front baffle is incredibly thick?
It is a little on the chunky side. I like chunky, though. I've just about managed to hoover up all the bits of old foam now.Quote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
I'm just having a quick listen to my latest acquisition. It's a Dynatron Mazurka.
It sort of plays music. I got it because I have this idea of using the Garrard SP25 and it only cost 99p.
As it's warmed up over the last couple of minutes it's decided it can produce a little bass. I wonder what it will sound like with my Linn Saras.