Arkless Phono stage

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Originally Posted by sq225917

and I'll do it for nowt. I'll bring my box and lights up this weekend.

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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".

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.

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Originally Posted by Gordon Steadman

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.

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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... :)

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Originally Posted by Gordon Steadman

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.

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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....

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.

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Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics

The Arkless 640P would thrash the phono stage in the A100 though!

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No doubt.....but I've got this one already and a new one would exceed my 2017 budget:(

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

photography wise well it ain't got tits and isn't going to complain that I didn't catch its best side

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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!