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You should have bought some 3800's or 5702's, better than those phasey old S80's by a country mile :)
I'm currently using some re-vamped Spendor BC2's I originally sold to a mate's Dad back in 1974. The foam grille "cushions" have long perished and the bass/mid units had to be replaced with newer ones, but the sound (with more damping in the cabs and officially re-tuned ports) is lovely and I'm playing acoustic music again...
Don't slag the S-80s, they rawk!! :upyours:
Mine were a bit rough aswell, i had to get get all new capacitors and foam grills, but they are still a lovely looking and sounding pair. I'm holding onto mine until they become collector's items... only a matter of time lol
Quad esl57 + QuadIIs. Once I'd got them home I was up half the night marvelling at the sound. Superb!!!
Bought without listening to either - £300 for both items 15 years ago.
Not that it sounded bad but it was a pain to set it up and keep it that way,was when i replaced a Linn Sondek lp12 with a Kenwood l-07d.
For me, it had to be my Logic DM101 with Syrinx PU2 tonearm and Denon DL160 cartridge. I was around twenty three at the time and very lucky to be able to afford such a thing. It went into a Naim 42/snaps/110 amplifier and QLN Mk1 speakers. I loved this system and the Logic only went to make way for CD... how bloody stupid was I...???
It has been like a trip down memory lane,reading the posts in this thread.
I've heard quite a few of the products mentioned(not the Beveridges).
Probably one of the pivotal moments in Hi-Fi for me,was getting my Altec Valencias home from the Salvation Army Store,unhooking my ProAc Tablette EBTs and firing-up the Altecs.The Altecs took about a day to come to life,but the ProAcs(which I'd happily owned for 15 years)were retired from that very day.
The Altecs still grace my system(albeit in diy active form).
The best sounding component I've ever owned is the Yamaha GT 2000 turntable.
I may have mentioned it before, but the first real musical epiphany I had was listening to Tangerine Dream's "Phaedra" on a GL75/M75-EJ, Armstrong 626 receiver and JBL L26's. The system weren't bad for the times but the music was unbelievable. I've never been the same since and get goosebumps every time I play that album, so huge was the life change it brought about...........................
Has to be a pair of Leak TL12+ for £40 fom Watts Radio in Somerton in the 80s.
This started my return to valves and I've never looked back.
Andy.
Great reading folks!!!!!!
My audio revelation was in 1991 when i bought a package of LP 12, with akito arm and k9, linn intek amp, and a pair of linn helix speakers with their stands. I have had them since and didn't see any reason to divorce from them ( unlike my first wife!!!!:doh:) and so we have faithfully been together for 18 years spending at least a couple of hours together a day.:) Very romantic don't you think? - and valentines day just around the corner. :kiss::kiss:
My audio nightmare was in 1998 and doing national service for 6 months and being without my sound system but instead listening to a crappy portable cd player!!!!!:doh::uhho: ..............
Then i caught the 5.1 channel bug and bought a yamaha av amp . I couldn't stand the sound from it so after a while I reverted back to 2 channel home cinema sound.
My next revelation was last year buying a TC-7510....... at last a could cope with listening to a cd.........
......... until i saw and joined this forum.......... and now i await the TC-7510 with mod 21 part 1 and 2...............
That yamaha GT 2000 looks stunning Theophile. Where did you find it?