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Nice to meet you all
Hello Everyone,
My name is Robert and have been a Hifi enthusiast since my childhood. Audio has for some reason always grabbed my attention.
I've only in the last 2 years started moving away from my integrated receiver to components. Then, I started switching out gears when I was able to find them far, or just below market value to finance my curiosity :) One morning I got a fantastic deal on a Golden Tube Audio SE-40 and am now a converted tube aficionado. I found an audio electronics guru online with whom I have been tuning my entire system, mainly with PIO tuning caps in my speaker crossovers, power amp, and preamp. I would say I've reached a very reasonable level of high fidelity in my system and am actually fairly satisfied on how things sound now (particularly in light of the low total $ investment).
Musical preferences are broad. I am actually quite a big fan of synth music, when it is done right, but generally find it very difficult to find good music in this area (Depeche Mode is my favorite, Simple Minds, A Flock of Seagulls, Japan, Blade Runner Soundtrack etc.). I also enjoy classical, jazz, rock and oldies.
My upcoming audio endeavor will be a phono preamp DIY kit I just ordered. I've been told to stay away from phono DIYs as they are prone to distortion and noise, but hey, I admit I love to play around with electronics, so I'll just view this as a fund activity, even if it turn out a useless end-product :)
Current setup Attachment 28268:
Turntable 1: Thorens TD320
Cartridge 1: Nagaoka MP 500
Turntable 2: Audio Technica AP-120 (highly modded, i.e. preamp removed, tone arm rewired, etc.)
Cartridge 2: Ortofon 2M 78
Phono Stage: Musical Fidelity V90-LPS
DAC: Cambridge Audio CXN V2
Preamp: Golden Tube Audio SEP-1 (modded w/ PIO caps)
Poweramp: Golden Tube Audio SE 40 (modded w/ PIO caps)
Speakers: Elac FS 209.2 (modded w/ PIO caps)
Accessory: CablePro Noisetrapper NANA 8-Outlet Power Strip
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Hi Robert and welcome.
That’s a lovely system and nicely presented, love those old box sets on the bottom shelf!
Bet that sounds good, particularly like the look of those speakers.
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fab ... welcome .. i love synth music . got stacks of it
just listening to the amazing Axess voices of dawn
https://www.discogs.com/Axess-Voices...elease/2701262
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Hello Robert. Welcome to AOS.
You'll find plenty going on here, so just join in any chat that interests you.
Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.
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Welcome to AoS Robert.
Some nice gear you have there and an interesting collection of album covers on display - everything from Cream to Julie London. :)
Enjoy the Forum
Barry