New to the forum and just wanted to say hello!
New to the forum and just wanted to say hello!
"Get to grips,
when your halo slips"
Hi Kipper,
Welcome to the forum!
What's your first name, what system are you running, and what music are you into?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Hi Kipper,
Welcome from me also. Sheffield is a cool place, well it must be, I was born there!
Cheers...
Shian7
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Kudakutemo
kudakutemo
ari mizu-no tsuki
Though it be be broken -
broken again - still it's there:
the moon on the water.
- Choshu.
I was born in Birmingham but it hasn't been as cool as it was since I left.
Welcome, Kipper! Glad you've decided to say hello!
First name is Paul. My system is and Akurate CD player with Chord DAC64 a LINN Klimax Kontrol and Chakra twin and a pair of LINN Espek speakers. Am into all kinds of music from rock to blues and all points in between.
"Get to grips,
when your halo slips"
That's a nice Linn system you've got going there. May I ask what improvements the DAC64 brings to what is an already very competent CD player?
The DAC was the thing that made me realise I could manage without vinyl. It did "analogue" things to my CD's and was a no brainer. It comes home to roost every time I have to bring it into the store for a demo - I simply can't listen to music until the unit is safely plugged back in.
Incidentally I recently tried to the new Chord QB76 DAC and that is a remarkable product! I think I have finally heard something that sounds as good as a CD12 but for a great deal less of the folding stuff. It is substantially better than the DAC64 in almost every area and I can't wait to get my hands on one permanently. The QB will also allow me to stream FLAK files from my PC wirelessly - which is great because my PC is nowhere near my stereo and I want to download some 24bit stuff. So my next purchase will be the QB76 and then I am looking to get my hands on some Dynaudio Confidence C4 speakers if I can raise the cash.
"Get to grips,
when your halo slips"