LP12 - new
Ittock - used
k18 - new
lingo - new
Kildeihs - used
Naim 62/90 - new
Naim hicap - used
cables - new
stands - used
According to the above about 60% new.
LP12 - new
Ittock - used
k18 - new
lingo - new
Kildeihs - used
Naim 62/90 - new
Naim hicap - used
cables - new
stands - used
According to the above about 60% new.
In - Tweaked Lenco GL75, Linn Ittok, Ortofon Cadenza Black
Through - Croft Micro 25 RS LS, power R monoblocks, RIAA R. Ortofon ST-80 SE SUT.
Along - Tellurium Q Ultra Black cables
Out - Harbeth SHL5 Plus XD's
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Dave
Location: West Lancashire
Posts: 620
I'm Lucky.
Hey thingy,
Ain't it time you bought a bigger power amp?
The Man with the suit and the pace. Knee deep in the dead.
Maybe he likes the one he's got, Darren
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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Out of 18 main items in my setup, 12 are either second hand or ex-demo and the 6 from new, 5 I got at discounted rate (the other was dirt cheap).
Certainly couldn't afford full price for everything.
edit forgot. Two interconnects, two lots of speaker cables and one pair of speakers (Tannoy PMB 6.5) were won in competitions, which was nice.
Last edited by Folkboy; 07-04-2011 at 00:11.
Turntable - Used
Tonearm - Used.
Cartridge - NEW ( but a mistake ... should have investigated more )
OPPO 95 Universal disc spinner - NEW ( The exception !)
Bespoke Preamp - (2) 1 bought new, but not commercially available, privately made. The other is a vintage item.
Power amp - (3) used and vintage items ..
Receiver - (2) 1 bought new in 79' the other is vintage item bought used.
Speakers - (4 pairs) 1 bought new in 79' others are used or vintage items,
Cables - 75% NEW
For me buying new gear is same as buying a new car ,,,, DAFT ,, (unless someone else is paying for it or you are simply just rich ) There is so much choice to be had on the 2nd hand and vintage market for a fraction of the price of new gear .. and with very few exceptions the new gear is not worth the price they ask now (To me at any rate) . My one exception is the Oppo BD 95 which I am about to buy new ,,, It is an exceptional piece of kit that does not have a used equivalent.
I might add that is simply my view ... I respect the fact others may disagree ... and I still love to drool over new gear .. but now I know the markups on most stuff I just shudder ..
Brian
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Smile, breathe and go slowly ..........................
Location: Scotland
Posts: 1,940
I'm Tom.
Eastsound E5 - s/h
XTZ Desire - New-ish
Dali Suite 2.8 - Brand new
Belkin PF30 - s/h
Rack - New
Cables - New & only 1 S/H
I run speakers that I made myself.
My amp is now my very own Apollon Audio Apache EL34 jobby
My black mamba speaker cables were new.
Apart from that I have not had any new kit for at least 15 years.
That's probably no real surprise to anybody
Quads and TT s/h, everything else was new.
If only it was that simple
Main System :
Quad II/40 amps, Music First passive pre, Tannoy Stirling SE speakers, Technics 1200 + RB301, V-LPS, digital streaming from Mac mini via Lifatec Toslink to Moon 300D. Meier Corda Arietta headphone amp, Sennheiser HD650 Phones. Mark Grant i/c cables. Speaker cables, Audioquest Rocket 44 BiWire.
Ray.
For me it's 17%.
This is based on a total of 52 components, only 9 of which were bought new.
Barry