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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Not my usual type of listening, but this is easy going, melodious and very pleasant
https://open.spotify.com/album/7A564...Qxe76O5OfDu3-w
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Something a bit on the weird side from Primephonic's Experimental section.
https://play.primephonic.com/album/00028948101504
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this is a stunning, and stunningly recorded, Haydn Creation.
Bravissimo!!
Spotify link here, but on my setup it sounds notably, and unusually, much better at CD quality.
https://open.spotify.com/album/38Quy...QMW6Sj_AcVPbMw
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C major, op. 56
Israel Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta - conductor
Yefim Bronfman - piano
Pinchas Zukerman - violin
Amanda Forsyth - cello
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One I picked up yesterday, no pop or clicks, and rather good all for £1
Rimsky-Korsakov*, Hugh Bean, Kletzki*, Philharmonia Orchestra Scheherazade
Label: His Master's Voice SXLP 20026, His Master's Voice SXLP.20026
Series: HMV Concert Classics
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1960
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but dont tell anyone.
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An excellent performance of RVW's Lark Ascending
https://www.classicfm.com/music-news...doned-theatre/
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WOWZER !!
Spectacular music
Spectacular performance
Spectacular sound
Spectacular video shoot
Spectacular young ladies in the orchestra
-- oops, I'm not allowed to say that these days
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and a stunning, high octane Dvorak's New World symphony
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Some modern "Baltic Concerti", including a double concerto for organ and violin.
Lots of good stuff coming out of the Baltic!
https://open.spotify.com/album/2zkVh...SlqbA3V4cMXh1w
https://tidal.com/browse/album/96750483
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