cognoscenti, Oh, that's me out then! I'll have another Grolsh please?
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cognoscenti, Oh, that's me out then! I'll have another Grolsh please?
Dave
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Coming up, sir - we only have Grolsch, though; will that do?
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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Location: London, UK
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I'm Syed.
That's exactly what I did!Originally Posted by Pete
All of my pure silver cables are either in the 'digital' cd/pre/power pathway or in the drawer. They seem to work on that side of things.
EXCEPT my tonearm lead which replaced SME Series V one and is better than the stock Technics EPA-100.
So for vinyl. it is silver at the front then Cardas Crosslink then Chord Cobra.
I'll snag some of J7's mixed cable when the EPA shuffles up there for a rewire.
s
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Location: Paris, France
Posts: 790
I'm Peter.
I wouldn't go that far with respect to rubber band decks, there are, for example The Ravens, The Scheus, The SMEs and other massive decks that use a rubber band. The have a devoted following.Indeed. I think though that the D/D solution is more purposeful and elegant
Oh, and of course rubber-band wobblers are for pee-soaked weenie boys
I know, now, how good the Teccie is, but I would have sneared at it, even 2 years ago. I also know I've never really got on with wobble decks. There's two decks that interest me outside the DD stable. The Raven 1 and the SME 10. That other range of german decks that Dave carries might be good too.
Intel NUC/Chevron Audio NDF16 dac/Amptastic Mini-1/Audium Comp 5
Mains Block: Custom-HiFi-Cables PowerBlack Distribution Block (with super conditioner).
Connected with Reference Fidelity Components Super Neptunes and Speaker Cables.
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Location: A Strangely Isolated Place in Suffolk with Far Away Trains Passing By...
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I'm David.
Am I alone in rating the NAS turntables? They all sound great and the Dias is so close to master tape, as was the Mentor/Decca Microscanner I once owned.
By the way, I owned an SL110 first time round. It has great styling to my eyes and although not quartz locked, it's still stable with no hunting under moderate load (unlike the dire SL2000, which was a cheapo Technics disaster). The thing that killed it for me was the incredibly "live" plinth and terminal acoustic feedback of the standard article. Same goes for the SL120 mk1, but not the SL150 for some reason.
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I can strongly recommend Homegrown Audio for all the items needed to make excellent inexpensive silver cables (yes, I use a set of SC-3 between phono amp and preamp).
http://www.homegrownaudio.com/
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Location: North East UK
Posts: 6,358
I'm InSpace.
Hey... That's a new one for me, thanks!
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.
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Location: Chester
Posts: 429
Seconded.I can strongly recommend Homegrown Audio
The interconnects and speaker cables made a significant difference when i tried them in my system. Very open and spacious sounding.
Not the cheapest by my standards, but well worth the layout. Must get round to ordering some.
Incidentally Hificollective sell some of their wire in the UK.
Seriously worth trying Mike.
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Location: Cyprus
Posts: 154
I'm Yiangos.
He is excused just because he owns Spendor SP-100
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,012
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
LOL - why thank you!
I'm a secret 'wobbler' fan, deep down, of course
Marco.
P.S I didn't know you were an SP-100 fan.
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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