Thing's GL75 Project

[Thing Fish]

My stacked platters are finally assembled and sounding fantastic.

I have the requisite platter rings on order and they should arrive any day now. Meanwhile I have put some black electrical tape round the top platter to lessen the hypnotic effect of the balance holes spinning round.



Only the new plinth to be added and the project will be complete.



Overall view of the room showing my new Spendor speakers. They may look too close to the rear wall but I have tried pulling them out and there is no real difference in soundstage.

They were a revelation when I first tried them. The first record I put on I was shocked! Where was the bass? I checked all connectors and phasing of the cables. Everything checked out. I decided to calm down and try another record. Then it happened. It was a pure 'bloody hell' moment. The bass was there it was just so much more natural. Vocals, drums and strings sound so much more real than with the Linn Keilidh's. Thank heaven I decided to take the plunge and buy these babies. They sound great with the Croft pre/power. I am now a definite Spendor/Harbeth convert.

Just for the record all speaker wires, jumpers and interconnects are Tellurium Q black. Which still need to be burnt in but sound fantastic already so there is only more enjoyment to come.

[Marco]

Nice one, Dave. I'm not surprised that it sounds good! Lovely looking room (but then I've told you that before), especially the way you have it lit, which looks warm and inviting.

I've never seen those wedge-shaped Spendies before - interesting!

Marco.

[Thing Fish]

Nice one, Dave. I'm not surprised that it sounds good! Lovely looking room (but then I've told you that before), especially the way you have it lit, which looks warm and inviting.

I've never seen those wedge-shaped Spendies before - interesting!

Marco.

I wasn't familiar with those Spendors either Marco so fired off an email to Spendor and received a reply from Rob Coe who very kindly attached the spec and a review of the speakers. Very nice chap. It gives me confidence in their company and as a result I will be happy to deal with them in the future.

[keiths]

Looking great Dave.

[Audio Al]

Very nice room Dave , and some nice kit as well , Win Win

[RochaCullen]

Very nice room. I love the setup.

[Rare Bird]

Well Dave you certainly don't piss about when you say your gonna do something

[Marco]

I wasn't familiar with those Spendors either Marco so fired off an email to Spendor and received a reply from Rob Coe who very kindly attached the spec and a review of the speakers. Very nice chap. It gives me confidence in their company and as a result I will be happy to deal with them in the future.

Yup, I've chatted to Philip Swift a few times and he's always good to speak to. I can certainly relate to the synergy between Croft equipment and Spendors, as I ran the same preamp I'm using now once with SP100s, and it sounded sublime

How are you finding the transition from Linn gear to what you've got now? It must be like night and day!

Marco.

[mido]

Great looking room Dave!!

After listening to my Technics for the past few weeks, my Lenco was re-installed temporarily in order to refresh my memory.

I have to say that it's making some very nice noises.

I might have to invest a bit more time and energy into tweaks and upgrades myself.

[John]

Like how you put your record collection