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Location: New Zealand
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I'm Maarten.
3-way play...
Running the hifi 3-way through the pre-amp. Valves powering the scoops, solid state running the mids/tops (Roger LS7t)
No real advantage gained, as opposed to just running the new 2 way 15" box... But always fun to try these things out... it does sound nice though!
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Hi Maarten
Well, OK, I have to admit those system photos have me baffled!
Could you kind of walk me through the system, explaining each bit as you go along!
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Location: New Zealand
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I'm Maarten.
1200 turntable running into a Jo Red, custom-built Swiss, pre-amp (phono stage/crossover/mixer/eq/parametic eq), bass outputs to valve amp driving 15" folded horns, mid/tops output summed to audiolab amp driving Roger LS7t... hope that helps.
I use to run custom-built reggae soundsystems, since retired. This is my home version...
(There's also a DBX compressor shown in the photo, sitting above the pre-amp, but it's not used...)
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Its quite a system Maarten.....something special and I love it....
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I'm Maarten.
And now with added Garrard, strictly lo-fi style
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I love the look of the Garrard - bet it doesn't sound half bad, Maarten, especially with older music!
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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Heavy Rhythm
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Have you retained the mono wiring and ceramic? Or have you modified the arm for stereo reproduction?
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Cartridges vintage MMs including Pickering xsv-4000/xsv-3000 : Stanton 881s/D81 : AT140LC/VMN40ML
Spinners hot rod 1210 (Jelco 750D, Origami, Ammonite, Longdog, Vantage, Achromats) : Pye G63 & Garrard AT6 : Two full custom Lencos : Kenwood KD-650D
Streaming Qobuz : BluOS & Node2 (Fidelity Audio modified) : RME ADI-2 DAC
Pre-amps Tron Seven (GT modified) : Conrad Johnson EV1 : Croft Micro 25 : Decware ZStage
Power Amps PrimaLuna ProLogue 5 (KT120) : PrimaLuna ProLogue 4 (KT77)
Speakers The Edingdale : Meadowlark Hot Rod Shearwater
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