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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,012
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Right now, a couple of classic live performances from the late, great and inimitable John Martyn:
And a really cool duo with Eddi Reader:
Soulful as FUCK! And a prime example of when a group of great musicians [Danny T, too] get it together and jam on....
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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Senior Member
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 714
I'm Andy.
Main system:
Analogue.
Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
Network Player.
Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
Digital.
Philips DCC 730 player
Marantz CD50SE
Amp.
Audiolab 8000A
Speakers.
Reiver Jenna floor standers
HeadPhones.
Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477
Senior Member
Location: Rotorua NZ
Posts: 358
I'm Peter.
Entheogenic-Entheogenic
TT: Pro-ject 1.2, Ortofon Blue
Phono stage: Muffsy
Cd: Linn Karik
Dac: Denafrips Ares II
Amps: Pre: EleKit TU-8500, Power: Cambridge Audio Azur 651W
Speakers: Chario Hiper Tower 2000
Cables: Linn, Straight Wire & Chord Clearways
Headphones:PC, Ifi Zen Air, Sennheiser HD450 & HD569
Senior Member
Location: Rotorua NZ
Posts: 358
I'm Peter.
Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust
TT: Pro-ject 1.2, Ortofon Blue
Phono stage: Muffsy
Cd: Linn Karik
Dac: Denafrips Ares II
Amps: Pre: EleKit TU-8500, Power: Cambridge Audio Azur 651W
Speakers: Chario Hiper Tower 2000
Cables: Linn, Straight Wire & Chord Clearways
Headphones:PC, Ifi Zen Air, Sennheiser HD450 & HD569
Moderator & Terminator!
Location: N E Kent
Posts: 51,625
I'm Geoff.
Good album. Got that.Originally Posted by Pete812
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Senior Member
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 1,564
I'm Dominick.
Senior Member
Location: Rotorua NZ
Posts: 358
I'm Peter.
Slade - Rogues Gallery
TT: Pro-ject 1.2, Ortofon Blue
Phono stage: Muffsy
Cd: Linn Karik
Dac: Denafrips Ares II
Amps: Pre: EleKit TU-8500, Power: Cambridge Audio Azur 651W
Speakers: Chario Hiper Tower 2000
Cables: Linn, Straight Wire & Chord Clearways
Headphones:PC, Ifi Zen Air, Sennheiser HD450 & HD569
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Location: Chorley Lancs
Posts: 14,719
I'm Steve.
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock. Bought in Bulgaria, badly packed into suitcase, got home pretty warped. Gone flat on it's own, dunno how that happened.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Senior Member
Location: Rotorua NZ
Posts: 358
I'm Peter.
Don't know if anyone remembers this lot,
The Dickies - Dawn of the Dickies
TT: Pro-ject 1.2, Ortofon Blue
Phono stage: Muffsy
Cd: Linn Karik
Dac: Denafrips Ares II
Amps: Pre: EleKit TU-8500, Power: Cambridge Audio Azur 651W
Speakers: Chario Hiper Tower 2000
Cables: Linn, Straight Wire & Chord Clearways
Headphones:PC, Ifi Zen Air, Sennheiser HD450 & HD569
Senior Member
Location: Rotorua NZ
Posts: 358
I'm Peter.
Cool!!
TT: Pro-ject 1.2, Ortofon Blue
Phono stage: Muffsy
Cd: Linn Karik
Dac: Denafrips Ares II
Amps: Pre: EleKit TU-8500, Power: Cambridge Audio Azur 651W
Speakers: Chario Hiper Tower 2000
Cables: Linn, Straight Wire & Chord Clearways
Headphones:PC, Ifi Zen Air, Sennheiser HD450 & HD569
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