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Thread: Rogers LS3/6 and Leak Stereo 70 combination

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics View Post
    I have similar (and more) piles of Leak gear like that.... Other than the very good Stereofetic tuner I couldn't recommend any of the rest.... ie the amps...
    Well, I have piles of stuff, mostly in good order. It surprised me how good the Stereo 70 sounds through the LS3/6. To me, my best sounding amp is a Williamson, but mono I'm afraid. The next best is a Radford STA25 III, this is very good. The Stereo 70 is almost up with the Radford.

    The LS3/6 speakers are very revealing. They show up differences in amplifiers more than most speakers.
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    The Leak 'Stereo 30 Plus' is my fav Leak..

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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    Well, I have piles of stuff, mostly in good order. It surprised me how good the Stereo 70 sounds through the LS3/6. To me, my best sounding amp is a Williamson, but mono I'm afraid. The next best is a Radford STA25 III, this is very good. The Stereo 70 is almost up with the Radford.

    The LS3/6 speakers are very revealing. They show up differences in amplifiers more than most speakers.
    Each to their own. I have several stereo 30 plus, 70, delta 30's, delta 70's and the receivers with the same amps in them. I regard the amps as poor. All of them.
    Strangely the original Stereo 30 (not the plus) with awful germanium transistors can sound really good but it's a lottery as to whether you get a good one or an awful one... they vary THAT much!

    I've even rebuilt a stereo 30 plus with modern components, bigger smoothing caps etc and set it up very carefully for lowest crossover distortion etc... much better than a standard one but still nothing to write home about. Most SS amps from before about 1980 are pretty meh IMHO... and generally for good technical reasons. No I don't like the 303 before anyone says "but what about the Quad 303"
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    ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
    Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
    Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco

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    Four Quad 303's here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtual-Symmetry View Post
    The Leak 'Stereo 30 Plus' is my fav Leak..
    I guess that you know, 30 Plus and Stereo 70 are near identical circuits, mainly higher rail voltage in the 70.
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    I really like looking at old gear i got a little excited with the smilies. I also have to admit that a set of Spendor speakers has been high on my list of stuff to try for a very very long time. I keep getting side tracked and restoring old decks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    Four Quad 303's here.
    Some Spendors here. I'm a big fan of Spendor. We agree on them
    Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)

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    ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
    Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
    Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco

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    Quote Originally Posted by spendorman View Post
    Those transformers look the business.
    Wouldn't be out of place in a power supply...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics View Post
    I regard the amps as poor.
    Precisely why i always say 'Do not take a blind bit of notice to half the crap on Hi-Fi forums'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics View Post
    Some Spendors here. I'm a big fan of Spendor. We agree on them
    Yes, have a few of them, about five pairs BC1, one pair BC2, and a pair of Preludes. I also have some BC1a amps.
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