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  1. #1
    Join Date: Aug 2011

    Location: Belgium

    Posts: 33
    I'm Christian.

    Default Cristobal is in the house

    Hi guys (and girls, if any)

    I am Cristobal from Brussels (don't throw stones..), Belgium. English is not my first language, so please forgive me when I write "charabia". Even after 40 years of reading English hi-fi mags, I probably won't win the Nobel price of English litterature...

    I am crazy about EMT turntables, but now they are much too expensive for me, so I use heavily modified Lencos. I prefer valve amps, and I would not exchange my Leak Stereo 20 and Golden Tube SE40 for anything else. Well, almost...

    My homemade enclosures with Tannoy 12' HPDs (well, Tannoy Blue, Canadian equivalent) were an almost mystic revelation to me, but that was some years ago, and now I think they need a crossover rebuilt, or maybe an active crossover, but this is almost rocket science to me...

    I also love some vintage German speakers, especially the wonderful Isophon Orchester coaxials, really amazing drivers. I have two pair of them (one for sale, I am broke again...) and another one with the Isophon KK8 tweeters dead. So if you happen to have Monitor Audio MA5 (yes, they embark the same tweeters) for sale, please get in touch.

    Best regards,

    Cristobal

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    Join Date: Jan 2009

    Location: Essex

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    Welcome to AoS Cristobal,

    It is a shame you cannot now afford an EMT turntable - ironic given a Belgian company BARCO now own EMT. I use an EMT 930st, and have used EMT cartridges for over thirty five years.

    Looks like you are a valve and vinyl man. You will find plenty of Leak valve and Tannoy speaker enthusiasts here. We have one trade member here (Reffc) who is an expert on Tannoy speakers, and I'm sure he would be happy to advise you regarding crossovers.

    Enjoy the forum
    Barry
    Barry

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    Join Date: Feb 2013

    Location: W Lothian

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    I'm Grant.

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    welcome Cristobal. Hope you enjoy the forum. any pics of your system we would like to see in the gallery.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
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    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Join Date: Aug 2011

    Location: Belgium

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    Hi Grant,

    Do I enjoy the forum? I certainly do. People here seem to be much more polite and friendly than on many French forums...

    Pictures of my system? Good question. I do not have many of them, moreover most of my hi-fi stuff is now in a furniture guard storage.

    But here is a pic of my heavily modified Lenco L78 turntable, a beast called LencoCristo or sometimes LencoStar. Built here in Belgium, with a lot of inspiration, a lot of Belgium slate, and a lot of help from two fantastic guys called Marc and Karel. And much inspired by various turntables designed in the UK by the great Vic, from Trans-Fi Audio. Vic, if you read me, I salute you.

    (Hope I can upload the image, because my internet connection is a bit lazy today).

    file:///C:/Users/Hp-AV04-PC/Desktop/LenCostar.jpgLenCostar.jpg

    Best regards from Brussels (come and visit this city, you'll love it...
    Last edited by Cristobal; 13-08-2016 at 00:17.

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    Join Date: Jan 2009

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    I'm openingabottleofwine.

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    What are the feathers for Christobal?
    Barry

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    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    Interesting shape.. I like it.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  7. #7
    Join Date: Aug 2011

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    What are the feathers for Christobal?
    Aha! I was 1000% certain that somebody was going to ask that question...

    It is a somewhat bizarre idea from my friend Karel: the feather is used to gently push the radial arm wand to the selected track, before cueing.

    Who said "Belgian surrealism.."?

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    Join Date: Jan 2009

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cristobal View Post
    Aha! I was 1000% certain that somebody was going to ask that question...

    It is a somewhat bizarre idea from my friend Karel: the feather is used to gently push the radial arm wand to the selected track, before cueing.

    Who said "Belgian surrealism.."?
    René Magritte would have been proud of you!
    Barry

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    Join Date: Jul 2011

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    Well, that's tickled my fancy ....

    Nice system!

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