Settled on these about 5 years ago after a few twists and turns along the journey:
Exposure XVII (MC phono stage)
Avondale M1 monoblocks
White Noise Audio MkIII headphone amp, because these things matter too !
Pete
Settled on these about 5 years ago after a few twists and turns along the journey:
Exposure XVII (MC phono stage)
Avondale M1 monoblocks
White Noise Audio MkIII headphone amp, because these things matter too !
Pete
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Quad 77 Integrated (bought new and still in daily use)
Quad 405-2 with improved Dada boards (bought second hand on eBay)
Quad 520f - "refreshed" by Dada (bought second hand on eBay)
No complaints. They will outlast me as I am coming up 70.
When I was a new graduate and had no money I had a Goodmans Tuner-Amp. When I had some money I bought a Sugden A48/T48 and used them half my life. When they needed a lot of TLC I sold them to an enthusiast who would give it.
You may judge me a long term buyer!
Brian
In Southampton: Raspberry Pi 4 running PiCorePlayer, Beresford Caiman SEG, Quad 77 Int Amp and CD Player, AVI Neutron 4, Sennheiser HD25 headphones.
In Nicosia: Small Format HTPC, Beresford 7520 ,Quad 405-2, Quart 980s German Tower Loudspeakers.
Location: SE London
Posts: 135
I'm Oliver.
One simple system powered by :
Croft 25R pre
Croft S7 just returned from Glenn upgraded to R.
Very happy owner of a Shengya preamp and Jungson power amp. Superb items, and far superior to the Meridian amp i had previously
Without music, powerboat racing, photography and a whole stack of other stuff that floats my boat, life is just a non stop procession of deadlines and bills.
Big Leema Acoustics fan. Used to own a MKI Pulse but now Tucana MKII.
Leema Pulse MKI; Electrocompaniet PC-1; PMC TB2i; Denon TU-260 MKII; Pro-ject Xpression 1 with ClearAudio Classic Wood cartridge
Technics SU-V9 ( used, needed a clean of controls ebay germany) mostly used for its excellent phonostage, Technics SB-6 speakers
Technics SU-V8 silver colour ( a swap with a good friend of mine) most used now and then to play various components, ESM speakers
Technics SU-V8 black colour ( go it used locally) mostly used now and then to play various equipment and is paired with the Celestion SL-6
Technics SU-V8X ( used on ebay some years back) used now and then to play various equipment and is pair with Coral CX5 speakers
Technics SU-G50 ( used from only store - deceased estate) used now and then to play various equipment, shares ESM speakers
Technics SU-V4X black ( used ebay germany) used now and then to play cd and tuner on SB-6 speakers
Technics SU-V4X silver ( used ebay germany ) used rarely for cd and tuner shares Coral CX5 speakers
Technics SU-500 ( used ebay ) Used during the hotter humid months as a daily for DAC and tuner
Amps: Technics SU-V9, SU-V8 (black and silver), V8X, V4X ( 2 black, 1 silver) , G50 and SU-500
Source:Technics SL-P990, P350, P477a,PG440a, Marantz CD40, NEC CD620 - TDA1541A, Philips CD753, Klein DAC, tuner and turntables Technics
Speakers: Technics SB-6, Coral CX-5, ESM bookself (seas tweeters), Celestion Sl-6 (copper domes)
Location: gone
Posts: 11,519
I'm gone.
Hi Sam = wow, a Technics fanboy!
How about updating your Gallery thread with some of these lovelies?
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Firebottle monos in the living room.
Monarchy Audio pure class A in the bedroom.
Vincent sv121 integrated as back up
Steve...
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Turntable; Rega p8
Cartridge; Alpheta mc
Phono Stage; Rega Aria, Bigbottle 3 mm/mc
Amplifier; Rega Elicit
Speakers; Rega Rx3
Location: gone
Posts: 11,519
I'm gone.
Vincent SV-234 integrated in main system
Denon DN-A100 integrated in 2nd system
Topping VX1 in 3rd system (powers Stax SR3 headphones)
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Valve monos have gone, big Quad amp gone, Class A power amps gone. This is my main amp at the moment, the notorious seventeen quid TPA3116 unit from China.
I still have a few integrateds and two Quad 306 power amps, but the TPA3116 sounds amazingly good and drives my big Tannoys just fine.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!