Ha ha! Point taken!Originally Posted by Beechwoods
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Ha ha! Point taken!
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You've got a good memory... it took me a while to find it for myself!Have you got a picky of your Techy M85 i'm sure i saw it but can't find it now
Here's a nice pic from Audioscope:
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I love those long throw toggle switches. You lucky getting one with a door as new looking as that Nick.
The 'M65'/'M75'/'M85'/'M88' were all nice machines. 'M95' was a bonza but i've never seen in the flesh before, doesnt look as nice as the other four tho...
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Correct, and for the reason Andre says!Marco has a Nakamichi CR-7, he just doesn't use it.
Mostly I use the Technics RS-B565 when I'm making tapes up for the car or the boom-box in the bedroom (which is really all I use a tape deck for these days), as I find the CR-7 is only fractionally better in record mode.
Where it really shines is in playback mode, as the superb quality of the heads makes the most of pre-recorded cassettes and the best NOS chrome and metal tape, should I feel inclined to make recordings from my system of CDs or records to demonstrate to people how close good tape gets to vinyl (and pisses all over anything digital!)
However, those occasions are rare, as there isn't enough room on my Mana racks to house the Nak, and it's a ball-ache moving stuff off to accommodate it. Therefore, it's usually kept elsewhere in safe storage, saving the heads of course in the process....
Nick, I'm loving that Studer!
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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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