a couple of 75 year old valves in my croft preamp
SS
CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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Hidden gems; Wharfedale Isodynamic Headphones. Still sounding better than most (sez Jerry too) after near 50 years.
Can't claim the Klipschorns now, as I've sold them, but I DID have them for over 20 years.
The Leak 3090s reside besides my Kuro TV, sounding pretty fine -see Adam's recent link on these.
I still have my (bought early 1980s, 2nd hand) Hafler DH101/200 Pre/Power amp set-up too.
Must try them into the Leaks one day, once I have the energy to shift stuff about!
Chris.
Sony STR6055 receiver, why do I use it regularly, because it's bloody excellent. Don't know if my Denon DP80 is older but again that's excellent.
Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
Location: Seaford UK
Posts: 1,861
I'm Dennis.
Until a year ago original Heils with Rogers LS 5/8 woofers, refurbished in AMT box, Heil driver dated '74, Rogers about '79, and buying a pair of active '09 speakers at £25k, (I paid £9k), has not moved the sound on that much.
Worth it, I don't know, it's not really major, but purer, its what they don't do that's significant.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.
My ears, why? Because I'm attached to them
My JBL 4350's: best speakers in the world, ever.......(just my opinion)...LOL But all my JBL's....4311B's, 4401's, 4406's, I love them all.
Greg
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,881
I'm Lawrence.
KEF KIT 2 - 1969
Yamaha CR 820 - 76
Yamaha CR 1000 - 78
Thorens TD 125 , SME 3009 , SME 2000 - 1972
Celestion Ditton 15 - 1974
Kef Reference 103 - 1980
Luxman SQ 507X - 1977
Quad 33 / 303
and more
Pre & Power
Technics SUC 909U & Technics SE A909S
Turntable
Thorens TD 125 MK1 , SME 3009 S2 Non Improved , Shure V15 II , SME 2000 Plinth
CD Transport & DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 , Beresford Caiman , Paul Hynes SR4
Front Loudspeakers
Tannoy 615 MK2
Rear Satellite Loudspeakers
Wharfedale DX 1
Over these past 10 or 12 years, I’ve replaced nearly all of my stereo, except for one piece. And that’s my Magnum Dynalab FT101 tuner. Since I’m not quite there on internet music, I still regularly listen to FM radio while cleaning up, or working at my desk. And I have never heard an FM tuner that can dethrone this one. It’s old, I bought it used, and now the dials no longer work. But it still works well and sounds great. And with FM slowly being replaced by internet music, I suspect I’ll never have reason to replace it. Once I get a Raspberry Pi set up for music, I’ll never use the FM again? Or, maybe I will, it’s hard to predict.
Russell