Have things changed really...?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_con...;v=T9o_eZGaaMk
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Location: Glasgowshire
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I'm Gary.
Is this Us?
Have things changed really...?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_con...;v=T9o_eZGaaMk
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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Location: London
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I'm Robert.
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Superb video, Gaz! The bit with them moving around to find the 'sweet spot' with the Tannoys was hilarious
I think it also showed that valves are more fun
Marco.
Main System
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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Location: Central Virginia
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I'm Russell.
No it doesn’t seem that things have changed that much. I was amazed at the beginning that the man with the victrola in the carriage suffered no skipping as he went down the road?
Russell
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Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6,811
I'm James.
Yes it is sadly. I even recognised a younger version of myself in the video. I am the chap with the dark goatee beard!
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
I thought that was Peter Qvortrop?Originally Posted by Jimbo
Yes it is sadly. I even recognised a younger version of myself in the video. I am the chap with the dark goatee beard!
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Location: Suffolk, UK
Posts: 1,473
I'm Paul.
It was the sarcasm laced in the narration that had me. Right at the beginning we saw the forerunner to the iPod, the iPerambulapod. A whole 0.00000000001 Gb of storage extendable to 20 times that if you had the shelf installed underneath.
~Paul~
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Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 1,736
I'm Russell.
I suppose the way audiophiles are perceived by the general public hasn’t changed either?
Russell
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I'm Martin.
The general public don't have any idea that such a thing as an audiophile exists and only a vague notion that there is such a thing as hi-fi. I had a work colleague come round once to pick up a television. She saw my set up and says 'Why do the speakers have to be so big? That's ridiculous.'
Maybe the BBC should do another documentary now it is 60 years on? record shops should bring back those booths too. I remember Eastern Block in Manchester used to have a row of Technics SL1200s all set into a long console all with headphones attached so you could have a listen. I don't even know if that shop is still there.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Location: North Down /Northern Ireland/ UK
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I'm Neil.
Yes that is still accurate, music, and equipment has changed, but that is all.
Regards Neil
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