As I have a new toy, I think it's time for a photo or two
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I'm Chris.
New arrival at TB Towers
As I have a new toy, I think it's time for a photo or two
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Nice.Very elegant listening space Chris.
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Looking good, Chris! I do love those ZUs
I can see a nice Croft winking at me there, too.... I trust that the mods you've done are still hitting the spot?
Marco.
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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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I'm Chris.
They more than hit the spot. I frequently have tears of joy rolling down my cheeks. The sound is amazing.Originally Posted by Marco
I can see a nice Croft winking at me there, too.... I trust that the mods you've done are still hitting the spot?
I won't be changing any of this kit any time soon. Only thing left is to upgrade the regulators and maybe a few caps in the Caiman.
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I'm not noticing the gear - no dust on it so it can't be any good
What I AM looking at is your impeccable taste in Black Sabbath - far more important
Seriously, a great looking system. Zu's were being sold direct and so there was no point in dealers stocking them I understand.
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Great system those ZUs are rather nice
Great when the system allows you to enjoy the music at a deeper level
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Looking very smart there, Chris.
There's certainly something about a pair of Zus staring back at you
Nick
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Another thumbs up for the Zu's, maybe we should start an AoS Zu Collective
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I'm Chris.
I wondered if anyone would comment on the Black Sabbath
There's no dust because I used the arrival of the Arcam as an excuse to pull the whole kaboodle apart and make some adjustments to the cabinet to make the wiring easier.
The Zu's certainly are amazing. I'll have to have a bake-off soon so that some of you can get to hear why I rave about them.
Of course the Croft amp should take a bow too - it's stunning.
And then there's the Caiman about which little needs to be said on this forum.
And I still think the Transporter is the best transport I've yet encountered.
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