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I'm Andre.
Still love the Sparta 'GT-12' . with Syntec '220' arm. No idea what it sounds like or if it rumbles like a tumble dryer but it looks fantastic. Totally out of my pocket tho..I doubt if i would bother though now.. but it would certainly be a preference over a Garrard or a TD124 Any day.
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Bloody hell, that music is SHEE-ITE! Pure suicide material
Why the fuck do audiophiles, especially Japanese ones, often have such APPALLING taste in music? ARRGH... Anyhow, I agree about the looks - awesome! Simple, elegant, classic lines. Never even seen one of those before...
Music's not much better on this one:
Better here (if you like jazz):
I just love the controlled and hugely powerful sound of those things, simply taking all forms of music in their stride, as comfortably and effortlessly/unflustered as a car with a big V8 engine handles speed!
*That*, for me, is where it's at musically, with vinyl, and what puts a smile on my face. No audible 'warbling' or wavering, due to speed instability, or lack of 'heft'... Music is DRIVEN along with great pace, authority and purpose
What I can't stand are turntables (or for that matter, cartridges) that produce a weedy, lightweight sound, which you feel could break up or lose control at any second. I like SECURITY and STABILITY, with vinyl replay, and when the music demands, I need to feel some proper weight and 'oomph'...
And for me you only get that with idler or direct-driven varieties, or high-mass belt ones with massive platters (fitted with low-compliance cartridges and high-mass arms).
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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I'm Geoff.
A typical English winter's day out there. Very gloomy and at 4C, cold too!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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I'm Allen.
Yes we are in for acold spell
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I'm Steve.
Hmm, can't tell whether it's playing 33 or 45. If only it had a clearer display...Originally Posted by Made in 1968
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Sounds like horn speakers. Lack of 'bloom' and slight horn type colouration (as far as I can really tell via my PC speakers).
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Location: Chorley Lancs
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I'm Steve.
That's the spirit!Ha - you see that's where you've not been paying attention!
I mean, you commented yesterday on a pic of my "nosebag" (how it looked nice), and there was an opened bottle of wine and two glasses clearly visible on the table... So, as one of my most devoted fans, your lack of observational skills is most disappointing.
I called a halt on the Lent thing (after 3 weeks of zero alcohol) due to the fact that currently there are no masses and the Catholic calendar for Easter has been totally disrupted, plus life's too short, and we might not even be alive by Easter!!
Marco.
As for the pictured wine bottle, I thought it may have been an old empty, awaiting a candle. I know it's a look you Continental types like
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Location: Dagenham Essex
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I'm Allen.
If only it was in focus
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Location: Chorley Lancs
Posts: 14,707
I'm Steve.
I was wondering just what it is you loathe about DD. Could it not be other parts of those decks you weren't getting on with, which were cancelling to some degree the good work that Direct drive was doing? By which I mean it may not be the actual DD that you weren't liking.I've always wondered what *exactly* it is though you loathe? Could you elucidate on that, as I'm curious?
I have no such emotional attachment (either way) with any kind of turntable, or any piece of hi-fi equipment or speakers, for that matter. I have my sonic preferences, of course, but nothing deeper than that, as I'm not driven that way. For me, it's ultimately all about the music, not the gear.
Marco.
I personally love my Direct Drive TT, and it will go to the grave with me. - I'm certainly no expert, in fact the very opposite, but I love the solid rock-steady presentation, and the absence of faff. Plug 'n' play very important for a numpty like me.
Still I suppose we like what we like, like.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,012
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Yesh, not forgetting the fun you can have with the hot candle wax!That's the spirit!
As for the pictured wine bottle, I thought it may have been an old empty, awaiting a candle. I know it's a look you Continental types like
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.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
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