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  1. #71
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    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.
    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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  2. #72
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    You seem to have a lengthy list of decks you don't like, Andre. But then you trashed a deck you do like. Quite a conundrum. My suggestion: Buy a vintage CD player, sell all your vinyl, and use the cash to buy a nice holiday in Skegness for you and Chez when this madness is over. Sounds like a nice break would do you both good
    Keep saying this but no one believes me. Ive had virtually every Turntable within Expense reason. I used to buy decks every 3-4 weeks guaranteed, had two in a week sometimes lol, but very very few i liked. ofc i have fuck all money these days not that i would spend silly money on anything but i also have a style obsession to feed keeping in mind the things i did not like about the past decks. Im not an in depth listener anymore but i can certainly hear the difference between C 'Yawn' D and Vinyl, stick the same cart on two different decks and it will sound the same to me.. Im trying my best to get away from Digital & lock myself into Analogue. Digital is a cop out for easiness, everyone knows that.

    Audiophools dont like Japanese gear cos they are blinded by the DIY looking British tripe. I however love old Japanese stuff, even though they designed DD which i loath. I trashed the deck over an argument in which i flew of the handle, obviously was not on a purpose. Well think myself lucky this time, i broke my wrist last time i gave my old B&W 'DM2a' a left hook forgetting theres a Basket & Magnet behind the unit cone

    Actually a Turntable has just come to mind that will match my Sony amp visually. Ill just ave to buy the matching Cassette Deck to go with it. Put the one i just bought away in storage. Ill get sorted im sure of it. im just getting to the stage where im struggling, Stalemate.

  3. #73
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    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 dedicated 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 eveEaster!!:n be alive by eek:

    Marco.
    And how the hell you work that out, Its no Black Death

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    Quote Originally Posted by Made in 1968 View Post
    I however love old Japanese stuff, even though they designed DD which i loath..
    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.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Made in 1968 View Post
    And how the hell you work that out, Its no Black Death
    Lol - indeed, but as we've all seen, it can still prove fatal. Therefore, the last thing I'd want to be doing was depriving myself of something I really enjoyed when I only had a short time left to live!

    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!!!


  6. #76
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    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 connection (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.
    Dunno what it is but i just do not like them, i cant stand strobe platter & the recent insurgence of those 1200 series Technics Decks just fueled my dislike even more.

    I have a massive connection to equipment. Like i said above a good cartridge on two different decks may as well be the same sounding deck to me, i would take preference over the Aesthetics & certain qualities in engineering. ofc Music is more important & the reason i do not give a rats arse about specialist Hi-Fi.

    Just understand my Aesthetic obsession is in no way the same motivation as say an Audio Enthusiast being more interested in the gear because its a slightly different mind set. Mine is Era/vintage derived, controlled by obsession & OCD

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Lol - indeed, but as we've all seen, it can still prove fatal. Therefore, the last thing I'd want to be doing was depriving myself of something I really enjoyed when I only had a short time left to live!

    Marco.
    You will never get the true statistic on what ages & underling illness people have had cos like always with these situations too many secrets imho.. You'll be fine dude as i will when i get it, cos i am mega open to it for obvious reasons, as with Macca hell be ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Made in 1968 View Post
    Dunno what it is but i just do not like them, i cant stand strobe platter & the recent insurgence of those 1200 series Technics Decks just fueled my dislike even more.

    I have a massive connection to equipment. Like i said above a good cartridge on two different decks may as well be the same sounding deck to me, i would take preference over the Aesthetics & certain qualities in engineering. ofc Music is more important & the reason i do not give a rats arse about specialist Hi-Fi.

    Just understand my Aesthetic obsession is in no way the same motivation as say an Audio Enthusiast being more interested in the gear because its a slightly different mind set. Mine is Era/vintage derived, controlled by obsession & OCD
    I totally get the contents of the last paragraph, and that's fine. I have no such connection (or obsession) with the equipment. I buy what I think works, and to an extent looks good to me, then I stick with it and enjoy it, as you well know. A box-swapper I ain't, as I've had the same system for years!

    I also dislike strobe platters on turntables, but as you know not all Jap D/D decks have them, so if you don't know what exactly it is you loathe, then I can't help you

    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!!!


  9. #79
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    the fear of the Quartz Controller failing. as mentioned the 1210 obsession created a hate complex with me. The quick start is fine but you can get that with a Flywheel TT like a Michell. I would rather have a Physical thing like a belt driving the platter than an electronic circuit., i also prefer mechanics.. nor do i want a wacking great motor under my styli.. This is all underling dislikes from years ago thats just ingrained on me.. I refuse to even give a DD the time of day no matter how great people make out they are. I believe they are not & thats all that really matters to me..

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    Fair enough, that's a much better explanation of your dislike... I of course disagree, although I understand where you're coming from and accept that some of your criticisms of D/D are valid

    For me, NO turntable, no amplifier, no speaker - no ANYTHING is perfect, and so if in your head you're trying to achieve some notional concept of 'perfect sound', or way of reproducing recorded music that pacifies your strict proclivities, then you're on a hiding to nothing and forever destined to be disappointed!

    Turntables especially though, by dint of how they work (reproduce music), are hugely compromised devices (despite being able to sound great), so I find it more beneficial, and also healthier, to accept their limitations and simply choose one that sonically, to my ears, has the best balance of compromises, and then focus on the music.

    In that respect, the limitations of a turntable being controlled by a rubber band/weedy motor is much more obvious to my ears than those created by having a big motor underneath the platter, directly controlling it, particularly when judicious steps have been taken to ameliorate the negative effects as far as possible.

    However, it's simply a case of each to his or her own. I think we both still dig vintage idler-driven broadcast T/Ts, especially the ones that were used in American radio stations... Russco - I still lurves ya baby!

    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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