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Location: Manningtree, Essex
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I'm Tony.
My favourite guitarist right now...
Is actually my youngest son’s housemate Eilidh McKellar... former protege of Joe Bonamassa, she has an uncanny habit of making everything she plays in sound better.
This little version of MJ’s “Human Nature” is q
quite frankly sublime.....
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCMJH5M...d=kcrgwgyy0zeo
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A mainly digital setup with a musical amplifier and endearing 1970's speakers. A CD player that hardly ever gets used and a turntable that is good enough to remind my how enjoyable my old vinyl is. Some cables and things.
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Location: Glasgowshire
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I'm Gary.
Ok,
you had me at Bomemassa...
She’s great.
What’s the connection?
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
Senior Member
Location: Manningtree, Essex
Posts: 1,722
I'm Tony.
She’s part of a tightly-knit group of housemate/friends (of my youngest son Nathan) who have lived together since they were students at Leeds College of Music.Originally Posted by Gazjam
They are all professional musicians pursuing their own careers quite successfully (until the lockdown hit us).
Eilidh’s connection to JB goes back to when his dad saw her playing one of JB’s songs on Youtube (back in 2011). Joe invited her to come play with him on stage. She has done this on three separate occasions now.
https://youtu.be/oQ_XTI5V9gA
She still keeps in touch with JB but is pursuing her own musical career through session work and varied genres.
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A mainly digital setup with a musical amplifier and endearing 1970's speakers. A CD player that hardly ever gets used and a turntable that is good enough to remind my how enjoyable my old vinyl is. Some cables and things.
Senior Member
Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Apple doesn't fall far from the Tree...
Joe is obviously grateful for the opportunity he had as a Youngster when BB King let him play alongside...
Can't help but think that's Him paying it forward.
Always struck me as one of Life's good guys, not surprised to hear it played out in real life.
A fan of Joe's here, going back way back when.
Big part of that is him being such a nice guy.
Like what he does and he's very inclusive.
Good for her, she's great.
For a happy girl, she's got the Blues
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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