Location: Suffolk
Posts: 246
I'm Ray.
Ok matey, no worries. Let me know when it's landed safely
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 quite sensitive to sound in general, I cannot stand it when I'm in say a cafe and somebody starts playing their tinny phone, a video or music, the dissonance really rattles me. Its either that or my listening room is a bit pants, not much to do about that. Somebody suggested the new Tannoy Eaton legacy, as they're on offer for £3K, slightly used, definitely way more than I'm used to spending.......
Current system 1210 GR. CDP - Meridian G08. Amp -Sugden A21I - Sig. Wharfedale Lintons.
Location: Southport, Merseyside
Posts: 157
I'm Nigel.
Forgive me if I've missed it but what is wrong with the room in which you listen?
I use a Series 500 in my humble system and it plays great with rock and jazz. Bags of fun.
Mike, is it open plan to the kitchen or is there a door? If open plan then have you considered putting a roller type blind or something similar, possibly heavier that you can let down to obstruct the opening, you could have a separate one if there is a doorway opening. Hopefully this would help greatly acoustically.
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
Posts: 4,779
I'm Shaun.
Audio Innovations ? Wasn't that David Chessel, the man behind Audion ?
Loved Audion's amplifiers.
"Audio Innovations was founded by Peter Qvortrup and Erik Andersson in 1984" I met Peter in 1987 when I purchased mine, very nice chap and helpful.
https://www.dagogo.com/audio-innovations-first-audio/
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Location: Southport, Merseyside
Posts: 157
I'm Nigel.
I would imagine too many hard, reflective surfaces would result in a bright, fatiguing sound.
I would try and move the loudspeakers to see if any improvement is possible. Place some big soft cushions inside the room. Heavy curtains etc. Just try to get rid of some of the hard reflective surfaces. Assuming this is possible of course.
Are you able to have a listening position where there is nothing between the speakers and nothing between you and the speakers?
How far apart are the loudspeakers and how far away are you siting from them?