Kiseki Purpleheart NOS - no. 009 of 049
Phasemation PP-500
Kiseki Purpleheart NOS - no. 009 of 049
Phasemation PP-500
Mint Decca Mk.III Elliptical.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Actually, to bring things down a peg or two, I may post a piccie of my Linn K5 or Shure M75/6S .
(shame I no longer have a Goldring G850)
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
In current use (there's always a hair...)
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Just the one Mrs Wembley...
Rega Apheta 3
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
Location: Riedstadt, Germany
Posts: 54
I'm Sascha.
Here are mine:
Moving-coil cartridges
Ortofon MC200
Ortofon MC25FL in SME S2R shell; Ortofon S-15TE in SME S3 shell; Ortofon SL15E in Ortofon G shell; Ortofon SL15E in SME S2 shell and Ortofon SL15E II in SME S2 shell
Top left: EMT XSD15; top right: EMT XSD15sfl
Left top: EMT TSD15, left bottom EMT TSD15sfl; Right top EMT TSD15sfl, right bottom EMT TSD15 with Ortofon SME adaptor
Van den Hul MC10 Special, in SME S2R shell; Ikeda C9 III in Ikeda shell; Denon 103 in Fidelity Research S/3 shell; Ortofon SPU GM-E
Fixed coil cartridges
ADC25 with red spot stylus; ADC 10E Mk.IV; ACD 10E Mk.IV; Shure M55E (brown body) and Shure M55E (black body) All cartridges mounted in SME S2 shells.
Second ADC25 and set of stylii are elsewhere.
Decca Mk.III with SME adapter; AKG P8ES in SME S2 shell; B&O MMC20S; B&O MMC 20E in Fidelity Research S/2 shell; B&O SP6 in SME S2
At top: B&O MMC 20EN with SME adaptor
Decca Mk.VI in GB block and Audio Technica shell; Decca Mk.V in EMT TSD-G shell: Decca Mk.V in Sonab shell; Decca SC4E in Fidelity Research S/2 shell, and Decca Mk.III with SME adapter
Other cartridge pictures
Denon 103 in EMT TSD-G shell; Denon 103 in EMT shell and in an SME S2 shell, and B&O SP6 in SME shell
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Barry
Wow, Barry... I didn't know you had so many cartridges!
What's your favourite, or perhaps rather the one you reach for most (spends most time playing your records) - and has done most over an extended period of time?
I don't mean your current favourite, but rather the one that you usually always return to after a period of change.
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!!!
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: Riedstadt, Germany
Posts: 54
I'm Sascha.