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I'm john.
Hi from Buckinghamshire.
Thanks for letting me join.
My system is Rega P1/RB101/Bias2 - Cambridge Audio 551P phono pre amp -Musical fidelity CD Pre 24 - Meridian 557 amp - Proac super towers - Rel Stygian (Goldring Lenco GL69 also makes an occasional appearance).
I like a wide range of music including classical, organ, rock (Genesis / Pink floyd etc)
Don't very often change equipment but turntable upgrade is next on the list.
Thanks,
John.
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Hi John,
Welcome to AoS - good to see you here
Nice system, and interesting that you like classical (organ) music, which I also love... Hard to get those low notes right, though!
Anyway, please start a new thread in the Analogue Art section to discuss your forthcoming turntable upgrade and we'll be along to help
Marco.
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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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Welcome to AoS John.
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Hello John. Welcome to AOS.Originally Posted by Johnb1959
Take a look around the site and join in any chat that interests you, there's a lot going on.
If you'd like to discuss turntables, why not start your own thread in our Analogue Arts section and outline your ideas?
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Hi John, I see you have an REL Stygian. I heard one of these once at hifi show at Heathrow. Richard Lord was demonstrating and playing a film soundtrack with very low bass. I seem to remember that the specs said this could go down to 8Hz. There wasn't much musical enjoyment to be had as all that was obvious was the whole room inc the floor was shaking and probably threatening the structural integrity.
If you like organ music then the Styg must come into it's own.
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Location: Milton Keynes
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I'm john.
Thanks
Thank you all for your welcome messages.
Marco and Puffin - Organ music probably makes up 1/3 of my listening. I used to go to a lot of recitals and trying to recreate the sound at home is not easy, especially 16 and 32 foot pipes. The Proac super towers do a reasonable job and the Stygian I got to fill out the lowest registers. it is set to roll of around 36hz and certainly helps. Considering it was bought 29 years ago it's still a good piece of kit but I did have the internal amplifier repaired 3 years ago. I don't know how it compares with more modern Sub woofers as haven't heard any.
Thanks all,
John.
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Yeah, very hard to get the lowest notes of a church organ right... However, 'The Styg' is an example of subs, done well. What do you think of these babies I had the pleasure of experiencing last year, in 'full flow', during a rather pleasant evening of choral music:
https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...ster-Cathedral
Oh, and don't forget to post about your forthcoming T/T upgrades!
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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