New Member
Location: Shrewsbury
Posts: 7
I'm Ben.
Hello from Shrewsbury
Hello,
Ben here from Shrewsbury.
Current setup consists of
Nottingham Analogue Hyperspace
Audiomods Series 6 Tonearm
Hana SL Cartridge
Bigbottle MK1 Phono Stage (soon to be MK3)
Copland CTA402 integrated amplifier
Kralk Audio KA-2 Speakers
I'm a member of a few other forums and several groups on Facebook, I'm here to expand my knowledge of valves really and maybe recommendations on a cartridge upgrade. That seems to be the next logical step.
Cheers,
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Hi Ben,
Welcome to AoS! Glad you found us
Very nice system indeed, clearly carefully chosen. I especially approve of your speakers!
We're not too far away. Love shopping in Shrewsbury, and unfortunately so does my wifeCouple of good record shops there, too...
Anyway, enjoy the forum and don't be shy getting stuck in
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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Location: N E Kent
Posts: 51,625
I'm Geoff.
Hello Ben. Welcome to AOS.
Take a look around the site and join in any chat that interests you, there's a lot going on.
Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
New Member
Location: Shrewsbury
Posts: 7
I'm Ben.
Yes, the speakers are something special. I have got to know Alan quite well, the guy is a fantastic speaker builder and all round good guy. It was great to see that the capacitors in the External Crossovers were actually from Wrexham rather than the Far East!Originally Posted by Marco
Hi Ben,
Welcome to AoS! Glad you found us
Very nice system indeed, clearly carefully chosen. I especially approve of your speakers!
We're not too far away. Love shopping in Shrewsbury, and unfortunately so does my wife
Anyway, enjoy the forum and don't be shy getting stuck in
Marco.
Shrewsbury is a great place to live, I'm from Walsall originally so it's a completely didn't world.
Record shops are diminishing a little now unfortunately, there's only 3 now, down from the 5 when I moved here a couple of years ago. Still, lucky to have them 3 I guess.
Cheers,
Ben
New Member
Location: Shrewsbury
Posts: 7
I'm Ben.
Cheers, will do
New Member
Location: Telford
Posts: 10
I'm Craig.
I went to school with the owner of 'left for dead' record store on wyle cop, top bloke.
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Location: Essex
Posts: 32,029
I'm openingabottleofwine.
Welcome to AoS Ben,
Some nice gear you use there.What are your tastes in music?
Enjoy the Forum
Barry
Barry
New Member
Location: Shrewsbury
Posts: 7
I'm Ben.
Thanks, Barry. The gear has already changed since I posted that first thread.Welcome to AoS Ben,
Some nice gear you use there.
Enjoy the Forum
Barry
The Hana has been replaced with a Dynavector XX2 MKII, the Bigbottle is now MK3 spec, a Power Inspired AG1500 will be thrown in to the mix soon as well.
My tastes cover all genres really, apart from Classical. Not that I don't like Classical, I just don't have the urge to listen to it at present.
I've found myself listening to female vocalists a lot recently Melody Gardot, Norah Jones and similar. Celeste is a new one on the block and she has a great voice, too. Sam Cooke, Harry Belafonte, Marvin Gaye are also high on rotation.
That being said, The Beatles will always come back to the top of my listening tree of preferences.
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