Dutchman
Hello Everybody, my name is Hotze from The Netherlands, living in old university city called Leiden near The Hague.
Since the eighties I got infected with the audio virus, starting with Quad 44/405 & Kef 101 RR and a great Thorens turntable with a Hadcock arm and a Denon MC Cartridge.
The former dealer made weekly visits to the UK in a Peugeot 504 7 seater, bringing back finest British as Sonneteer, Sugden and Quad.
Have had tons of equipment, mostly tube gear, Quad, Eastern Electric, Transcendentsound OTL etc., various loudspeakers e.g. full range from Fostex (DIY), Cube Bliss and more traditional systems as Living Voice Auditorium, Aurum Cantus, Tannoy.
Currently plaing with an Audio Note 300B kit, Bastanis Wildhorns speakers, Merason (Swiss) D/A converter, Schiit Frey Plus pre-amp and a Transcendent Bruiser KT 120 power amp I have built myself(bought as a kit).
In the end the magic of music playing counts the most, the equipment is a tool and nice tools make even more fun, and tubes do contribute for me a lot.
Listen mostly to piano, jazz music from the sixties ( recorded with valves), brassbands and Theatre Organ, radio Naim Jazz.
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