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Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 55
I'm Mike.
Watcha!
Second attempt at saying hello. First one disappeared into the electronic ether...
Got :
Kenwood KD990 direct drive turntable
NAD 3130 amp
Monitor Audio r352 speakers
Wharfedale DVD player (for playing CD's)
Hoping to improve the sound for miniscule amounts of money! Once I know this post goes through, I'll stick a bit more on about me and da system.
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Mike.
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Hi Mike,
Welcome to AoS - where ya from?
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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Member
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 55
I'm Mike.
Hello Marco
I'm from sunny Worthing in West Sussex.
I've been around the block a bit with my hifi. Tried belt and idler drive tt's before settling on the direct drive Kenwood. Transistor (class A & B) and valve amps have come and gone. Had a few pairs of speakers but now on my 3rd pair on r352's!
The NAD was bought to keep me going while I renovated my house. Have now got a bit bored with house DIY so fancy upgrading my sounds. I've only got a little listening room: 8' x 14'. I'm using the NAD without the pre as it muddied the sound. Bit shrill sounding (I'm using a ProJect headamp as a pre)sometimes so I'm wondering whether a valve pre might sort matters out???
Maybe I should start a newbie thread.
Mike.
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I'm ChrisB.
Mike,
Welcome to The Art of Sound.
We've a member in Sompting - Jonboy (maybe you know him) & I come from Steyning though I haven't lived there for years but still go back to visit family.
What sort of music do you like?
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Location: Hove Actually
Posts: 3,935
I'm Imjustsurviving.
Hello Mike and welcome, as you can see we are near neighbours, you are welcome to listen to what i have or try one of my Audio Note pre amps, we are all here to help
Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
Member
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 55
I'm Mike.
Wow!
Thanks for the replies guys.
Music tastes: Hawkwind; Mark Stewart and the Mafia; Led Zeppelin; Karma to Burn; Miles Davis; Nils Petter Molvaer; White Stripes; Kasabian; Prince Far I; Black Crowes; er, do you want me to go on?
Sompting's about 5 mins up the road from me. Will give you a shout Jon (when I get a chance!). Would definately like to give valves another shot but I've yet to hear a valve amp that can punch out bass like a transistor. I do like that valve mid-range sound though. Sigh!
Mike.
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Location: Sunny Suffolk, UK
Posts: 16,070
I'm WrappingALilacCurtainAroundMyBobby.
Hello and welcome, Mike. My first ever DVD player was a Wharfedale DVD-750 about 10 years ago - it was fab for movies but to be blunt, rubbish at playing CDs. What model have you got? (Sorry for dissing the DVD-750 its the same one!)
Enjoy the forum.
Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
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Member
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Posts: 55
I'm Mike.
He, he! It's a Wharfedale M3 and I'm right now listening to Gorillaz. Actually it doesn't sound too bad. A bit sharp sounding maybe. Up until recently I was using it with an original type DacMagic but this went down on one channel so it's just the Wharfedale now.
I prefer listening to vinyl but this also errs towards a sharp sound. When I use the NAD pre amp I found there was no lack of bass if I twiddled the bass knob but the sound lacked definition. This is why I've by-passed the pre.
I wonder why I don't agonise over the sound of my iPod in my car stereo!
Mike.
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