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  1. #11
    Join Date: Sep 2011

    Location: leicester, uk

    Posts: 4
    I'm terry.

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    Thanks for the warm welcomes to the forum.
    I have 2 hifi set ups in my workshop, big and little.
    The big one currently has 3 speakers connected, NS1000m's for reference, Radford B/N 180/50's, and a pair IMF Transmission lines.The Radfords are a big rediscovery for me, quite dry sound, but very accurate. Lovely mid range....it should be, with all those mid and top range units! A pair of Chartwell PM400's are always near to hand, lovely sound.
    Currently using my first foray into Americana, a McIntosh 2205/C32. Lovely rare Revox CD player, the C221, and am also using a very impressive multi CD changer, the Nakamichi MB3A. I'm sure it will break down soon, but so far so good. Ive got a Yamaha CT7000, plugged in at the moment, that is moving out for a Sansui TU9090 soon. Deck is a 401 refurbed and repainted by the Classic Turntable company, SME 3012, and just received a Nagaoka 200 from Japan....very excited about that. 401 is in a suberb solid plinth made by Carl Ellis in Manchester, an unsung hero of Hifi IMO.

    The small one, is on my work bench, so is kind of a reference system used endlessly for testing and auditioning new pieces. Small too, so it is kind of suspended over my work area. Quad 306/44 and a delightfully reliable battered pair of B&W DM5's. Musical, accurate, and full sounding, undoubtedly (IMHO) an unheralded classic. Blows the occasional fuse when setting up a new howling TT, but a pleasure to use. And an early Marantz CD player from the '80's the 273 (Special edition!!!!) first Cd player I ever bought; it has daily use and has never let me down!!
    I don't buy modern stuff, I probably couldn't afford it anyway, and the above list is almost totally from the 80's or earlier. I'm happy with this historically orientated collection.
    I hate arrogance, and will never indulge myself in some of the arrogance that I see in some Hifi circles. It is a collection, and it is there purely for the better appreciation of great music. But i do love gadgets!!

  2. #12
    Join Date: Jan 2009

    Location: Essex

    Posts: 33,461
    I'm openingabottleofwine.

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    Some more "droolable" items you have there, Terry.

    I am pleased to see someone else using a Revox C221 CD player as well as a 401/SME 3012 combination.

    But what has happened to the Quad 57s you said you were using in your workshop? They are far too good for a workshop; unless that is, your partner objects to their looks and need for careful positioning.
    Barry

  3. #13
    Join Date: Nov 2010

    Location: Yorkshire

    Posts: 9,527
    I'm Andrew.

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    Well I use a 301/3012 combo and a 401/SME V-12 combo. The 301/3012 gets more airtime.
    SS
    CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10

    VALVE
    PRE
    Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker

    MONO
    Pre Croft Epoch Power Sondex S100 Deck Garrard 301 Tonearm SME 3009 Cartridge SPU MONO mk II Phonostage Croft Music Maker Speaker Quad ESL 57 Cables Tonearm SME IC - Duelund Realsound Speaker SEAC 850C



  4. #14
    Join Date: Sep 2011

    Location: leicester, uk

    Posts: 4
    I'm terry.

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    I bought the Quad electrostatics the day before lockdown. innocently thought I'd service them, then realised ...especially with all the high voltage involved, that Quad would have to have the trade. When I eventually got them back 6 months later, I realized their uncanny resemblance to doors...I faced the option of flogging them, or storing them in the loft. The house was never an option!! So inspired by some pictures of them stacked one above the other, I realized that with some canny design originality, I could build a new frame, and keep them in my workshop. They are detachable, so they can become 2 identically mounted frames, on castors, but stacked in storage, they come to about 6 foot high with a small footprint. I have chains on them and "belay" them onto the ceiling for safety ! Sounds wacky but it means I can keep them and roll them out when I fancy a blast. A friend comes round every few months and we sit and stare at them in disbelief! Shame about the stereo imagery, I usually don a Phil Spector "back to mono badge"and swallow my pride. If we have a summer, I might roll them outside and have a party.
    I have always yearned for a 301, but its out of the question now. The 401 style has grown on me, the paint job makes it more attractive. But...a confession .. Its never been my favourite deck. Never loved it. It sounds ok, it has lost its rumble after the refurb, but it represents asizeable investment now so I'm kind of committed to getting value out of it. I admire it, but can't love it.

  5. #15
    Join Date: Oct 2008

    Location: Glasgowshire

    Posts: 9,754
    I'm Gary.

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    Hi Terry,
    great intro post, like the cut of your Jib.

    Enjoy every Sandwich here man, it’s a good place to hang out.
    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 (Modded)
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge (not Modded
    )
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    CD PLAYBACK - Shanling ET3 CD Transport over i2s to Dac + MOVIE PLAYBACK Oppo 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac)
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Shanling via Airplay 1 (losslessly) and onwards to Dac via Wireworld Silver Electra 7 i2s HDMI cable
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Biwire from Meridian 557 amp to speakers - Duelund DCA10GA on both bass and treble runs
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

  6. #16
    Join Date: Feb 2016

    Location: West Midlands

    Posts: 127
    I'm Barrington.

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    Hi Terry, I like your style Sir, welcome ����

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