Loved the CAC room good to see old faces and put faces to other members, don't know where the time went but thoroughly enjoyed myself,congrats to all who took part i think you all deserve medals,
Loved the CAC room good to see old faces and put faces to other members, don't know where the time went but thoroughly enjoyed myself,congrats to all who took part i think you all deserve medals,
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 ,
Just have to indulge myself once more - great comment from earlofsodbury on the Wam - thank you Paul!
The cheap-as-chips system featuring Ram 150 large standmounts - sounded seriously fucking good, if it'd had a £1K pricetag I'd have thought it a bargain. Makes me wonder what some of us think we're doing?
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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I know what "some of us think we're doing..."
We're chasing an impossible dream and, sometimes, it needs a wake up call such as the CaC systems to bring us down to earth. In fairness, those Ram's would be a grand the pair at least if sold these days and nearer two grand if priced to sell through Sevenoaks, where a 60% margin is needed (at least) to get the (commission based) sales up.
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Dave I think you are forgetting far east manufacturing costs - the RAMs were good but not as good as, say B&W 683 which are a grand brand new:
http://www.audiot.co.uk/products/b-w...akers-372.aspx
Although I doubt they would work that well with the little Cambridge amp.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.