Just an update and a photo or three
Sugden Masterclass CD and Integrated
And lurking in the background behind the Harbeth C7-ES3s
PS Audio P500 regenerator
Cables by Mark Grant (Mains)
and Tellurium q black interconnects and spraker cable
Just an update and a photo or three
Sugden Masterclass CD and Integrated
And lurking in the background behind the Harbeth C7-ES3s
PS Audio P500 regenerator
Cables by Mark Grant (Mains)
and Tellurium q black interconnects and spraker cable
Hi mate,
Really lovely pics, so thanks for sharing, and I bet it sounds great, too! I do like Harbeth and Sugden gear, as there is real synergy between them
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Cheers!
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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Where did the speaker stands come from? if the speakers are sat directly on solid table- tops, please use some tiny "bump-on" style feet at each corner, to allow the cabinet base to breathe as it was designed to - essential for these thin-wall designs.
Lovely pics
Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
Crying out at the top of my voice; Tell me now if you can hear me
Welcome fellow Harbethian, dig in
System; Michell Gyrodec SE/ Orbe Clamp/ Gert Pedersen armboard mod/ HR PSU/ SME V / J7 Tonearm cable/Ortofon Cadenza Black// Jez Arkless Turbo nutter B------ /Trichord Dino+
Amplification and loudspeaker set up is at the moment being split into two groups, comprising the following;
1. Same sources as above; SONY TAF-770ES/SONY CDP761E/Cable Talk 3.1 loudspeakercable/ Harbeth Compact7ES2/ Stands
2. Virtue Audio Sensation M451battery PSU, ClarityCaps upgrade/ Sensation M901/Russian PIO caps with Teflon bypass caps upgrade/ JT Dynamic PSU with various tweaks/ Connex Audio 5N Litz loudspeaker cable, Impulse H6 Loudspeakers.
Me so horny- Impulse H6 Horny
Yep, like that, a simple and direct system with mains regeneration.
You’re not going to get many audiophile points but I bet you get good music
Single spur balanced Mains. Self built music server with 3 seperate linear PSU, Intel i5, 16 GB RAM no hard drive (various Linux OS). Benchmark Dac2 HGC, single ended XLR interconnects/Belkin cable. Exposure 21RC Pre, Super 18 Power (recap & modified). Modded World Audio HD83 HP amp. Hand built Monitors with external crossovers , Volt 250 bass & ABR, Scanspeak 13M8621 Mid & Scanspeak D2905/9300 Hi. HD595 & Beyer 880 (600 ohm) cans.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
-Bertrand Russel
John.
Thanks all for your kind words
The stands were made by Bradley at Hi-fi racks, great chap to deal with and fettles a decent bit of timber. He kindly coppied a design that I found in an old magazine artice about Harbeth speakers.
Thanks DJSR for the tip on the bump-ons. It's Blu-tac at the moment but I'll be sure to give it a try and report back.