Lovely to see some wonderful old "legacy" gear being loved and enjoyed still. That Luxman amp brought tears to my eyes with nostalgia - very creamy and smooth with a kick in the velvet glove as I remember.

The original AR "The" turntable in the UK had a wobbly main bearing which smeared the sound up no end (the later XB77 did too, so I suspect that some of the tooling may be shared perhaps?). A year or two after, a client bought in a deck with improved main bearing (this may be the "Legend" version) with absolutely no slop at all and once set up it sounded superb, the light platter with heavier sub-chassis working very well and rather in a PT mold - light, bright and breezy sounding, which I rather like in LP playback as long as it's clean and clear as well.

The EB101 is, in my opinion, an absolute bargain, as it hasn't yet got the "cachet" of other budget decks like Rega's and Systemdek IIx's. This latter deck came with a Linn LVX standard Jelco made arm IIRC and a reasonable cheap cartridge. Whether any EB101 owners have replaced the cartridge and possibly the arm too I don't know.

The MC2 speakers were a Martin Colloms concoction as I recall. At the time, he was inclined to boost the treble in an attempt to mask midrange colourations (Dean Mini Monitor and Monitor Audio MA3 and 10 come to mind). I think he did much better with speakers like the Tannoy Mercury's and a Sony speaker or two, which were good budget products.