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  1. #1691
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    Just up, and looks like another lovely morning!

    We watch live TV all the time, so couldn't do without our TV license.

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.

  2. #1692
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Think I will be getting shot of licence too. Never watch live tv
    Do it, I don't miss live TV or Iplayer at all. Plenty of more interesting stuff to me on Youtube and other places.
    Spendorman

  3. #1693
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    We have just the one TV, a hulking behemoth Phillips set from about ten years ago given to us free last year by my daughter's ex-boyfriend. Prior to that we'd be TV-less for several years. We'll be biffing that set soon and getting a smaller, more discreet flatscreen. We watch so little it's not worth shelling out for a widescreen.

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    Audio Al is offline Pishanto Specialist & Super-Daftee
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    Just back from the cafe , full english
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  5. #1695
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    Can't beat a proper cooked breakfast made for you. A programme late last night showed that a cooked breakfast (bacon & eggs) kept hunger away for longer than cereals or fruit/yogurt options. I've always believed that anyway.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
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  6. #1696
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Just up, and looks like another lovely morning!

    We watch live TV all the time, so couldn't do without our TV license.

    Marco.
    Thought you said you had to be up early? That's the middle of the day that is! I bet Del was threatening to chuck your Weetabix in the bin, and you were pretending to be up by banging your fist on the bedroom floor
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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  7. #1697
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    Haha... It was early for me, and earlier than I got up the previous day!

    Don't do cereals, soz, as I don't like plain milk. I can take it in other things, no problem, but not on its own. For breakfast I usually have some fresh fruit, and/or toast (using crusty Polish bread) with butter/jam, and some fresh orange or peach juice, with a nice frothy cappuccino.

    I was taking my car into 'my man', who's half an hour away in Oswestry, to have a new JBL sound system fitted... Well, I say 'new'. It was bought new in 2015 and fitted into my previous car, and removed before I got rid of it, and so far hadn't been fitted into my current car. The whole lot is still minty!

    Here's the original thread, showing said system in my old car: https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...424#post615424

    The difference this time is that the sub will be removed from its enclosure and put into a custom-made housing, located near the spare wheel. Pics to follow (on a separate thread), when the job has been done. Hopefully there will also be some pics of 'work in progress' too, up until that point.

    Looking forward to it, as it sounded SUPERB in the old car!!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.

  8. #1698
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    Looks pretty good - I bet it makes some nice sounds. Only problem is you won't be able to hear the engine and exhaust, so you may as well be driving an electric car

    Ladder in the corner of the garden is a clever touch - looks like display shelves for plants, but I'm betting it's how you sneak off to the pub when you're meant to be mowing the lawn.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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  9. #1699
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Looks pretty good - I bet it makes some nice sounds. Only problem is you won't be able to hear the engine and exhaust, so you may as well be driving an electric car


    Depends on how loud I play music!

    Ladder in the corner of the garden is a clever touch - looks like display shelves for plants, but I'm betting it's how you sneak off to the pub when you're meant to be mowing the lawn.
    Ha - well, there's a pub right next door, so that bit is right, but it's shit, so we never use it. The 'ladder', as you say, was used to house plants (and for the cats to climb up on), but that's no longer there.

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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.

  10. #1700
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post


    Depends on how loud I play music!



    Ha - well, there's a pub right next door, so that bit is right, but it's shit, so we never use it. The 'ladder', as you say, was used to house plants (and for the cats to climb up on), but that's no longer there.

    Marco.
    Yeah I noticed that pub in a pic you posted a while ago. It looks like one of those soulless two-for-one places that are EVERYWHERE these days, where you can get two plates of crap for the price of... two plates of crap. Apparently they cook their steaks in something called a 'Merry Chef' which sounds like something you would buy in Argos, and probably is. Still, their 'Wacky Warehouses' look like fun, if only I was 55 years younger.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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