You can't beat free her
Marantz PM310
KLH Model 32s
You can't beat free her
Marantz PM310
KLH Model 32s
Pre and Power Amplifier
Quad 33 / 303
Loudspeakers
Tannoy T165
Turntable
Thorens TD 165 with Shure M75ED Cartridge
Transport , DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 Transport , Beresford Caiman DAC , Paul Hynes SR4
Well just nabbed a Quad 405 MK1 this morning for £75
Currently using the Tannoy 615 MK'2s
Magic...
Pre and Power Amplifier
Quad 33 / 303
Loudspeakers
Tannoy T165
Turntable
Thorens TD 165 with Shure M75ED Cartridge
Transport , DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 Transport , Beresford Caiman DAC , Paul Hynes SR4
Well done! As soon as you are able, replace the decidedly inferior LM301 chip with a TL071 or better, upgrade the +/- 12V supply voltage dropping resistors with 1W rated equivalents and fit a couple of decoupling capacitors as close as possible to the chip supply pins. It will all make for an enormous improvement in SQ.
Barry
Bit of fun today with a QED SDR Passive Pre
Quad 405 Power Amplifier
Ruark Talisman 1 Speakers
Pioneer PD 505 Precision CD Player
Sounding Fantastic..
Pre and Power Amplifier
Quad 33 / 303
Loudspeakers
Tannoy T165
Turntable
Thorens TD 165 with Shure M75ED Cartridge
Transport , DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 Transport , Beresford Caiman DAC , Paul Hynes SR4
Here you go Dan, even simpler. Try one of these, world's cheapest passive pre-amp. Works just fine and sounds very good. I've got one.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fasdga-Ca...0AAOSwL~BbLchY
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Pre and Power Amplifier
Quad 33 / 303
Loudspeakers
Tannoy T165
Turntable
Thorens TD 165 with Shure M75ED Cartridge
Transport , DAC & PSU
Marantz 6005 Transport , Beresford Caiman DAC , Paul Hynes SR4
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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