Hi Leo,
Could you explain what you're referring to?Certainly agree regarding the most important parameter and for me its doing a grand job in that area...
Cheers!
Marco.
Hi Leo,
Could you explain what you're referring to?Certainly agree regarding the most important parameter and for me its doing a grand job in that area...
Cheers!
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.
Location: Scotland
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I'm Paul.
Sorry Marco,
Technicians tend to get techie without realising it sometimes. In bullet points the SR3-21 is :-
1. Very quiet.
2. Very good at mains noise rejection.
3. Very quick at reacting to load transients.
4. Capable of large transient current delivery.
5. Capable of high musical performance when used with the SL1200.
God, I’m beginning to sound like a salesman.
I think I will just let you be the judge and prepare an SR3-21 for you. I have booked it into the build schedule and will let you know when it is ready.
The SR3 now uses the heavy-duty output mosfet. Hugo’s unit was made before I introduced this upgrade, primarily to make the supply more rugged for powering class T amps like the Virtue Audio range. Happily it will ensure plenty of current for future platter upgrades, although the earlier version was no slouch in this area and should have more than enough current capability for the job at hand.
I live at the edge of the known world (The Isle of South Uist). Any further West and you fall off the edge. I am afraid it is an expensive two day round trip to Glasgow from here and time is not on my side at present. If we cross paths in the future I will be pleased to get the beer in.
Regards
Paul
Paul Hynes Design
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High Performance Power Supply upgrades
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Hi Paul,
That's great, and thanks for clarification of what you were referring to earlier in 'laymans' termsI think I will just let you be the judge and prepare an SR3-21 for you. I have booked it into the build schedule and will let you know when it is ready.
Just pop me a PM when its ready - no rush; make sure you fulfil your existing schedule of work first.
South Uist, eh? Goodness me, what took you out that way - were you born there?
I've been to Skye and Orkney (which I both adored), but I would guess that South Uist is even more remote, but probably just as beautiful. Any nice fresh fish and seafood where you are for sale locally, or is that a daft question?
Marco (who loves being miles from the 'rat race' and surrounded by peace and tranquility and beautiful scenery).
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.
Location: Scotland
Posts: 316
I'm Paul.
Hi Marco,
I wasn’t born in South Uist, but I do feel spiritually settled here. It is a wild and beautiful place with a nice clean environment. The lobster, crab, scallops, cockles, fish, scenery and sunsets are to die for.
It is a little remote, but there is a good infrastructure in the Western Isles, and I don’t miss the mainland rat race at all. The pristine fine white shell sand beaches here on the Westside are first class and you can walk them without seeing a soul most of the time. The same isolation is available in the hills. Due West from my house is Canada so the Atlantic storms can be a bit tricky from time to time, but you get used to them after a while.
My nearest neighbour is about a hundred yards away, so no conflict with the sound system. The downside is no real ale for most of the year as it is not worth the local hotels stocking it in winter. I will have to start importing some kegs. Any reclamation yards got any working hand pumps in as I am in the market for one?
I’m not coming back to the mainland.
Regards
Paul
Paul Hynes Design
paulhynesdesign.com
High Performance Power Supply upgrades
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16655
"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla
Its now a conspiracy theory to believe that the Immune system is capable of doing the job it was designed to do.
A fish is only as healthy as the water its swimming in ! [Dr Robert Young]
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Location: Scotland
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I'm Paul.
Hi Anthony,
Thanks for the support on the Scalford Hall Show thread. I have a low res pics I managed to salvage of an old hard drive.
We made the footprints. This is our own personal swimming pool.
Regards
Paul
Paul Hynes Design
paulhynesdesign.com
High Performance Power Supply upgrades
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16655
"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla
Its now a conspiracy theory to believe that the Immune system is capable of doing the job it was designed to do.
A fish is only as healthy as the water its swimming in ! [Dr Robert Young]
www.tubedistinctions.co.uk
Matthew 5:10
Location: Scotland
Posts: 316
I'm Paul.
Hi Anthony,
There are a lot more beaches like this, some of them miles long, but we prefer the small coves. Nice and cosy, great for a barbecue and the water is not too cold to swim in the summer. I have found some more pics but I will refrain from posting them here, as they are somewhat off topic. I will post a few in the Abstract Gallery when I get some spare time.
Regards
Paul
Paul Hynes Design
paulhynesdesign.com
High Performance Power Supply upgrades
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16655
"Today scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla
Its now a conspiracy theory to believe that the Immune system is capable of doing the job it was designed to do.
A fish is only as healthy as the water its swimming in ! [Dr Robert Young]
www.tubedistinctions.co.uk
Matthew 5:10