Nice looking direct drive. Any good? The seller currently has a lot of early 70's Sony Amplifiers, Turntables, speakers etc. All look in very good nick!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-2250...8-06b499d89cad
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Nice looking direct drive. Any good? The seller currently has a lot of early 70's Sony Amplifiers, Turntables, speakers etc. All look in very good nick!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-2250...8-06b499d89cad
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Those late 60's & early 70's motor units Sony did were good. Not a DD fan tho, Thats actually a good price. Its even in its original Sony Plinth
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How would i go about connecting a Philips 743 Pre amp to a Power amp?
I'm bidding on one but seems to be only 5 pin din only?
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Get a cheap DIN to Phono adapter lead from ebay to try it with and worry about something better later.Originally Posted by dantheman91
I use a cheapo one with my Cambridge P80 amp and it sounds just fine.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Quad 33 Pre with Quad 303 Power Amplifier
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Quad ESL 57 Loudspeakers
Speaker Cables / Interconnects
Basic Copper Speaker Cable / Cheap Interconnects / -10DB Attenuators
Digital + DAC + PSU
Sony RCD W100 Transport / Beresford Caiman DAC / Paul Hynes SR4 PSU / Chrord Coax for TV / Optical out from Sony
Vinyl Front End
Thorens TD 165 with Shure M75ED
Cassette
Technics RS D550
Reel to Reel Machines
1967 Ferguson 3218 - MONO
Revox A77 with Teac :S X8 MK Loudspeakers
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Probably easiest to use male DIN with Phono sockets on the end.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Word of warning, Dan - the 743 was designed to run Philips’ Motional Feedback speakers and so its line output stage is optimised for them.
Although it should work, you may not get the best from it running it as a conventional preamp into a normal power amplifier.
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Could have run the active sonys but I lost the bid in the end
Pre and Power Amplifiers
Quad 33 Pre with Quad 303 Power Amplifier
Loudspeakers
Quad ESL 57 Loudspeakers
Speaker Cables / Interconnects
Basic Copper Speaker Cable / Cheap Interconnects / -10DB Attenuators
Digital + DAC + PSU
Sony RCD W100 Transport / Beresford Caiman DAC / Paul Hynes SR4 PSU / Chrord Coax for TV / Optical out from Sony
Vinyl Front End
Thorens TD 165 with Shure M75ED
Cassette
Technics RS D550
Reel to Reel Machines
1967 Ferguson 3218 - MONO
Revox A77 with Teac :S X8 MK Loudspeakers
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I see things I may be interested in buying, but do wonder if I'd be around to receive them, let alone enjoy them, with people dropping like flies with COVID in London. I do keep to myself as best I can, but nothing is guaranteed, especially when you're knocking on a bit.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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People still buying stuff on bay. Laptops are popular. I was after another good one but got beat several times, so folk are still spending.
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