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Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
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I'm Shaun.
My future Hi-Fi is going to be centered around a Croft Micro 25 R fitted with Genalec Gold Lion 12AX7's with gold pins. Quite what form the power amp will take is still up for debate but for me it has to be a Micro 25 R to get things rolling. Although I love the 'rawness' of my current Micro 25 Basic I find that my system would benefit from a better level of refinement.
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Location: Stäfa (near Zürich), Switzerland
Posts: 308
I'm Richard.
I have a late 80s Micro II - Glenn brought output stage to latest spec & revised valve regulated supply (keeping it valve), I've since messed with smoothing caps (increasing values considerably) and swapping output caps. I love it - very agricultural looks, but it's still my reference pre & comes with a fantastic MM stage.
I chatted with Glenn a fair amount on best modification routes - mostly down to providing dedicated supplies per stage and channel...but am happy enough with the sound as is so far.
From a value for money perspectiv, think I paid £165 all up with purchase, work by Glenn & shipping from him to Ireland around 7 or 8 years ago. Beat that
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Location: Birmingham
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I'm James.
Then you'll be going down a very long upgrade route.Originally Posted by REXTON
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Not necessarily, Jim. You can do it all in one hit, if you can afford it, by following what Jo and I have done - and then just put the whole thing to bed and enjoy the music!
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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.
Trade: Wakefield Turntables
Location: Yorkshire
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I'm Andrew.
I've learned to be more selective with how I spend my money nowadays and slowly upgrade as needed, I've been debating getting a new valve pre for over two years and have decided to go down the croft route after hearing a few. A don't mind spending money on upgrades as I see it as part of the hobby and get just as much excitement listening to new kit as buying new vinyl. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing how far i can take things....
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE / MONO
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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Location: Birmingham
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I'm James.
Nice one Andrew, I am sure you will end of with a stunning preamp! Would love to go down this route myself but will wait till someone decides to sell up!I've learned to be more selective with how I spend my money nowadays and slowly upgrade as needed, I've been debating getting a new valve pre for over two years and have decided to go down the croft route after hearing a few. A don't mind spending money on upgrades as I see it as part of the hobby and get just as much excitement listening to new kit as buying new vinyl. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing how far i can take things....
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Location: Halesowen
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I'm steve.
Mega Micro innards
....... thought you guys might be interested in the innards of my new Mega Micro
of course it's the power supply in the second pic which blows ones mind .........
I'll let you know how it sounds when it gets here.
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Location: Staffordshire, England
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I'm Martin.
no half measures there!
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.
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I'm Geoff.
Looks like it means business!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Location: Birmingham
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I'm James.
Plenty of caps there in the PSU. Not many of the Mega micros around.
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