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    Join Date: Aug 2026

    Location: Cornwall

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    I'm Lee.

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    Hi all,
    Im Lee from West Cornwall.
    My main set up at home (not ideal but its in our family lounge, so placement suffers, untill the children move out, not holding my breath!!!).
    A townshend elite rock 2, refurbished by therockdoc, with a michell tecnoarm (waiting to swap to an audiomods series 6 micrometer arm) and a kiseki purple heart, sat on a townshend seismic platform.
    EAR mc4 sut on stack audio auva eq csa1,
    Audio research ph6 (also on stack audio auva eq csa 1, townshend alegri plus pre amp
    Electrocompaniet AW250R powe amp,
    Marantz cd6002
    Xduoo ta20plus headphone amp
    Sennheiser hd800s headphones
    And Edingdale mk1 speakers on Stack audio auva 100
    All interconects in the analogue chain are missing link cryo, .
    Missing link slingshot dual helix mk2 speaker cables.

    Most of my collection is old man stuff, biggest part is Pink floyd and Bob dylan, a chunk of neil young, led zeppelin, the band, leonard cohen, ccr, varied southern rock, more modern, alabama 3, black keys.
    Anyways, that's me 👋

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    Join Date: Jun 2014

    Location: Chorley Lancs

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    I'm Steve.

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    Welcome to the forum Lee, some interesting kit you have there... what do you think of your Stack Audio and Townshend isolation products, another of our members has just invested in some of the Stack Audio Auva
    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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    Join Date: Aug 2026

    Location: Cornwall

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    I'm Lee.

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    Thank you for the welcome!! The stack auva 100s made a massive difference with the speakers! Very impressed. The eqs are much more subtle, and my rack isn't great, im waiting on a newer one bring made by the carpentry department at work. The Townshend platform i only put in place yesterday and ive not really given it a workout yet, hopefully itll live up to its reputation!!

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    Join Date: Jan 2008

    Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK

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    Hi Lee,

    Welcome to the forum!

    Nice, well thought-out system. Anyway, get stuck in - we're a friendly bunch here.

    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.

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    Location: Sunny Suffolk, UK

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    Welcome to AoS Lee, nice to have you join us! As Marco says, we’re a friendly bunch and most of us can relate to the “old man” vibes and not always just the music!

    Looks an interesting system, post a pic or two if you can some time as we all like to be nosy! Enjoy the forum.
    Alex

    Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
    Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant.
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    Join Date: Feb 2008

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    Absolutely not old man’s music. I should know, as it’s my music as well and I’m only twenty three.

    I’ve been twenty three for fifty one years now and have no intention of growing old.

    Welcome.
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    Fruit flies like a banana.

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    Join Date: Jun 2014

    Location: Chorley Lancs

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeeH View Post
    placement suffers, untill the children move out, not holding my breath!!!).
    Well we all need something to look forward to Once you get the placement of the children sorted (ie get their own place), it'll all come right. For a while. Then grandkids come along, and it starts all over again!
    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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    Join Date: Jan 2009

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    Welcome to The Art of Sound Lee,

    That's a fine system you have there. I know of most of the components you have there, but not the Audiomods Series 6 Micrometer arm. If you can manage it we would love to see some photographs of your system.

    Don't worry about your taste in music: we're all "old men" here, regardless of age!

    Welcome again
    Barry
    Barry

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    Join Date: Jun 2014

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Welcome to The Art of Sound Lee,

    That's a fine system you have there. I know of most of the components you have there, but not the Audiomods Series 6 Micrometer arm. If you can manage it we would love to see some photographs of your system.

    Don't worry about your taste in music: we're all "old men" here, regardless of age!

    Welcome again
    Barry
    One of our forum members (JacHawk) has one. It's a beautiful piece of engineering.
    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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    Join Date: Aug 2026

    Location: Cornwall

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    I'm Lee.

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    Thank you for the warm welcome! I noticed a thread of how to pist pics, I'll read up and get some up, I did forget a second plyer linked in, a Technics Sl150 with an origin live modified rb300 arm and 'little treasure' sh cart into a rotel (i forget the model) phono.
    The audiomods, here's a link http://www.audiomods.co.uk/
    A little set up in my spare room, systemdek iix with a rega rb250 and another little treasure cart, audolab 8000a and a pair of mordant short 908 and key carina ii.

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