Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,478
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Ta, matey
If you look very closely at the top L/H corner, you can just see the tip of one of the bathroom speakers, which is fed from my system upstairs.....
It sounds not bad at all, too! There's also dimmable coloured 'mood lighting' on the ceiling, so it's quite nice lying in the bath at night in the glow of the dimmed spotlights having a soak listening to some choons, as the butler brings in the Champers!
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.
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,478
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Hahaha, Jon.... I quite agree - there's definitely a more positive flushing action with bogs that have a cistern and chain. It certainly shifts some of the more stubborn 'Toffee Crisps' that refuse to sink from time to time!very nice Marco, i do like proper bogs and the old overhead flush system, there's some sort of "job well done" when you pull the chain
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.
A True Legend
Location: Leigh Lancs
Posts: 299
I'm David.
bog
I'v had a pee in Marcos new bog.
Don't need any Tannoys - I've got the best. All cables supplied by pound shop or better.
Cheatfinder General.
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,478
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Ha! Maybe I should get some T-shirts with that printed on? You could have that on the front and 'Vinnie shafted my arse' on the back!
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.
A True Legend
Location: Leigh Lancs
Posts: 299
I'm David.
bog
Who he?
Don't need any Tannoys - I've got the best. All cables supplied by pound shop or better.
Cheatfinder General.
Senior Member
Location: Nr Wigan, UK
Posts: 167
I'm Darrell.
Hey Marco, I do hope that bog's fitted with Dolby.
cause it takes the hush out of the flush and the hiss out of the piss.
Darrell.
Di Do Do Dat Doh Don't Di Doh..Di Do Doh..Don;t Di.
Banned
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
It's all very well living in a gaff like that, but Marco has to get up at 5:30 every morning to open those big old gates for 'His Grace'.
After that, it's a full day of boot polishing, bowing and scraping.
After His Lordship has had his supper, Marco has to do the 'pouffe duties', standing in as the footrest while the real one is being upholstered.
It's only after all of that, he can go back & listen to his hi-fi.
Don't forget to shut the gates again before bo-bo-time
Senior Member
Location: Nr Wigan, UK
Posts: 167
I'm Darrell.
Looks like someone's nicked the gates.
Is it rough round there?
Darrell.
Di Do Do Dat Doh Don't Di Doh..Di Do Doh..Don;t Di.
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,478
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Yes, it was that dodgy Hewitt chap - he pinched them last time and melted them down to make Mana racks!!
Besides, the chauffeur was getting f*cked off opening them all the time to get the Bentley in...
Chris, yes you're absolutely right - that nonsense is a damned inconvenience every day, so that's why her Ladyship has her eye on this:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...8A1A9E4615FFC0
Her exact words were: "I want it!", so it would be terribly rude not to oblige.
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.
Banned
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
Very nice!
Looks like there could be a bit of work involved there, though. But any place with a 24' long kitchen has to be taken seriously!
When I was a student I rented a wing of a castle. That had a 30' long kitchen with an 18' high ceiling. The living room had similar dimensions & I filled it nicely with my Castle Pembrokes & a Cyrus 2
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