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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Lol - indeed, although such things are liable to bother you rather more than me!
Noted on the 'XLZ-7500S'
Do you think I should buy this rather nice vintage Grace headshell to go with the Pickering?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Grace-HS3-headsh...item41578bd0a5
It would be rather rude to pop it on some hideous modern monstrosity...
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.
AV Room Forum Leader
Location: Chorley, Lancs
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I'm Mike.
i was going to bid on it, but was on AOS and missed the end of the auction
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
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Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - indeed, although such things are liable to bother you rather more than me!
I recon you should buy that anyway being an ultra sexy creation just like my good self
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Location: Kent
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I'm Clark.
The modern Pickering headshells are not bad. I use one to mount my GE RPX cartridge.
http://www.pickeringuk.com/cfb.html
Not an unreasonable price either.
Andy
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
LOL - I've done that before myself!i was going to bid on it, but was on AOS and missed the end of the auction
TBH, dude, you'd had to have really gone some to have outbid me, as I wanted it. And when I set my mind on something.........
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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Got outbid on this in the last second - I bid £87 after too many sherbets last night, and have no need of any of it, but I was very intrigued by the JVC receiver - top of their range in 1977-79 and 120W RMS per channel!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_684wt_1139
Given that a TD160 would go for £80 odd on it's own, someone got a bargain. On the bright side, I don't have to explain 3 more boxes coming into the house!
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. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
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AV Room Forum Leader
Location: Chorley, Lancs
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I'm Mike.
So more than £1450 thenLOL - I've done that before myself!
TBH, dude, you'd had to have really gone some to have outbid me, as I wanted it. And when I set my mind on something.........
Marco.
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 111,120
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
I'd have sniped ya at the last second with £1450.01!
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.
Captain Tidy
Location: Wales
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I'm NotAnAudiophile.
I'd have sniped ya at the last second with £1450.01!
Marco.
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AV Room Forum Leader
Location: Chorley, Lancs
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I'm Mike.
There're a few up on ebay at the moment, so i think we can still be friendsI'd have sniped ya at the last second with £1450.01!
Marco.hope you like it
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
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