My journey through the haze of Hifi

**The Black Adder** · 08-07-2011, 20:33

Originally Posted by Effem

I guessed 1980 - 1981 Joe, so not far off was I?

Beautiful high quality engineering from the days when the accountants were kept locked in small offices and not allowed to poke their noses into business decisions

Not at all matey.. They started the 909 in the mid to late 70's but went through lots of 'technical' revisions. Your daaaam right. Man, the engineering is utterly sublime. Love stuff like this.

**keiths** · 08-07-2011, 20:33

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**The Black Adder** · 08-07-2011, 20:35

Originally Posted by Gizza

Great post and pics, I felt as though I'd been on the journey with you!

lol... My Radford STA25 Renaissance and Densen added.

Cheers matey.

**icehockeyboy** · 09-07-2011, 11:56

When you say the SF's are Pringle tubes, do you mean the design, or sound?

**The Black Adder** · 09-07-2011, 14:32

Originally Posted by icehockeyboy

When you say the SF's are Pringle tubes, do you mean the design, or sound?

In sound and I guess in size compaired to the Dali's & Tannoys, they were monsters. But the bigger the speaker the more purchase your get so horses for courses.

But the Dali's were £7k

**griffo104** · 09-07-2011, 14:56

some great pics there and what a journey - is there anything you missed out ?

what a great range of kit, reminds me how much fun the old MF tubular kit looked and surely you could count the Gyro as retro now ? It was just so ahead of it's time design wise.

That reel-to-reel looks stonking as well.

**The Black Adder** · 09-07-2011, 15:50

Originally Posted by griffo104

some great pics there and what a journey - is there anything you missed out ?

what a great range of kit, reminds me how much fun the old MF tubular kit looked and surely you could count the Gyro as retro now ? It was just so ahead of it's time design wise.

That reel-to-reel looks stonking as well.

I think just the MF X-AS200 monoblock amplifiers are missing from the list, oh and a Naim system after that.

I was a big fan of MF until I tasted other makes. I heard my mates MF system recently and simply couldn't get my head around the sound after listening to valve stuff for the last two years. Cost him an absolute fortune too.

**Pete The Cat** · 09-07-2011, 21:24

Delightful collection - thanks for sharing.

Looks like you change your boxes more often than your carpet (I also find beige goes with anything and hides the dirt too)

Top drawer pics !

Pete

**Alex_UK** · 09-07-2011, 22:15

Originally Posted by Pete The Cat

Delightful collection - thanks for sharing

+1 very nice.

**selfaddict** · 10-07-2011, 08:12

I have always loved your pictures and this just shoves that you have had an good eye for the photos all your life

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I had a pair of Dali Helicons in the past as well, and they are in deed HUGE. I really loved the sound, only bettered by my current open baffle speakers. The problem I had with Dali's was that they just needed much bigger room than I had, so they needed to go.

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