Was it a big WHOOSH or just a wee squirt?
Marco.
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Was it a big WHOOSH or just a wee squirt?
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.
Senior Member
Location: Newcastle UK
Posts: 3,749
I'm Rich.
Quad ESL57s Speakers + 33 Pre Amp + 303 Power Amp + FM3 Tuner + Lowe HF150
what do you guys think of this lot?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quad-ESL57...item19cb239bea
seller lives nearby... very tempting
Drunken Administrator
Location: Staffordshire, England
Posts: 43,727
I'm Martin.
Speakers may need some work as not serviced anytime recently according to the Q and A
You can pick up a 303 on it's own for £100-£150, the 33 pre is well dated now...I wouldn't pay more than £500 the lot absolute tops.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.
Practising Alcoholic
Location: Hove Actually
Posts: 3,947
I'm Imjustsurviving.
As above, they are about on the money now with no service history
Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
Senior Member
Location: Newcastle UK
Posts: 3,749
I'm Rich.
Cheers guys, i'm not too familiar with quad gear but interesting to see this come up near my neck of the woods. Be keen to see what it goes for...
Senior Member
Location: Surrey
Posts: 7,227
I'm Rob.
Would you buy from a gorilla?
Buy Bose...And get your parking validated!.
https://youtu.be/ZCBe7-6rw4M
No Highs...No Lows....It Must Be Bose!
Senior Member
Location: Bacau, Romania
Posts: 1,215
I'm Bob.
Quads, gorilla, County Durham,Originally Posted by Puffin
all makes perfect sense now....
Senior Member
Location: A Strangely Isolated Place in Suffolk with Far Away Trains Passing By...
Posts: 14,540
I'm David.
The 33 in stock form is very constricted on modern wide-bandwidth sources and recordings, but it CAN be breathed on for well under £25 as long as you can solder. The results are charming, but FAR more capable. I'm ignoring the well reported Net-Audio updates as, in effect, these turn the preamp into something else altogether (and fully up to date in fairnes). Me, I've put my Dada updated 33 with the 303 in the office and it sounds fab to me, on vinyl too (I've kept the 68K phono loading)
Hope this sort of helps anyone looking for a bargain preamp to do a little bit of work on. The 33 is unfairly dismissed IMO, but with a little effort can be transformed into something really lovely to use and listen through.....
I can't go on and I can't go back, I don't feel so matter of fact,
I tried and tried to make good sense, What's the good to try it all again?
Senior Member
Location: Peterlee,County Durham, UK
Posts: 321
I'm Paul.
Any info on this £25 worth of fettling?? I fancy a crack at this on one of my 33's
Paul.
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Location: Yorks
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I'm Nobody.
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