Hasn't Dom done 103's? Maybe not Zu ones though.
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Hasn't Dom done 103's? Maybe not Zu ones though.
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Originally Posted by DSJR
Yep, mine has been retipped with an elliptical profile by a German company.
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My retip 103 and cantelever upgrade by Dom gives it almost Decca like speed and aliveness Well worth a try
Loves anything from Pain of Salvation to Jeff Buckley to Django to Sarasate to Surinder Sandhu to Shawn Lane to Nick Drake to Rush to Beth Hart to Kate Bush to Rodrigo Y Gabriela to The Hellecasters to Dark Sanctury to Ben Harper to Karicus to Dream Theater to Zero Hour to Al DiMeola to Larry Carlton to Derek Trucks to Govt Mule to?
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Herewith my 2nd system, based in my conservatory. Great for kicking back in a greener environment!
One of a pair of Usher X-719 speakers and, underneath the blanket box, a Mini-T amp and a Marantz CD63 fitted with a Ten Audio valve output stage.
It sounds bloody good, actually!
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Just to keep things up to date, I had a couple of forum friend visitors over yesterday, so all is tidy and dusted! -here's a pic just taken of my main system in my "cluttered Man Cave" as it has been called....
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Looks great, Jerry - and very homely
I love rooms with 'stuff' in them, which clearly evoke the personality of the people who use them. I believe that 'lived in' is the term. That's what a home should be all about. Our house is the same, as is my 'man cave'. And a wee bit of dust is healthy!
I can't stand the clinically bland, near sterile, 'statements in magnolia', devoid of personality that some people like; where rooms have been modelled on the latest 'me too' fashions of interior design (approved by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen), and where you feel guilty disturbing someone's plumped-up (colour co-ordinated and very carefully positioned) cushions from Habitat!
Clean, but relaxing, comfy and cosy is the way.....
I think ya gets where I'm coming from
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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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Very very nice system! I've never had the luck to audition any pair of MBL loudspeakers or gear, in the past... But I've heard the best. It's a pitty I don't have the ability to come around for an audition... I wish, musically, the best!
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Yeah, thanks Marco. I like my room very much the way it is!
"relaxing, comfy and cosy" is exactly right!
I, too, have real problems with "clinically bland, near sterile" environments. Mind you, I've seen a few pics on AOS with exactly that kind of room!
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Thanks ! Yes, MBL speakers are very very special.Very very nice system! I've never had the luck to audition any pair of MBL loudspeakers or gear, in the past... But I've heard the best. It's a pitty I don't have the ability to come around for an audition... I wish, musically, the best!
I guess it is a bit far to come over for the evening from Greece! But you would be very welcome if you chose to do so.
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Thanks ! Yes, MBL speakers are very very special.
I guess it is a bit far to come over for the evening from Greece! But you would be very welcome if you chose to do so.
Thank very much for the warm reply! Our hobby is nice to be shared, the truth is. Very nice room and very warm space!
I bet that listening is an experience combined with the landscape of your place!
Thank you for the invitation any way! You are also welcome!
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