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Location: Italy
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My music machines
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Stefano Bertoncello
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,460
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Ciao Stefano,
Benvenuto a AOS
You have a quite phenomenal system - full of veritable gems which I have a particular passion for! I wouldn't know where to start, everything is stunning!
Do you know the 'other' Stefano, Signor Pasini?
You both have quite similar systems.
Allora, Stefano, spero che qui ti divertirai tanto!
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.
New Member
Location: Italy
Posts: 21
Grazie Marco
Thanks for welcoming, Marco et al.... hope having good time on AoS... BTW: I noticed the average music systems quality among AoS' forumers is VERY high indeed... and not following, necessarily, "mainstream", magazines-hinted paths.
... thus, ears are working when shopping... GOOD!
Stefano Bertoncello
Administrator / Magnetic Tape Person
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 9,966
I'm Nick.
I'm particularly excited to meet a fellow reel to reel fanand both high end machines - you're a lucky man! I'm sure we'll speak further about this
Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,460
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
You're welcome, Stefano! And thanks for your comments - we're not big into 'mainstream' anything here; 'out of the box' thinking is what we promoteThanks for welcoming, Marco et al.... hope having good time on AoS... BTW: I noticed the average music systems quality among AoS' forumers is VERY high indeed... and not following, necessarily, "mainstream", magazines-hinted paths.
... thus, ears are working when shopping... GOOD!
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.
New Member
Location: Italy
Posts: 21
Stefano... yes?!?
... ooops... thanx for the compliments, BUT be careful in not being confused: Stefano is a quite common name in Italy, like Etienne in France, Stefan in Germany, Stephen or Steve in England or USA, and in "my" very own (i.e. -Stefano Bertoncello) pages, I never covered 124's related topics.
Still hope I'll deserve (some) compliments, anyway...
Stefano Bertoncello
Trade: Purite Audio
Location: That London ( North)
Posts: 1,193
I'm Keith.
Stefano Hi, great site and beautiful plinths, I will be in touch regarding the plinth for the Garrard, have you tried the Allnic carteidge yet, very best Keith.
Cessaro Horn Acoutics,David Wright ,Mola-Mola , Weiss MAN301,Dynavector XV1- Manger Loudspeakers Grimm Audio LS1,worlds best sounding loudspeaker.
Mini DSP digital signal processing.
www.puriteaudio.co.uk
Purveyor Of Tunes
Location: Cricklewood
Posts: 9,074
I'm ILOB.
You got great system and love that you also play as well
Welcome I am really looking to reading your posts an thoughts
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?
Humour: One of the few things worth taking seriously
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Location: Italy
Posts: 21
ALLNIC and irons trivia
Hi Keith... no, not yet... but trust I'll do VERY soon, thanking God, Mr. Park, David and international airmail... me and friends can't stand in our shoes if, like David B. quoted, it will prove to be superior in details retrival and timbric and spatial coherence to the already STELLAR, lysergic Lumiere DST...Originally Posted by purite audio
... also considering these handmade little gems are very sensitive to MC irons matching...
On the matter, I ended up owning and tasting 15+ different irons, now having only 8... but just acquired a Partridge # 973 from '50s, so I'm 9 again... the actual King is, at the moment, but very solidly placed, a WE618B/Peerless 4611, then Verion/Cotter Mk 1 "PP-silver-wired"... then all the rest.
Let's see... aehm, listen to ALLNIC Verito Mc... a very clever design, nonetheless.
Last but not least, I'm waiting these weeks from a Japanese friend/artisan, a couple of hot-rod Neumann DST-like replicas which would be breathtaking, as I know my friend golden ears.
and
Will keep you all posted soundwise.
P.S. - thanks John! What about your outer idler/rim drive on VPI's?!?! No surprise old technology wins, isn't it?!?
P.P.S. - someway OT, but I'm posting a recent pix just arrived from a friend, shot few hours ago...
Last edited by twogoodears; 16-01-2009 at 18:46.
Stefano Bertoncello
New Member
Location: Italy
Posts: 21
My transformers coupled WE 300B/WE274B/WE311B handmade amps
My "Gianni DHT/transformers coupled WE tubed amp" (one of two)...
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