Hi,
I have been trying to get hold of Richard for a month (he is repairing something for me) without success.
Has anyone heard from him lately? I'm a bit concerned to see if he is OK.
Cheers,
Aidan
Location: London
Posts: 13
I'm Aidan.
Hi,
I have been trying to get hold of Richard for a month (he is repairing something for me) without success.
Has anyone heard from him lately? I'm a bit concerned to see if he is OK.
Cheers,
Aidan
Location: Penzance
Posts: 70
I'm Hugh.
Had a message from his son not long back that Richard has had some family health issues to deal with and they shut the office at short notice but expect to open up again after 04/06/12. Gist of message is that he should be back on track in June and will get the backlog sorted and is really sorry for this.
Location: London
Posts: 13
I'm Aidan.
Hi Horace, that's good to know!
Kind regards,
Aidan
Just spoken to him: yes, all back to normal from the 4th June.
Main System - T/T: Trio L-07D/Benz Glider; SME V/Ortofon Cadenza Blue; Audio Technica AT666EX vacuum disc stabiliser; Audio Technica AT636 Audio Insulator Feet. Phono: Whest PS30R. CDPs: Esoteric UX-1; Micromega Classic Solo. Amps: Exposure MCX Pre/4 x Exposure XVI Mono Power. Speakers: Jamo R909/Townshend Seismic Sink stands/Audiosmile Mk 2 Supertweeters. Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-W1000; G&W TW-J1 head amp.
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Location: Penzance
Posts: 70
I'm Hugh.
Hi Theo & nice to see another Trio L-07D user. How's your one going? Don't think there is much out there to beat them for performance. Had a few mods and upgrades done over the years. Sorry for thread drift.
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 3,359
I'm David.
TBH Richard is a top bloke but he is a bit like me, he takes on too much! He visited me a while ago with his son and his knowledge of TT's is astonishing. Especially the Techy. I gave him my platter to bond a copper layer on and it came back looking like new, astounding was the word I would use. Took a while to get it done but I always say anything worthwhile is worth waiting for.
All the best to Richard. Glad he's back in the zone again!
Marco.
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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. LDR Stereo Coffee. 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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Location: London
Posts: 13
I'm Aidan.
Just to resurrect this thread, I cannot get hold of Richard at all again.
I managed to get through to him on the phone just after the Jubilee, and told that my Accuphase would be fixed ASAP.
Since then over two months have passed without contact and despite trying almost daily for the last several weeks, I have been unable to reach him.
It has now been more than a year that my preamp has been at Vantage. I would like to chalk this down to experience and get it back now in whatever state it is in - if anyone could supply me with alternative contact details for Ricahrd by PM, or pass on this message if you are in contact with him, I would much appreciate it.
Cheers.
Location: North Bucks, UK
Posts: 562
I'm Ron.