Well in the words of the great Red Adair "If you think it costs a lot to hire a professional, wait until you see what it costs to hire an amateur".Originally Posted by sq225917
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Well in the words of the great Red Adair "If you think it costs a lot to hire a professional, wait until you see what it costs to hire an amateur".
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Hi Jez,
Backtracking a bit..........did you have anything to do with the phono stage in the Musical Fidelity A100??
If so, you are a little geniusI have the A100 in one of the bedrooms driving some Kef101s. Its usually fed by FM4 or a CD player but as I have just received a Pioneer PL112D to play with, it seemed a good opportunity to try the phono input for the first time.
Bloody brilliant. The deck may not be top end but it sings its little heart out in this system.
I must be getting old. I reckon I could live quite happily with a system as musical as this, it gets the basics so right.
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Completely off thread, (for which all due apologies) but I have very fond memories of that deck, which I listened to Genesis, Ange, and other prog / French prog delights on as a teenager on a French exchange, with the lovely Dominique...Hi Jez,
Backtracking a bit..........did you have anything to do with the phono stage in the Musical Fidelity A100??
If so, you are a little genius
Bloody brilliant. The deck may not be top end but it sings its little heart out in this system.
I must be getting old. I reckon I could live quite happily with a system as musical as this, it gets the basics so right.
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I'm Jez.
I repaired 100's of them but no I didn't design the A100... That would be TdPHi Jez,
Backtracking a bit..........did you have anything to do with the phono stage in the Musical Fidelity A100??
If so, you are a little genius
Bloody brilliant. The deck may not be top end but it sings its little heart out in this system.
I must be getting old. I reckon I could live quite happily with a system as musical as this, it gets the basics so right.I quite often do rebuilds/upgrades on them as well... heat 'n all that....
The Arkless 640P would thrash the phono stage in the A100 though!
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Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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I'm Jez.
photography wise well it ain't got tits and isn't going to complain that I didn't catch its best side.... It's an amp guys.... I think people can see what it looks like even from my crap and out of focus attempt! Cheers for the offers though.
Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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I'm Nodrog.
No doubt.....but I've got this one already and a new one would exceed my 2017 budget
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not tried an A100, but the phono stage in the A1000 is very good......
and i still fancy the haden boardman that was on here recently but cannot afford...
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I'm ChrisB.
What does this mean please?
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Easy, man - the amp has 'real balls'... If it had tits, it'd be somewhat 'powder-puff'!
I believe that Jez can give it a sex change, if a different presentation is required.
Marco.
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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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No, I don't think that's the meaning that was intended Marco.
Perhaps my friend Mr Parry could give a judgement!
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