You people are so 'this morning'.....................don't you know there's a proper thread for this stuff?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3160
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
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I'm ChrisB.
You people are so 'this morning'.....................don't you know there's a proper thread for this stuff?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3160
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
DaveK.
My System:
Power: Belkin PF40, Custom.hifi.cables Hydra and DC PSUs.
Sources: Self built HTPC with Xonar ST sound card, NAD T585 multi disc player, Sony BDP-S350, Squeezebox Touch, Techncs SL1210 (mod'd) + Nagaoka MP30, Thomson Sky HD box.
Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
Speakers: Mission 774s with added super tweeters
Cables: best I can afford and likely to change except Homar's RF attenuated co-ax's and Mark Grant USB and HDMI cables. I also like silver i/cs and speaker cable.
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
So, back to Grave Digging (or Flogging a Dead Horse or worse -Necrophilia?).............
A subject closer to some folks hearts than others, but this one's got plenty to read of interest in it.......
T/T Drive Systems - various conundrums and conclusions
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=536
Enjoy.............
Nice one, Chris.
David Price should like that one!
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.
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
This week, the mouldy oldie comes from Howard Popeck:
Digital replay. Have I experienced an epiphany, or just a healthy dose of reality?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=636
Hang on, I'm still on size matters (to paraphrase). You lot are hardly giving me time to cogitate (and the brain slows down post 50).
Anyway, Deep Thought here agrees that size does matter. And I have a couple of 130kg speakers to make my point. So there.