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Wouldn't they complement your Lockwoods and 66s rather well Marco?Originally Posted by Marco
Lol… I know exactly where it is. If any potential buyers would like me to check out their condition, just let me know
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A good pair of Yams are a spectacular speaker!
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This little lot must sound 'wonderful'!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hifi-Speak...item3f3c5284a6
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Yes, but I’ve got too many speakers already (Celestion 66s, 15XRs and Lockies). I’d simply have nowhere to put them.
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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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Just spotted these rather nice seventies Pioneer speakers. Bet they sound nice. If they were nearer I'd be after them!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Pi...item3f3c5a269e
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Cheap reasonable sounding DAC. Not the last word in resolution, but does nothing offensive (nice and small too). OK for the money!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MISSION-DA...item4adb7ce249
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Meh. The "stand across the room and throw random drive units at a big resonant box" school of loudspeaker design - I'd avoid them if I were you!
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Two items of high end Japanese turntable wonderfulness (and, yes, I'm speaking from experience as I own one of each!)
Sony TTS-8000:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-TTS-8...item19f305de83
Aiwa LP-3000: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aiwa-LP-30...item23401c7a20
The strobe issue with the Sony is highly likely to be nothing more than the links connecting the two sides of the double-sided control PCB needing some re-soldering - the strobe lamp on my own deck was originally non-working for this exact reason. The Aiwa is a bit more complex but contains nothing rare or unobtainable and I can provide a copy of the service manual, so who's up for the challenge?!
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Having heard quite a few seventies Japanese speakers from the likes of Pioneer, Sansui, JVC and Panasonic/Technics, etc., I'm not convinced these Pioneers would be rubbish. That horn tweeter was pretty good and I've heard the 12" bass driver model with it, probably the next up in the range and it sounded decent enough to me. Back then, Japanese speakers had a slightly different and livlier balance to the rather constrained sound of British 'Bextrene' coned models of the time (yes I know not all used Bextrene).
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Not exactly icons of design though, Adam. The Aiwa has more buttons than I've got fingers and the Sony… is that a spirit level? Looks like it's come off the set of "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea". Doesn't even have an arm!Two items of high end Japanese turntable wonderfulness (and, yes, I'm speaking from experience as I own one of each!)
Sony TTS-8000:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-TTS-8...item19f305de83
Aiwa LP-3000: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aiwa-LP-30...item23401c7a20
The strobe issue with the Sony is highly likely to be nothing more than the links connecting the two sides of the double-sided control PCB needing some re-soldering - the strobe lamp on my own deck was originally non-working for this exact reason. The Aiwa is a bit more complex but contains nothing rare or unobtainable and I can provide a copy of the service manual, so who's up for the challenge?!
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