Location: South downs
Posts: 3,477
I'm James.
Spirit ~ Caroline Lavelle (Spotify)
Location: South downs
Posts: 3,477
I'm James.
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As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
Bloody hell, where have you been, mate??
Hope all is well now in your world
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: South downs
Posts: 3,477
I'm James.
Location: gone away
Posts: 4,870
I'm joe.
The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
Location: South downs
Posts: 3,477
I'm James.
Carrying on right where I left off...
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So far... Wow! Energy, life, colour. The couple of stereo remasters I've got are very good (as are the '09 CDs). These (and I'm only on the first LP) are amazing.
Technics SL1210 MkII / SME 309 / Timestep PSU / Achromat / Denon DL-304
Phono stage PS Audio NuWave Phono Converter
Lossless / MP3 / Tidal > Roon > Bryston BDP-1USB > Marantz NA-11S1
Marantz UD7007 SACD/Blu-ray/DVD-V/DVD-A
Toshiba BDX1200 Blu-ray player (Zone A & Region 1)
Audiolab 8200AP pre-amp/processor
Power amp: Arcam P7
B&W 804S stereo (bi-amped), HTM4S centre, CDMSNT surrounds (5.0)
Sennheiser HD 700 headphones
Panasonic PT-AT6000 projector
Kevin Ayers - John Cale - Eno - Nico - June 1 1974
Vinyl
UK First Press
Trio KA 3500 Amplifier
Denon/Mission SCM50 Loudspeakers
Thorens TD 125 MK1 Turntable with SME 3009 S2 Non Improved with Shure V15 II & SME 2000 Plinth
Technics RS D550W Cassette Deck