Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[DSJR]

Dave's comment uplifted from Macca's blog ...



Ah, no.
It arrived and looked tatty, as expected. So I took it along to my current hifi fixer and left it with him to check over before I hooked it up in my system. Phone call a few days later - it's been completely trashed inside by a bodger - completely non-economic to fix. So I dumped it in the recycling.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I needed a proper top cover (my headphone D-60 has a D75 cover shoehorned into place) and a couple of spare knobs would have been to advantage as the pots are narrow shaft......... A spare set of caps and selected/matched transistors from the main board would have been nice as well.....

See, even a botched one has some kind of value to someone...

[jandl100]

Ah. Sorry, David. I was peed off and just dumped the thing!
It was all very tatty/rusty and knobs missing. It may not have been any use to you anyway.

Those MBLs look the business Jerry. Very nice indeed.

Thanks, Dave - yep, they ain't half bad!

[Firebottle]

The Maggies are in mid-Wales, which may make things tricky?

Yes I hadn't forgotten, will have to visit there

[jandl100]

OK - that's cool! I'll PM you, Alan.

[DSJR]

No probs Jerry. You already have a DC300A, which is broadly the same circuit idea (in a more rigorous form) and sharing the same basic sound with 5 times the power. I seem to have become the D-60 refuge/hospital, when what I really need is a D-150A at least... Hifi Dave's DC300A (satin finish sample with silver knobs) sounded incredibly good last I heard it and his very tatty D-150 was very similar sounding, despite it's long and possibly hard life. The one you could try if you were ever still interested, is the first D75 (not the D-75A which was simplified) which ken Rockwell enthused over recently. Easy to change US mains settings to European ones

[jandl100]

My DC300A is currently staring at me reproachfully from the spares shelf.
I have a buyer lined up for it.

So, no - the vintage Crown stuff now falls under the heading of been there, done that!

[jandl100]

And they said it would never happen ---- New speakers at Jerry Towers!

Mega horn hybrids. Actives, too.

[Firebottle]

My word Jerry, rave on.

Do tell how they are once you've had a day or two

[Tarzan]

And they said it would never happen ---- New speakers at Jerry Towers!

Mega horn hybrids. Actives, too.

Come on Jerry spill the beans- l have the horn too.

[User211]

Are the MBLs still there though? The Ravon's do look a lot better.