Tony L
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I've just archived the 2012 thread into the reference room, so it's time to start a fresh one. Here's where I am at present:
System #1 is now about as simple as I can make it!
Vinyl: Garrard 301, SME M2-10, Ortofon 2M Black, slate plinth.
Digital: Rega Apollo R and DAC, plus Apple Airport Express and optical or USB connection to Apple Macbook Pro (not shown).
Amp: freshly serviced (thanks Rob!) Quad 34/306. I'm actually using the inbuilt phono stage at present as Rob tweaked it a little and set it up for my cart and it now sounds really nice (used to sound bloody awful, but that was mainly due to a hopeless capacitance mismatch with the Ortofon). I've also got an EAR 834P, but I'm not sure I'll be keeping it now.
Speakers: 15" Tannoy Monitor Golds in slightly altered DIY York cabs, the drivers and crossovers are completely stock.
Cables: Gotham GAC-1 interconnects and Mogami speaker leads.
2013 to do list: Try Quad ESLs, almost certainly ESL63s.
It's sounding really nice at present.
System #1 is now about as simple as I can make it!
Vinyl: Garrard 301, SME M2-10, Ortofon 2M Black, slate plinth.
Digital: Rega Apollo R and DAC, plus Apple Airport Express and optical or USB connection to Apple Macbook Pro (not shown).
Amp: freshly serviced (thanks Rob!) Quad 34/306. I'm actually using the inbuilt phono stage at present as Rob tweaked it a little and set it up for my cart and it now sounds really nice (used to sound bloody awful, but that was mainly due to a hopeless capacitance mismatch with the Ortofon). I've also got an EAR 834P, but I'm not sure I'll be keeping it now.
Speakers: 15" Tannoy Monitor Golds in slightly altered DIY York cabs, the drivers and crossovers are completely stock.
Cables: Gotham GAC-1 interconnects and Mogami speaker leads.
2013 to do list: Try Quad ESLs, almost certainly ESL63s.
It's sounding really nice at present.