Your best ever upgrade

[trancera]

Kendeils

But in terms of full pieces of equipment - putting the TT on an Apollo wall mount.

 

[LOTUS HIFI]

Your best ever upgrade ?

going from a well tempered amadeus to a Continuum Caliburn reference *











* note that it hasn't actually taken place yet

 

[TheDecameron]

But in terms of full pieces of equipment - putting the TT on an Apollo wall mount.

yup, its a must for the lp12.


my biggest upgrade- drinking a bottle of wine before getting down to some serious listening

 

[trancera]

I agree, I wouldn't want the springs to get used more than they need be. This wasn't my LP12 though ...

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/36/newmount0.jpg

 

[jackbarron]

Moving from Naim to an EAR valve amp.

A big shift in quality, from construction to sound.

Jack

 

[Batty]

dead CyrusII and knackered DM2s to brand new Copland CSA14 and Castle Howards.

 

[sonddek]

Sorry to say it, but after 26 years I upgraded my (Lingoed) LP12 to a Technics 1210 and haven't looked back. I hadn't realised how wowy a Sondek is.

 

[kanwar]

From Japanese electronics with flashing LED’s and lots of watts per channel to the very bland but great sounding Sugden A48.
Eureka!!

 

[BlueEyes]

sondek, surprised at your post I have always found the 1210 a bit dead which the LP12, isn't, but then DD is for me and as for you Jack..which EAR valve amp?

 

[sonddek]

sondek, surprised at your post I have always found the 1210 a bit dead which the LP12, isn't...

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I decided tunes and rhythms matter more to me than 'attack' or 'dynamics'. To be fair though, I haven't noticed less of those. I do notice that it's easier to follow tunes, harmonies, and syncopated beats with the 1210. Sustained notes have more poise.

 

[BlueEyes]

Fair comment, do you use the stock arm and have you modded it in any other way?

 

[mjw]

From Japanese electronics with flashing LED’s and lots of watts per channel to the very bland but great sounding Sugden A48.
Eureka!!

still got mine - replaced a Trio.

 

[gordon]

active sbl's -> neat mf7's
lp12 -> sme 20/2

 

[David F]

Going to valve amplification - (Audio Note Japan M7 pre, New Audio Frontiers 845 SE power).

Agreed.

 

[sonddek]

Fair comment, do you use the stock arm and have you modded it in any other way?

Timestep PS, Ekos 2, Arkiv Boron. I may try a Mike New bearing one day. I basically just took the Sondek motor unit out of my system.

 

[Steven Toy]

Getting the QS Ref stand then the kind of valve amplification that still gives pR&T and a whole lot more and the Acoustic Precision Eikos CD player. The order is a chronological one only.

 

[nirvanah]

An ortofon om5 to a At120ET........ It sounds very good..... Just think where i can go next as i'm just getting started, new amp, pre, phono, connects and speakers. The journey has just begun......... My base line is very modest. I can only dream to hear some of the systems i see bantered around here.

 

[YSG2000]

have you heard the new one.. its quite a jump

I haven't*, but as I have not long got the mk 1 version, I won't be looking for an audition. It's hard to imagine it could be that much better, but as always, it's only hard till you actually hear the better sound. Needless to say, I think the mk 1 version is very special.

Regards

Brian

* I have heard a full akurate system and a full klimax system, both fronted with ds players and as much as the klimax was better, it lacked something, especially when you consider the cost. My own ds is used with Meridian amps so I dont have the full flavour Linn sound but what I do have is very good.

 

[Maxbertola]

Selling the DVD5.

 

[topoxforddoc]

Buying a pair of Avantgarde Duos