Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
Yeah, I’ve heard the Angelus a few times and they were excellent too.
Now.... this is music to my ears....
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Now.... this is music to my ears....
Now.... this is music to my ears....
I hope I’m doing this photo posting correctly. Here’s a quick not-so-good pic of my Spica SC-30 recently re-foamed by myself and sounding quite good driven by a Linn Majik-I.
Del monaco
Del Monaco
Pervert.
Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
Takes one to know one....
TimF
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Nice little Spica link: https://spicaspeakers.com/
Not to drag things away from the Systems pic topic, but thinking back on systems and speakers over the many years I have been in this “hobby”, one of the very best, yet kind of quirky system, included a pair of TC-50’s. If one could forgive the obvious lack of bass, the rest was quite magical. The system was California Audio Labs Aria, Counterpoint SA-5000 preamp, Wright Audio tube amplifier, Spica TC-50 on Sound Anchor stands. Forget what wiring/cabling, but setup was just sublime....
Not to drag things away from the Systems pic topic, but thinking back on systems and speakers over the many years I have been in this “hobby”, one of the very best, yet kind of quirky system, included a pair of TC-50’s. If one could forgive the obvious lack of bass, the rest was quite magical. The system was California Audio Labs Aria, Counterpoint SA-5000 preamp, Wright Audio tube amplifier, Spica TC-50 on Sound Anchor stands. Forget what wiring/cabling, but setup was just sublime....
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Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
The Angelus were crazy expensive here (£1200? £1800?) . When I bought my pair I was told that less than twenty pairs had been sold in the UK.
Keith Howard's review in Audiophile sold them to me but there was no way I could afford them. I bought my pair a decade later in scruffy but complete condition. Only time and money stand in the way of restoration.
ToTo Man
the band not the dog
Stunning room, the chessboard really ties it together.I’m using the living room for my 2 channel listening room and the dining room as my vinyl wash station- a sore point with my wife
PS - Am I the only one who's just had the crazy idea of buying a few chessboards, gluing the pieces in place and mounting them on the walls and ceiling as DIY skyline diffusors?!
htm_1968
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PS - Am I the only one who's just had the crazy idea of buying a few chessboards, gluing the pieces in place and mounting them on the walls and ceiling as DIY skyline diffusors?!
Yep.
Del monaco
Del Monaco
Nice chess set.I’m using the living room for my 2 channel listening room and the dining room as my vinyl wash station- a sore point with my wife
Here’s a pic of naked SC-30s, as requested, and a bonus Spica Angelus pic. Taken with an iPhone and indoor lighting, so not the best.
SC-30’s carry a lowly Peerless cone tweeter, but set up properly are no slouches even compared to the Snell Type AIIs sitting behind them. They’re said to be one of John Devore’s favorite speakers before he started his own brand (per a YouTube video). BTW I also have two pairs of the TC-50s.
Do you happen to have a copy of the Keith Howard review of the Angelus?
SC-30’s carry a lowly Peerless cone tweeter, but set up properly are no slouches even compared to the Snell Type AIIs sitting behind them. They’re said to be one of John Devore’s favorite speakers before he started his own brand (per a YouTube video). BTW I also have two pairs of the TC-50s.
Do you happen to have a copy of the Keith Howard review of the Angelus?
How do you find the Croft Integrated compared to the Leben you had previously ?Sudden spendy update from my last pic a few weeks ago. Switched the cheap (but perfectly good) Topping D10 DAC for the matching Pro-Ject DAC Box S2+...and went a bit mad on the vinyl end and got a Technics SL-1200G and an Audio Technica VM540ML/H!
All this sitting around playing vinyl got me interested in improving things further. The Technics has been a great buy and the AT cart was dead easy to fit as it came ready pre-aligned for the Technics in the headshell and sounds brilliant. I expect I’ll sell the Pro-Ject deck at some point. Speakers are still the Harbeth M30.1 which are going nowhere!
Next on my list is an upgrade from Croft integrated to Croft pre/power:
I love my EAR 834 Integrated but it doubles up as a room heater.
https://twitter.com/andrewxclark/status/1251252550872989697?s=20
Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
Don’t know really, but it’s nice to have a phono stage built in. The Croft is very good though. I’ve got a Croft preamp coming tomorrow but need a Croft power amp to match it.
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