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A wonderful album, Bill Nelson excelling himself! A classic off all time

They are Renaissance RA-01 300B (push-pull design) http://www.mackenziehifi.com/renaissance-amplification-ra-01-300b-valve-monoblock-amplifiers-3421-p.asp They sound great and would recommend them to anyone in this budget area.

The soundstage is very good with excellent separation, they are very revealing speakers, instruments sound as they should. With respect to bass yes it is there, plenty of it, ample for my room 24' by 13'. I have the speakers 1m from one end wall and 450mm in from side walls and slightly toed in...

I completely agree!

Thanks, I am so pleased with them, I took a bit of a risk not trying them with my amps, but it had worked out well and they have completed the sound I wanted(musical). The only possible upgrade would be better valves, but that will have to what for at least a year, and it could be an expensive...

Having upgraded my turntable and amplifier, the last on the list was the speakers, I have had a pair of Dali Ikon 6 mk2 for several years and they have done me very well, but were a bit stretched getting true reproduction with my turntable and mono-block 300B amps. So some months ago I started...

Typo - Prog. Rock meaning progressive rock, sorry

The variables when playing music from a computer be it PC or a MAC are quite substantial. Windows does its own EQ. which you need to bypass, not something I have bothered trying as a load of hassle. I did some work around recording and mixing some years ago at a very low level whilst on a music...

KEF bookshelfs ? Celestion Ditton 1 Sony something, part of Stack system Snell type J mk2 and matching Pirate stands, wonderful KEF Reference Series Model Four loudspeaker, a bit loose in the Bass Mission NXT FS1 L/R side and rear surround sound Dali Ikon 6 mk2's

Santana first album on MOFI CD - superb

In answer to a question on the Roxy Music thread, The Enid CD's can be purchased at http://www.theenid.co.uk/shop/cds.html which is The Enid's site. There is another site called http://www.adasamshop.com/index.php/record-labels/inner-sanctum.html which sells the Inner Sanctum CD's, now I...

For those of you not old enough to remember the 70's, Phil Manzaneera of Roxy Music released several albums, the most notable is Diamond Head a brilliant album, effectively Roxy without Ferry. Also a live album called 801 Live by the same. Both these albums received critical acclaim at the time...

My understanding is that for a period of about 2 years Philips who supplied the CD transports to Meridian, 12.4 and 12.5 models in particular, effectively used the wrong type of grease on the transport mechanism. It is affected by changes in temperature and eventually hardens causing the...

For those of you who like Roxy, and we're not around in the 70's you should really find a copy of Phil Manzaneera - Diamond Head and the 808 Live albums. Both are excellent, effectively Roxy without Ferry. The 808 Live recording is just stunning, lots of presence. I recently purchased CD's...

I have just purchased a 557 and was wondering if the repair was effectively an upgrade to the amp? Does the new re-cap using Silmic IIs and Nichicon Gold Tunes for the PSU caps improve the 557 performance overall or in certain areas? I may ask Chris to do this in the future if it is worthwhile...