Recent content by ncp

A nephew of mine was (is!) called Dwayne - beloved son of Mr & Mrs Pipe. You do wonder sometimes...

I bought the Nima on something of a whim ( I liked the way it looked) and I almost expected to be disappointed but figured I could sell it on. But it was better in every way to the Ittok which Peter Swain had given a clean bill of health to in a previous service. It was less harsh and simply...

I've had my LP12 since 1982 and have had a few upgrades. The single biggest improvement I made was to replace the Ittok with a Nima. Second biggest was to replace the Klyde with an Art-9 from Audio Technica. Hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction. Np

Thanks everyone for the help - really useful as always. ATB! NP

That didn't occur to me! Putting two in series. Very little above 30V for smallish outlays - so many thanks and I'll take a look at the Thurlbys - I don't care if they look like they date from the time of Faraday - in many ways I prefer it! Thanks again, Neil

Hi guys can anyone recommend a half-decent bench power supply - there are dozens listed of course, the vast majority "Made in PRC" probably...nothing wrong with this I suppose - some stuff is absolutely fine but there's also some stuff that's a fair bit less than fine. Ideally it would go to...

Thought I'd share an experience of Mission 753 speakers. I bought a new pair in '95 and kept them until in about 2003 I saw a pair of Royd RR2's for sale which I bought. I thought they sounded much better than the 753's so the Missions got retired into their boxes where they remained. Recently I...

Thanks James...

Very interesting James... I'm contemplating a valve pre-amp at some point - how would you describe the differences in sound between (say) your NAC-52 and the Copland?

Hi Jon, a full featured, pristine Opemus 6a came up on Ebay which I bid on and won - it takes negatives > 35mm which I need. So sorry to back out but I won't be able to take up your offer. I hope this doesn't cause you undue aggravation. atb, Neil

Thanks everyone! As usual a mine of useful info and guidance from this gem of a community! Neil

Hi everyone, does anyone have any experience of customs charges from Japan (specifically photographic eqpt) - I don't fine the website I tried very helpful... Thx Neil

That's absolutely fine... I'm in no hurry. Do you know what size negative it will accept? Neil

I am interested in the enlarger, is it still available? Cycling holiday at the moment so responses might be sporadic, Neil

Thanks James - pity no balanced output. Would it work with some active ATC's do you think? NP