Best bit of Equipment you ended up buying Twice
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notevenclose
pfm Member
The only thing I've liked enough to buy twice are a complete set of cables (power, interconnect/speaker). Possibly not what the OP had in mind...
Marky-Mark
pfm Member
Two times for this wire:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=390990401876
I terminate them with Nak bananas that are covered with that Butterball turkey net stuff (sort of like fishnet stockings), use color coordinated shrink wrap for the bit just outside the sleeve, and then clad the rest with thick braid in a copperhead snakeskin pattern. They sound just like 100 bucks per inch cable. Literally.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=390990401876
I terminate them with Nak bananas that are covered with that Butterball turkey net stuff (sort of like fishnet stockings), use color coordinated shrink wrap for the bit just outside the sleeve, and then clad the rest with thick braid in a copperhead snakeskin pattern. They sound just like 100 bucks per inch cable. Literally.
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beammeup
pfm Member
3 MDACs and 3 x Croft series 7
I have now settled on a mdac into a series 7
Interesting - I have the Croft 25 pre and 7 power - does MDAC directly into the Croft 7 amp work really well without the marvellous Croft pre? Or is your rig just a cost cutting exercise?
Not had the pleasure of trying it with the Croft pre yet. I have tried the Rega Brio ,Nait 5i ,Creek 50a and Arcam A19 all with the mdac pre enabled or disabled. I have also tried a Tisbury passive between the mdac and series 7. The mdac pre into series 7 is head and shoulders above all these. It's so natural and real.
Needless to say I will never sell the series 7 again and try a micro 25 when funds allow.
James Evans
Bedroom Bodger
I must admit I have a soft spot for LFD, Sonneteer and Onix amps. The trigger finger gets fidgety whenever any appear!
Willie Eckerslyke
Occasional Optimist
Linn Pekin. I sold it via pfm when the DS allowed me to do internet radio.
Two years later I realised I never listened to radio 3 anymore, so found a Pekin in the pfm classifieds.
When it arrived, I had a sense of deja vu at the serial number, but couldn't be sure. Then I took off the case to find my name, the date of sale, and price paid on a small label inside! Delighted that I was up by £10 on the price I paid to get it back from the third owner since sale....
Sold it again when I found a Kremlin.
Two years later I realised I never listened to radio 3 anymore, so found a Pekin in the pfm classifieds.
When it arrived, I had a sense of deja vu at the serial number, but couldn't be sure. Then I took off the case to find my name, the date of sale, and price paid on a small label inside! Delighted that I was up by £10 on the price I paid to get it back from the third owner since sale....
Sold it again when I found a Kremlin.
WillietheSquid
pfm Member
Quad 57s — 1979, 2003
Still have second pair; Quads Unlimited rebuild; factory production loudspeaker on steroids; flawed and magic!
Pioneer SX828 receiver — 1973, 2008
My first proper amplifier (receiver, actually) and wanted to experience / remember after 35 years in hobby. It was still very good sounding. Kept three months.
Nait 2 — it’s a long story ...
I’ve retained an unmolested stock unit and use regularly driving Spendor 3/5Rs ... wonderful synergy.
JR149s — x 3 1977, 2007, 2012. The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results ... speaker is a damn nuisance.
I would consider another pair of Spendor SP1s if ever I were to live again in an appropriate room.
I’d like to hear again: Son of Ampzilla.
WTS
Still have second pair; Quads Unlimited rebuild; factory production loudspeaker on steroids; flawed and magic!
Pioneer SX828 receiver — 1973, 2008
My first proper amplifier (receiver, actually) and wanted to experience / remember after 35 years in hobby. It was still very good sounding. Kept three months.
Nait 2 — it’s a long story ...
I’ve retained an unmolested stock unit and use regularly driving Spendor 3/5Rs ... wonderful synergy.
JR149s — x 3 1977, 2007, 2012. The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results ... speaker is a damn nuisance.
I would consider another pair of Spendor SP1s if ever I were to live again in an appropriate room.
I’d like to hear again: Son of Ampzilla.
WTS
Tony L
Administrator
What annoyed you about them? Assuming you are not trying to fill a huge room or listen loud I can’t think of anything much not to like about them!
L&N republican
pfm Member
Lp12 x2.
I am sure that I will see some nap160 again in my rack
I am sure that I will see some nap160 again in my rack
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
My three pairs of isobariks were 1981,1986 & 1991 vintage.
It's interesting to compare how different they sounded. When the isobariks originally went kustone I thought them too dry but the pair I have now are just right. And so very tight.
It's interesting to compare how different they sounded. When the isobariks originally went kustone I thought them too dry but the pair I have now are just right. And so very tight.
treeswampy
pfm Member
Three pairs of Sugden Masterclass Monos. Two Kenwood 3020SE. Three Voyds