System Pics 2023
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lordmortlock
Late to the Tannoy party
The Technics SL-10 is back in the system this morning.
God it’s a capable machine. Very different to the Thorens - drive, rather than flow, but with my beloved ADC PSX-40 cart fitted there’s bags of space and ‘feel’ to the sound. Really nice.
God it’s a capable machine. Very different to the Thorens - drive, rather than flow, but with my beloved ADC PSX-40 cart fitted there’s bags of space and ‘feel’ to the sound. Really nice.
Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
Returned home with these Quad II monos today. The seller had owned them new since 1963! Also got the 22 pre and FM1 mono tuner. Original valves too:
I’ll be asking Rob at Amplabs to give them a full overhaul, new sockets (IEC & RCA) and perhaps a respray as there’s some rust type marks on them. Really enjoying some Sinatra vinyl of similar vintage via this classic system this evening.
I’ll be asking Rob at Amplabs to give them a full overhaul, new sockets (IEC & RCA) and perhaps a respray as there’s some rust type marks on them. Really enjoying some Sinatra vinyl of similar vintage via this classic system this evening.
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
Returned home with these Quad II monos today. The seller had owned them new since 1963! Also got the 22 pre and FM1 mono tuner. Original valves too:
I’ll be asking Rob at Amplabs to give them a full overhaul, new socketrt and perhaps a respray as there’s some rust type marks on them. Really enjoying some Sinatra vinyl of similar vintage via this classic system this evening.
Wowser! Very nice. Unless the marks are really disfiguring I'd be inclined to leave the paint as-is. Like they say - it's only original once!
PhilofCas
pfm Member
Part one of living room refurb.
Moved system to long wall (a 90 degree spin), new tv cabinet (tv away being repaired), fireplace/old gas fire to come out (just blanking it off), old surround system to be revamped, maybe just to a sound bar initially, new window, new sofas, flooring, lighting etc.
Just to add, as simple as it gets, a Chromecast Audio, run off a battery charger, into a Tisbury passive pre, Quad 306 power, Spendor S3/5R2, playing Spotify, controlled with IPhone. (BK Electronics XLS200 sub., not in use at the moment).
Moved system to long wall (a 90 degree spin), new tv cabinet (tv away being repaired), fireplace/old gas fire to come out (just blanking it off), old surround system to be revamped, maybe just to a sound bar initially, new window, new sofas, flooring, lighting etc.
Just to add, as simple as it gets, a Chromecast Audio, run off a battery charger, into a Tisbury passive pre, Quad 306 power, Spendor S3/5R2, playing Spotify, controlled with IPhone. (BK Electronics XLS200 sub., not in use at the moment).
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slavedata
pfm Member
Returned home with these Quad II monos today. The seller had owned them new since 1963! Also got the 22 pre and FM1 mono tuner. Original valves too:
I’ll be asking Rob at Amplabs to give them a full overhaul, new socketrt and perhaps a respray as there’s some rust type marks on them. Really enjoying some Sinatra vinyl of similar vintage via this classic system this evening.
Amazing! Do they have the original output valves still working happily after 60 years? Puts the lifetime of modern valves to shame.
Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
Yes, all valves for both amps are the originals supplied in 1963. They’ve been tested and are still ‘good’. The monos are mechanically perfectly silent too - even with my ear an inch away from the transformers - unlike the IAG/Quad II Classic monos I had 2 years ago, which were brand new (not 60yo!) and buzzed from the listening position…
ampedup
Lost in audio
Yes, mine are completely silent too, both transformer and from the speakers, without a signal. This was my biggest surprise with these old amps. I have not heard any modern tube amp that is as quiet.
kasperhauser
pfm Member
An updated picture of my humble stack, with the new old preamp made by Quintessence Group, from 1975. A short-lived but well-reviewed company from Sacramento, California. They also made a power amp and equalizer. From what I've been able to gather online, they went out of business in the course of the founder getting divorced.
Shame about the nick in the sleeve; I may try to re-veneer it at some point.
Closeup of the preamp innards. Circuit design seems to be interesting to those who know about such things. Opamps and whatnot. All I know is it sounds great.
Some ephemera that came with the preamp;
No pictures of the Sonus Faber Concertino speakers in situ yet, as I'm awaiting stands (the ones I ordered were unmitigated garbage so back they went).
Shame about the nick in the sleeve; I may try to re-veneer it at some point.
Closeup of the preamp innards. Circuit design seems to be interesting to those who know about such things. Opamps and whatnot. All I know is it sounds great.
Some ephemera that came with the preamp;
No pictures of the Sonus Faber Concertino speakers in situ yet, as I'm awaiting stands (the ones I ordered were unmitigated garbage so back they went).
Hoopsontoast
pfm Member
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Thorens TD-160 with Maple Plinth by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Marshall Choong CM2 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Most bits I've had for ages now but speakers are stopgaps (Marshall Chong CM2) while I slowly sort out the DIY speakers, hence the various bits lying around and using a pair of Ikea tables as stands as I have not found a pair of Target R6s. There is also the Thorens TD-160B in a new Maple plinth, almost finished although this is a side project to the P7 on the wall.
Yamaha CD-NT670D (Spotify/Internet Radio/Musicast)
Sony DVP-S9000ES (CDP)
Rega P7 / AT33PTG/II / Ray Samuels F-117 Phono
Bryston B60R
Marshall Chong CM2
Castle Classic Sub
hermit
Aye, right.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Seem to have ended up with a second pair of Quad II monos. It’s a long story…
In that case the obvious thing to do is build a 4-channel 'Quad' system ;-)
More: https://www.michaelgerzonphotos.org.uk/surround-sound-from-two-channel-stereo.html
seagullsnacker
iGull
Finally I was able to find a pre owned DeVore O/93 in Germany:
Pretty much my dream speakers - how are you finding them?
I’m very jealous
Chris81
pfm Member
I enjoy them very much, I bought them without listening first. It took a bight of time to get used to as a BBC-Monitor because the voices are in one frequency range a bit darker and they are in general a bit more colored but the rest is so fantastic, emotional engaging, vivid and 3 dimensional that I think it is worth in trade in. There is no perfect speaker or other component and this is a real exceptional speaker to me.
