System Pics 2021
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Gervais Cote
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I have an A48 mk2 (brown and orange) and it’s a wonderful amplifier but mine hums a bit through the speakers so I wouldn’t be able to use it in an near field system.
I used it a lot in the past with my IMF Super Compact 1 and rock and blues music was addictive !
Salamander
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The amp is a Nelson Image SE-8...see the included link. Single ended el34 with 6sn7 drivers. No preamp section, just a simple switch for the two inputs and a volume control. Designed by Nelson Ho (RIP) who was selling high-end amps in Asia long before the western world discovered Chinese tube amps. I've had it for about 15 years and have tried it with plenty of speakers. It can also sound a little thin or wooly powering the wrong speakers, but the autoformer really helps out with that...bass is deep and tight.
https://audioroundtable.com/FSAudio/messages/208.html
I'm going to have to ask, what are the speaker cables?
Waxxy
pfm Member
Correct. I have now replaced the original AntiCables with Level 3.1...see link.
https://anticables.com/speaker-wires/2-channel#!/Level-3-1-Speaker-Wires/p/14644527/category=3449817
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
Poor photograph compared to the last one I put on ‘system pictures,’ a while ago.
This image was took for another porpoise, but I thought I would stick it on here as well. Normally I would get a proper camera out and put some effort in. Too much pain to fart about today.
The room is still a mess, but I know where things are. This image makes the room look tidy
Hard to see, but c.d. player on a skateboard, and hand built screen are just about visible.
This image was took for another porpoise, but I thought I would stick it on here as well. Normally I would get a proper camera out and put some effort in. Too much pain to fart about today.
The room is still a mess, but I know where things are. This image makes the room look tidy
Hard to see, but c.d. player on a skateboard, and hand built screen are just about visible.
topa
Sans CDPs
Brilliant!!!!
Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
An honest, cosy room centred around hifi and music. Like it. One question, if you dont mind: why have you put bloody milk in my tea?Poor photograph compared to the last one I put on ‘system pictures,’ a while ago.
This image was took for another porpoise, but I thought I would stick it on here as well. Normally I would get a proper camera out and put some effort in. Too much pain to fart about today.
The room is still a mess, but I know where things are. This image makes the room look tidy
Hard to see, but c.d. player on a skateboard, and hand built screen are just about visible.
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
Cheers.
It is coffee.
We drink Yorkshire Gold tea mostly, but I do like a Rooibos tea now and again.
hifinutt
hifinutt
very nice ... born and bred in Redhill surrey if thats the same place
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
It is a small footstool/table that my Dad made for me about 20 yrs ago. It has my name on it
.Dad made one for me and all his Grandkids. It is sturdy
It is a small footstool/table that my Dad made for me about 20 yrs ago. It has my name on it
Dad made one for me and all his Grandkids. It is sturdy
Looks like you've been snorting coke off it
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
Thanks.
The granite slabs under the speakers are my design. It was my attempt at ‘disconnecting’ my speakers from the wooden floor that has a 3’ void below it.
Speaker spikes > champagne corks > felt pads > granite chopping board > felt pads > granite chopping board > synthetic rubber ‘bouncy’ balls split in half > floorboards.
The Mark 1 version had just one granite slab, it worked really well, so I thought it would work better with another slab ‘sandwich,’ which it did. Made a massive difference re: stopping the floor playing along with the music.
I did report it on pfm, but I don’t know enough HiFi terminology to get noticed, and I definitely don’t do graphs
it is one of the things I thought of that made a noticeable positive improvement. Note: I didn’t copy anything, and have never heard of sonority. It was just an idea I had about de-coupling the speakers from the floor.
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
the white stuff is paint fingerprints, I used the stool to stand on when I was painting the whole interior of our house 17 years ago. Gives it character.
As for cocaine, I have never fancied it despite being offered it on a few occasions.
I am a naturally ‘up’ person.
Del monaco
Del Monaco
Put it under a TT and it could be an anti skateboard.
geetee1972
pfm Member
What the very feck is that thing in the bottom left corner?Poor photograph compared to the last one I put on ‘system pictures,’ a while ago.
This image was took for another porpoise, but I thought I would stick it on here as well. Normally I would get a proper camera out and put some effort in. Too much pain to fart about today.
The room is still a mess, but I know where things are. This image makes the room look tidy
Hard to see, but c.d. player on a skateboard, and hand built screen are just about visible.
geetee1972
pfm Member
Living the very tasteful MCM dream there buddy! Chappeau.Pulled the ProAc D38's out of the basement and into the main system. Driving them with a single-ended el-34 amp and Zero autoformers. Using the 4x connection on the autoformers so the amp "sees" a 16 ohm load. An unlikely combination, but it sounds wonderful! Great transparency and frequency extension, and enough volume for all but the most head-banging listening sessions. Apologies for the terrible photos.
Nero
Re: Tired
Elephant in the roomWhat the very feck is that thing in the bottom left corner?
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