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GARRARD 301 GREY "SOLID" CHASSIS BY RAYMOND CLARK, WITH BESPOKE
GREASE BEARING AND 13,5 KILOS BRONZE B19 PLATTER, 800 GRAMS BLUE
LEADED-CLOTH MAT BY SHINDO IN A CUSTOM-MADE SLATE 45 KILOS PLINTH, AND
THE PEAK 16" ARM USING AS MAIN CARTRDGES THE MIGHTY NEUMANN DST OR
LUMIERE DST INTEGRATED HEADSHELL
ALSO "IN HOUSE", CURRENTLY IN A
CLOSET, ARE A LOT OF MORE GOODIES – I.E. FIDELITY RESEARCH FR64-S 10"
WITH B-60 VTA ARMBASE, FIDELITY RESEARCH FR 66-S 12" ARM, THOMAS SCHICK
12" HAND-MADE ARM, EMT 997 (BANANA) 12" ARM, AN ORTOFON RMG-309i AND A
SIGGWAN COCOBOLO WOOD UNIPIVOT ARM, MOUNTING, ALTERNATIVELY, ANY
CARTRDIGE I WISH TO TRY OUTAND MORE...
CARTRIDGES ARE SEVERAL –
I.E. - DECCA SC4E, DECCA FFSS MkII WITH DECCA/SME ADAPTER, ALLNIC
PURITAS BORON, SIGNET 17 MM, SHURE V15.MkII, DENON DL-103 NHK, MIYAJIMA
SHILABE, NEUMANN DST WHITE AND LUMIERE DST.
HEADSHELLS ARE ALSO
IN SPADES – I.E. - ARCHE’, BOSOEUM, BRAUN, IKEDA, KIMURA LABS RS-3,
FIDELITY RESEARCH "BIG SCREW", YAMAMOTO EBONY.
MY WIFE’S SYSTEM:
MARANTZ 7C PREAMP WITH TELEFUNKEN DIAMOND "SMOOTH PLATE" ECC83 TUBES,
MARANTZ 10B TUBE TUNER, NAKAMICHI 600 MKII CASSETTE RECORDER, USED WITH
GRUNDIG AUDIORAMA 7000 SPHERES-SPEAKERS AND AN OLD BANG& OLUFSEN BEOGRAM
CD-5500 16 BIT CD-PLAYER FOR HOME BACKGROUND MUSIC.
LE SOLSTICE (KANEDA
PROJECT) J-FET PRE-AMP, BY LA MAISON DE L'AUDIOPHILE'S JEAN HIRAGA.
... ALTERNATIVELY:
CUSTOM HAND-MADE 4-CHASSIS PREAMPS BY
THOMAS MAYER FROM GERMANY, USING TANGO EQ-600 LCR MODULES AND WESTERN
ELECTRIC 4 X 437A ON PHONO AND 2 X VT-25/801A (CURRENTLY SWINGING ON ’29
CUNNINGHAM CX-310s) TRIODES IN LINE-STAGE, WITH ALL LUNDHAL TRANSFORMERS
AND DEDICATED P.S.U.
MC TRANSFORMERS ARE: PEERLESS 4685, PEERLESS
4722, TIM DE PARRAVINCINI'S "THE HEAD" TX-4, PARTRIDGE A-973, WESTERN
ELECTRIC 618-B, PEERLESS 4611, BEYER TR/BV 351015006 AND HARMAN-KARDON
XT-3.
SEVERAL LENCOS’ ARE A NEW ENTRY - B-55 (WITH NEW BEARING
AND 5,5 KILOS ALUMINIUM ALLOY PLATTER), L-75 AND GOLDRING G-88, ALL
MOUNTED IN SLATE PLINTHS… THEY ARE EXPERIMENTERS TABLES… ONLY LENCO
L-75, USED WITH A SYRYNX PU-3 IPSISSIMA (GREAT OVERALL TABLE!!!) AND
LENCO/GOLDRING G-88 - USED AS A SELF-STANDING MOTOR-ONLY TURNTABLE WITH
A SEPARATE BRONZE OR SLATE ARM POD - ARE COMPLETE, WORKING TABLES.
DIGITAL: MERIDIAN 500 MkI (TOSLINK) AND MkII (XLR COAXIAL)
CD-TRANSPORTS, USED WITH MERIDIAN 563 24 BIT DAC, ALSO USED WITH A
MACBOOK PRO 17" FOR DOWNLOADED FILES, ETC.
STUDIO OPEN-REEL TAPE
RECORDERS:
STUDER C37
TELEFUNKEN M15-A
STUDER B-62
STUDER B-67 HIGH SPEED (30 ips)
REVOX/DE PARRAVICINI G 36 HIGH
SPEED (19/38)
TANDBERG 10XD (2 tracks 9,5/19/38)
TANDBERG
TD20A (2 tracks 19/38)
REVOX A77 MK IV - 4 TRACKS
TANDBERG 9200XD - 4 TRACKS
FOUR-AMPED SPEAKERS SYSTEM (GOTORAMA) USING (PER SIDE): ELODIS
AUDIO "TGE" BASS-HORN, GOTO UNIT SG-570 ON GOTO UNIT S-150B ROUND
ALUMINIUM/BITUMEN HORNS, GOTO UNIT SG-370DX MID-HIGH DRIVERS WITH S-400
OR S-600 ROUND (BITUMEN AND ALUMINIUM) HORNS AND GOTO UNIT SG-160 WITH
S-3000 HORN – ALL 16 OHM.
POWER-AMPS:
NUFORCE MCA-20
STEALTH 8 CHANNELS CLASS D AMP
OR
4 x HIRAGA LE CLASSE A
30W ON LOW, MID-LOW, MID AND HIGH,
BOTH COMBOS USED WITH
THOMAS MAYER BESPOKE 4-WAYS CROSSOVER, USING ALL DAVE SLAGLE’S TVCs
THROUGHOUT AND FULL SILVER CABLING.
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SMALL-SCALE MUSIC, MINIMALIST AUDIO SYSTEM IS BASED ON A LUCA
CHIOMENTI’S "SCHERZO", TRIODE-CONNECTED PCL82 1,7 W INTEGRATED AMP USING
ALPS RK-50 POTENTIOMETER AND AN OLD, TRUSTY STUDER A-730 DISK PLAYER
(using Philips TDA 1541-S2 Double Crown DAC), WITH A PAIR OF CABASSE
DINGHY 221 SPEAKERS AND OLD SIEMENS’ ‘50s OXYDE CABLE.
SMALL
SPEAKERS ARE CABASSE DINGHY 221, TANDBERG HI-FI SYSTEM 11 ON FOUNDATION
DESIGNER SPEAKERS-STAND, ZEISS-IKON PAIR OF LUGGAGE-LIKE SPEAKERS
PASSIVE PREAMPS:
LUXMAN AT-3000, AUDIO CONSULTING "SILVER
ROCK" AND FIDELITY RESEARCH AS-1
ALTERNATELY USED WITH A WESTERN
ELECTRIC 421A STEREO AMP (3,5 W) OR EMISSION LABS 300B MONO-BLOCKS USING
ALL (OLD PRODUCTION) PARTRIDGE'S TK4519, ETC. TRANSFORMERS AND CHOKES.
CABLES ARE: XLO SIGNATURE PHONO ON 301 AND SUTs, AUDIO CONSULTING
CRYO SILVER SOLID CABLES FOR SPEAKERS MULTIAMPING AND HAND-MADE SILVER
CRYO RCA CABLES BY AUDIO CONSULTING AMONG POWER AMPS AND CROSSOVER AND A
7N SILVER "MUSTO" PHONO CABLE BETWEEN MAYER’S LINE-STAGE AND PHONO
STAGE.
EARPHONES ARE: STAX SRX ELECTROSTATICS AND 2 X BEYER DT-48
- ONE MOSTLY USED AS A MONITOR TOOL
PORTABLE RECORDING GEARS:
DIGITAL:
SOUND DEVICES 722 2 TRACKS 24BIT/192KHZ RECORDER IN
PORTABRACE FiELD-RECORDING BAG, OFTEN USED WITH NEUMANN USM-69 IN
BLUMLEIN PATTERN.
ANALOG:
STELLAVOX SP-7, STELLAVOX AMI48
MIXER, NAGRA IV-S WITH QGB OPEN REEL, SONY WMD6-C CASSETTE RECORDER AND
"SOME" AKG, STC, BEYER AND NEUMANN'S MIKES, AND P.S.U., MIKE-CABLES,
MIKE-BOOMS, MIKE-ELASTIC SUSPENSIONS, ETC. TO ALMOST NEED A FULL ROOM
FOR STORING IT ALL: RECORDING IS SUCH A JOY!!!
... AND, OF
COURSE, THOUSANDS RECORDS, MANY TAPES AND CDs AND GUITARS, OUD, PIANO,
VIOLIN, DOUBLE-BASS AND PERCUSSIONS, ALL TO FEED THE ABOVE MENTIONED
BEHEMOTH AND MYSELF, BOTH SOOO FOND’N’HUNGRY OF MUSIC;-)))
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Jaguar Silver Grey slate plinth, Garrard 301 grey "grease bearing"
turntable with Shindo Lab Extra Heavy platter.
301/Shindo ,Schick 12-inch arm and Lumiere/DST cartridge, with old Peerless 4611 MC-transformers in the background.
I prefer a controlled DIY, hi-tech approach – i.e. I build myself,
with a machinist friend and a welder friend ALL I can: audio tables,
stands for horns, slanted large, hinged plywood baffles, the newly made
Rolling-Pods, bronze arm bases, wooden/plywood/leaded plinths for
Garrard, signal and speaker cables, I punch myself the Hammond aluminium
boxes, having them painted with vintage hammer-tone paints, which I use
for my several MC-transformers – one of my "obsessions" (mo’ later...)
This manual approach is salt and pepper to my audio and music
passion... also with my acoustic and classical guitars... having my
personal care on my fine instruments give to me a closer knowledge of
the sounds obtainable from – say a Brazilian Rosewood Lowden, a ’65
Guild F-312 or a Martin Adirondack/Brazilian Rosewood from 1917...
learning, from a luthier friend, "how" to use French polish varnish on
prized, vintage instruments... I love more and respect my old, trusty
instruments!
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