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I'm George.
Giorgino's System (Checking In)
The toys I really, really like took a long time to get together. Probably never gonna get fully cured but the upgradetitis seem to be in remission (click for larger pic) ....
System with Lowther EX4
System rack with source, amp and various tidbits
Lowther EX4 with Mapleshade-like speaker platforms
Last edited by giorgino; 22-02-2010 at 00:07. Reason: dotting i's and crossing t's
George
Unless otherwise stated – My system, My room, My ears, My opinions. Measurements & double blind tests? If you're that interested – you do them.
Kit: Modified Marantz CD7, Eddie Vaughn Carina, Lowther/Graves Audio Speakers, REL Subwoofer Tweaks: (Mapleshade Rack, Mapleshade IC, Kimber Kables, HGA PC, BPT block, Symposium Rollerblocks, Shun Mooks, QRT, Brilliant Pebbles)
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Nice George Lowthers yum yum
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Indeed! But what about the CD7, too? Someone else is here now with a 'proper' CD player apart from Snapper, Neil and me!
...Not to mention the lovely Croft preamp in the first picture (which for some reason isn't listed in George's signature)
Welcome to AOS, George - superb system
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'm George.
Heh, heh - I knew I came to the right place when I saw an entire thread dedicate to players/DACs running the TDA1541....Originally Posted by Marco
Indeed! But what about the CD7, too? Someone else is here now with a 'proper' CD player apart from Snapper, Neil and me!
Glad to meet so many TDA1541 fans. Most of the forums I normally frequent don't seem to know about the CD7.
Wow! Well spotted Eagle Eye Action Man!...Not to mention the lovely Croft preamp in the first picture (which for some reason isn't listed in George's signature)
Welcome to AOS, George - superb system
Marco.
That's the Croft Chameleon which I totally forgot to mention (amongst a couple of other bits of kit). I never really got on with it and couldn't really bring myself to selling it either. In that sense, it's currently in hifi purgatory...
Thanks for the welcome
George
Unless otherwise stated – My system, My room, My ears, My opinions. Measurements & double blind tests? If you're that interested – you do them.
Kit: Modified Marantz CD7, Eddie Vaughn Carina, Lowther/Graves Audio Speakers, REL Subwoofer Tweaks: (Mapleshade Rack, Mapleshade IC, Kimber Kables, HGA PC, BPT block, Symposium Rollerblocks, Shun Mooks, QRT, Brilliant Pebbles)
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Hi George,
Oh, there's a few of us here running DACs and CDPs with TDA1541s. I've got a classic Sony DAS R1 with dual single-Crowns, which I use as a transport with my X-777ES, both heavily modified by Audiocom - they work, erm, quite well!
Shame about the Croft... It looks like a creation from the 'Amar Regime'. I'd send it to Glenn for some 'critical circuit simplifying' (the stuff made during that era was rather over-complicated) and you'll end up with a stunning world-class preamp - trust me!
Marco.
P.S You need a T/T, though, for maximum Brownie points
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Heh, heh - I knew I came to the right place when I saw an entire thread dedicate to players/DACs running the TDA1541....
Glad to meet so many TDA1541 fans. Most of the forums I normally frequent don't seem to know about the CD7.
Thanks for the welcome
Glad you enjoyed the article George...I enjoyed writing it. Nice set up by the way.
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Hello George, nice pics, nice system, looks like you will fit in just fine around here
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Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
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Welcome George! Enjoy your times hereIndeed! But what about the CD7, too? Someone else is here now with a 'proper' CD player apart from Snapper, Neil and me!
Marco.
Just caught the post above. How dare you be so patronising regarding CD players Marco! My player was better than the likes of yours at the time, even though it probably isn't now as you've had so much done to it..
Bloody cheek
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<cough>Someone else is here now with a 'proper' CD player apart from Snapper, Neil and me!
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And that,Giorgino is the main thing.
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