Welcome newcomers!

Welcome nicolap99!

Another 1SC user I see - thats three of us on the forum now who are using them. Get them driven by valves ASAP

 

It's well worth the effort in the end though. Welcome aboard

 

Always been intrigued by valves, but don't know where to start?

If I did sell the Rega amp set up and raised , say £600 plus another £1000 from my dwindling cash resource, what should I look at?

 

Hi,


Regarding valves, if you use ProAc speakers there is really only one choice - Audio Research. ProAc use Audio Research amps when voicing their speakers, so they have superb synergy. If you have around £1600, you could probably find a secondhand CA50 like I use, its a stonking amp with the 1SCs. Otherwise for a bit more (£2K) you could get a s/h VSi55. I wouldn't look much further than this TBH.

However, if you dont want to spend so much and can wield a soldering iron, you could always try the World Audio Design kits which you can obtain quite cheaply. Wont be as good as a pukka ARC though (IMO)

Cheers, Robbo

 

Poor sod's only been here 5 minutes and you've already got him changing his amps...

-- Ian

 

Its always nice to have your next upgrade planned well in advance.

 

Yeah Robbo, but as you well know, once you have the itch, you need to scratch it right away

 

Could have been worse Ian, you could have tried to convert him to Brotzman, I feel an amp is the lesser of 2 evils personaly

 

No problem guys, quite content at the moment......it has taken me about 8 years to get to this stage of contentment.

But....there always is.......everyone I know would always like to upgrade / change /tweak something. But there comes a point where the cost (£££) is not quite worth it.

I feel I am probably quite close to that at the moment, an upgrade might just give a different sound as opposed to a better (to me) sound.

Ahh the wonder of hi fi.....

 

Hi all

Thought I ought to say hello here.

For a living I design HIFI amplifiers, and our company also imports various components into the UK. I get spoiled at work so my home system is very modest.

Old Rotel RA840BX2 (Modified)
Old Monitor Audio R652 speakers
Toshiba DVD player for CD
Unbranded Digi TV Box used for Radio
Michell Focus one turntable (currently in office, must get it back soon !!!)

Musical taste - anything and everything but not too much into opera

Its hardly a reference system, but I listen 30 hours a week at work and just use the home stuff for background.

Outside HIFI i like going out for a few beers, preferably somewhere with live music. Watching motorsport on TV. Keeping tropical Fish.

I'm 40+ with wife and 2 kids (no dog... yet !!!) live in a small vilage out of town.

Just so you are aware of brands i work with heres the link:

www.highendaudio.co.uk

Chris Jennings

 

Chris, do you make Renaissance amplification, or Lamm (or both)

I heard the renaissaince amps at the heathrow show in 93, and it was in fact that demonstration that got me into Alison Krauss and Union Station - which was worth the entrance ticket!

I liked the amps, but my budgets restrict me to DIY and second hand equipment.

Cheers
Chris

 

Hi.

I make the renaissance, and import the lamm into the UK. We weren't around in 93, our first show was 2001 !!!

Chris

 

sorry, meant just last year 2003.

you were around then, right?

 

Hello all
I have been reading the forum for a few months now and finally plucked up enough confidence to start participating.
System
Cyrus:
aca 7.5 pre
2x Smarties (run in mono)
CD7Q
2xPSX

Speakers
Spendor S6

Various cables - VDH First Ultimate + various silver home made jobbies

Music - first and foremost Rush after that really anything that "rings my bell".

I am currently mostly enjoyong messing about with cables and isolation widgets,which for some reason seems to get on my wifes nodules.

 

Welcome fellow Rush fan, not many of us left i fear.

Analoguekid

 

AK Thank you for the welcome,did you see them in September - 3 hours wow !.

 

Nah really wanted to go but had conferene booked that week, they moved the date to october about a week after they were sold out, bugger, it's unlikely they will be here again.

 

Not really sure that is it for them touring, they had more energy and commitment than I had ever seen.+ with the Neils problems now behind him who knows.
Q.(is this the right place to talk about this or should I be in Music)
RG

 

another newcomer joins the ranks with the following

lp12 ( now swopping for gyrodec )

Shanling scd 200

eslab pre and power amps

Proac future 2

Cinema is

meridien 598
Themescene
cheap denon
hodgepodge of speakers

As you can see music is the most important ! Virtually any type except big band.
I reired to france ( and hopefully sone sun ) early so have plenty of time to listen .

 

Just joined. Someone on Pink Fish pointed me here. Current system includes:

Rega p9
Dynavector XX-2
EAR 834P modified
Naim 112/150/Flatcap 2 (recent Naim user after 10 years of 300B SET)
Naim CD5
Spendor S100s

I'm about to try some Meadowlark Nighthawks. Any opinions/information about these would be appreciated.