OK, thanks. I’ll give it a bit more thought then, as I would be using the Suggie’s internal phono and it might well not do the ML justice.
Thanks Gareth. What sort of quality phono stage are you using ?
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Ah, there you have it ! 
I got an Exposure 3510 in and running yesterday;
Do I think it is terribly attractive? Not really. Is the specification remarkable in any way? Again, no. It’s reasonably well made and the ability to add a phono stage or DAC board is a neat feature but on paper, it is singly unremarkable. The thing is, it’s really, really, fucking good. Genuinely taken aback at how it sounds.
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Relative to what may I ask? What speakers is it currently matched up with?
Going back a while,but an exposure X and Neat mystiques I used to have was a great combo
Fair question. At £2,250, it is £250 cheaper than the Naim NAIT XS3 (which does have an MM phono stage on board as standard) and £250 more than a Rega Elicit Mk5 (sat on the rug next to it and which has a phono stage and a pair of digital inputs). The thing is, I would say the Exposure sounds more in keeping with the Supernait 3 (£3,800) and Rega Aethos (£3,300) than the two models it is priced against.
Today it is running with the Q Acoustics Concept 50 but I was using the Kudos Titans last night and that was outstanding.
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Less features / gimmicks. Better sound.
Cool thanks for that. Have always enjoyed an Exposure amp when I’ve had a chance to hear one.
Just read the HFN review of the thing. Given the previous crossover with flat earth-ness I would have expected (having never listened to anything by them for some reason) a chopsocky kind of sound rather than one which causes someone to do the whole “solid state but like EL34s” shtick. Which could just be me being uninformed.
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Rebrand may not be successful, Japanman likes chopsocky in the streets but smooooth and refined in the listening chair.
Good to hear it TBH - always had a lot of time for Exposure’s 3000 series stuff - anything that can make PMCs sound good is deserving of wider respect 
Counterpoint - anything that has to change the signal enough to make PMCs sound good should sound like a veritable abortion through decent speakers.
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Metropolis studios is full of PMCs and Bryston amps
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I’ve been having a bit of a tidy up / clear out and came upon this
It hasn’t been in my system for a fair old while, so it’ll be interesting to see what I think now.
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Amp ifier
Some crappy joke about taking 50 off it because Roman numerals and imperial weights.
Last year I won an auction for a Garrard, the Leak Stereo 20 I rebuilt and some Lowther Acoustas which had, as might be expected, rotted foam surrounds on the Pm6a drivers. I sent the drivers off to Dave Smith in Essex & eventually got them back refurbished. I refitted them to the cabinets today.
We’ve just had a wood floor put in through the hall to a small room at the back of the house so while it’s empty awaiting final decoration I set the speakers up in there with a CDP and EL84 amp.
These are the original diaphragms so that part doesn’t sound as if it needs breaking in & the speakers sound surprisingly mellow & not forward & shouty in the way some Lowthers (usually Acoustas) can. I’m pleasantly surprised. I think the cloth they used on the fronts is a bit on the thick & heavy side & it needs pulling up & better stapling in position in places but for a relatively compact horn they’re doing a nice job.
More ‘spacious’ with the grilles off.
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My problem with things like this is that the initial idea is to sort them out & move them on but I end up liking them too much!
These sound fab, I think the older paper diaphragms have a much sweeter quality than the later Lowther ones so it was a good move to have those re-used.
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