Some may recall that I recently upgraded to a Rega P9, you may not have realized that this was the late great Colins (dudywoxer) turntable.
It’ll be well looked after old friend and enjoyed everyday.
It’ll be well looked after old friend and enjoyed everyday.
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Nice one Rob,
I sold Colin a pair of speakers many years ago and we always looked out for each other for a chat at Scalford. He loved his Rega gear, Good to see the TT go where it is appreciated.
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Really good to hear it’s gone to such a good home. Lovely deck. And a lovely bloke. Still hard to believe he’s gone.
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Great bloke I’m so glad his turntable has gone to Rob. 
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Well the SPL pre-headphone-amp whizzkit is gone (I miss its cute meters…), part-exchanged for a barely-used AudioValve Eclipse part-tubed pre, made in Germany, with some pretty Marmitey looks (which I’ve grown to like), and bomb-proof build.
When the right one finally arrived (first one was a years-old munter with some sketchy bodges inside) I barely had a day to listen to it prior to nipping of for a two-week holiday, but today I pulled the four standard cooking-grade Electro Harmonix ECC82s and replaced them with a set of (very) high-testing E82CC from Golden Dragon which I found forgotten in a drawer - not a clue where those came from or if they’re supposed to be good or shit, but no matter, because a great-sounding pre sounds even better now.
I’ve had one of those golden evenings where humble, bog-standard DAB radio sounds just faultless - cool, clear music flowing - resolution to die for - bucketloads of gushing audiophool hyperbole. Lovely.
Shit photograph -
Slightly less shit photo of just the pre before I’d peeled off the protective film on the acrylic top panel -
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It sounded bloody good before, can only imagine how good it is now!
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Weirdly, I can’t really tell, been too long since the best of the “stuff-I-have-to-sell” has been in-place, but it feels a lot closer to the sound I enjoyed with the Triangles/Beard/Unison Research kit - somehow more ‘live’ sounding, more natural.
Probably sound gash to some, no doubt.
The AudioValve pre is clearly very sensitive to better tubes, so the search is on for ECC82 / 12AU7s to roll - anyone got any long-plate Mullards they want to shift cheaply? 
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What are you using at the moment Dave? Pics?
Would love to try one at some point.
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What do you mean?
Well, it’s a thread about what system one is using at the mo, and so, I naturally wondered - you know - what system are you using at the mo? 
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Weirdo.
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Looks adequate 
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Nice, very nice, but the only thing I recognise is the Coco-San phonostage and (I think) a CEC CDT - what’s the rest of it?
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I’m laughing out loud here. Funny.
How’s that working out for you?
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