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Post by Westie on Apr 27, 2024 16:00:15 GMT
If there was one thing you could go back and stop yourself from selling, what would it be?
For me it’s Spica Angelus. Only 6 pairs ever brought into the Uk and one pair was trashed from being left in a wet garage. The muppet who bought mine blew the tweeters within a month. I could say I’ll never get another pair, but there’s always importing as an option. Would I ever do it? I dunno. If I could know what they’d sound like in my room first, it would be a big help.
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Post by André on Apr 27, 2024 16:36:07 GMT
Not just one thing
My totally mint 1st issue Prog/Psych Vinyl collection - That stupid but unavoidable act would have a detrimental effect on me nowadays when i dearly want another Vinyl system.
As for equipment many many regrets from when Hi-Fi was Hi-Fi
FERROGRAPH 'F307'
QUAD '33'/'FM3'/in Afrormosia Sleeve
QUAD '303'/'50E's
LEAK 'STEREO 20'
ROGERS 'CADET, III' Pre/Pwr
SME '3012'
GARRARD '401'
THORENS 'TD124'
KEF 'CRESTA' One of the earliest pairs with the wooden inlay down one side
KEF 'CONCHERTO'
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Post by dsjr on Apr 27, 2024 17:09:03 GMT
Like Andr'e, I have too many things I sold and wished I hadn't... ATC SCM100A's Notts Analogue Mentor deck Thorens TD125 which is several times now what I paid for mine Revox A76 tuner Nakamichi 682ZX and also the Dragon I had for a very short time (story to that one) The Walnut mid 1984 Isobariks which were a nicer pair Bolt-up Naim 250 which lasted several years without drifting off - it sounded really sweet and not at all like the CB models which came after Original Glasgow built BLACK Ittok which I swear sounded less 'clanky' than most other Ittoks until the LV III Lustraphone LP100 amp which is all but unknown but back then, such a delightful amp - tuner was good as well Rogers Cadet III amp which was a great softie 'experiment' amp to try valves Hacker GP42 Goldolier record player - proper 7W tranny coupled valve amp and mine had an upgraded better Garrard deck in it. Nobody wanted it twenty years ago and it went for a fiver at auction. They fetch hundreds now  |
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Post by André on Apr 27, 2024 17:25:08 GMT
You could have had my old NAIM '32'/'SNAPS' bolt up's with pleasure.
I know what you mean about stuff no one wants back then but do now. I bought Three 'F307' over a couple months at around £30 each. These days your talking from £160-200 each. Don't wanna blow my own trumpet but it didnt help matters me broadcasting them to all the forums where all the sheep reside
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Post by dsjr on Apr 29, 2024 17:03:22 GMT
You could have had my old NAIM '32'/'SNAPS' bolt up's with pleasure. I know what you mean about stuff no one wants back then but do now. I bought Three 'F307' over a couple months at around £30 each. These days your talking from £160-200 each. Don't wanna blow my own trumpet but it didnt help matters me broadcasting them to all the forums where all the sheep reside The buyers of amps like that wouldn't know it if it bit them on the backside.. Best not say more. Alan Shaw tried to show how the *input* clipped on a CD, into that one you sold him, yet turn the volume down a touch and the clipping went away - it's my view it was the OUTPUT clipping with a full 2V on the input and volume controls set to around ten thirty (about normal with so many bloody amps even now I reckon) and I remember that's how Marco wanted it to be when he had his passive preamp hobbled to do just that rather than drive the amp hard with volume control turned well up... |
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Post by André on Apr 29, 2024 17:45:28 GMT
Yeah i had to heavily attenuate the Aux input, yet if i stick a CDP with a 2V line into the TRIO amps Aux, no problem what so ever.
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