NLC - hifi

H8OAG · Post by **H8OAG** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:25 pm

Still going strong and producing beautiful sound, and as I have a large record collection from the same period, the Linn Sondek LP12 is still well used, and having just Googled on it, is still in production as their top model.

tut

Tut

My bet is that you have your Linn arm mated to a hand made kOETSU RED T phono cartridge with gold stylus.........a snip at £1499!!!

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:30 pm

Speaking of cartridges, i need a new one for my deck... Anybody got any recommendations? It's an age old ortofon x3 thats well past its best on a project rpm-9 deck.

H8OAG · Post by **H8OAG** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:36 pm

http://www.moving-coil-cartridges.com/

Very subjective...........

Audio Technica do great cartridges for about £30

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:45 pm

tonyg wrote: Last time time i was in Loud and Clear they were very high end as per Stereo Stereo.

I certainly found it to be a different experience as they were the only guys that listened to my budget and listened to what I wanted out of the system. Cerainly not a major high end spend for my home cinema setup. One of the few places that did listen in Edinburgh

Another thing to bear in mind is that if you go for shelf mounted speakers and stands then this can come close to costing as much as floor standing units.

Cheers
DMW

tut · Post by **tut** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:35 pm

I bought all Quad 30 years ago, 405 amp, 304 pre-amp, and ELS 63 speakers, but one channel of the amp packed up yesterday when I was playing Christmas Sinatra.

tut

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:38 pm

tut wrote:I bought all Quad 30 years ago, 405 amp, 304 pre-amp, and ELS 63 speakers, but one channel of the amp packed up yesterday when I was playing Christmas Sinatra.

tut

possibly just out of protest regards your choice of music. have you tried something good ?

tut · Post by **tut** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:40 pm

Yep, Val Doonican, but it still did not work.

tut

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:41 pm

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:51 pm

Unfortunately I could not justify or afford a Koetsu cartridge Iain, so had to make do with a Goldring 1042.

Still bloody good, though when you have tinnitus and blown up eardrums, a sewing needle would probably do the job.

tut

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:18 am

spotted something novel in this month's evo - a valve driven Ipod dock. Apparently the valves pander to the audiophiles out there... surely not ... the amp and speakers only costs £299!

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:19 am

GregR wrote:spotted something novel in this month's evo - a valve driven Ipod dock. Apparently the valves pander to the audiophiles out there... surely not ... the amp and speakers only costs £299!

Now that's pretty damn geeky! Valves make nice room heaters

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:38 am

Here's the puppy:-

http://www.fat-man.co.uk/docs/product_0 ... kers.shtml

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:17 pm

Hmm, that's very cool

You could do a lot worse than to pick one of them up without speakers, then spend a few hundred notes on some nice bookshelf jobs with stands... Would give you a cool system to start with and some nice speakers if you ever wanted to go the whole hifi hog, so to speak!

I like the way that you can plug in your TV or an external CD source too - good deal for the cash

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:32 pm

we've had them - they are pretty good

Shug has a set in Bg for ages

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:37 pm

Andy G wrote:we've had them - they are pretty good Shug has a set in Bg for ages

Andy, I pray that i never visit one of your shops with my credit card