Cash converters hifi Bargain!

[Hamish Gill]

For those hifi enthusiasts out there...
got me a bit of a bargain today ...
Popped into cash converters on the off chacne i might find something nice ... and blimey did I!?

Pioneer PL600x turntable ... mint condition with an ortofon ff10xe

£65!
Ive not had a fully auto turntable before... I like it!
just gotta get my phillips 412ii cart on it tomorrow and ill be well away!!
Sounds lovely already!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

BAR GAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

got a bit of Jazz on 200g vinyl spinning on it right now ... sounds blinking marvelloso!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

I am J E A L O U S!!!! i NNNEEEEEEEEEEEDDD to hear your system Hammer!!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

its best if you dont ... it will make you want to break whatever crap you have ... hahahahaaa ...

yeah, its quite good ... ... ...
Im going to take some photos of it proper tomorrow as ive just got it set up properly again since the work was done!

these are my speakers (and 4 amps ) ... excuse the german link, they are not very common over here
Lautsprecher ADAM Tensor Epsilon - stereoplay - Magnus.de

my not-a-cd-player
Linn Majik DS-I Review | Computer Audiophile
my pre amp was custom made by this guy
Tube Distinctions - Main Page
and my phono stage was made by Paul Lange ... of all people ...

 

[Davie Hudson]

beautiful !! makes my set up look like a toy

 

[Pete Askew]

Well done Hamish. Bargain as you say. And if I'm not mistaken you have it mounted on one of those extremely rare, hyper-dynamic, acoustically tuned, super-dooper isolation platforms (with the rare ferrous converted side clamp)!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Yep, that's the one Pete, made out of specially aged wood ... New wood would colour the sound, make it sound wet, where as dry wood has a less wet sound ... A dry sound if you will ... The flaking paint is to reduce the possibility of standing waves ... It's all very technical!

 

[Pete Askew]

Too true. And all these fools who go out and invest in cast aluminium and glass! Heathens and non-believers the lot of them.

Actually in a couple of weeks I hope to finalise the design of a new hi-fi cabinet with a cabinet maker (in fact 2). One for the CD etc and amplification and the other for the turntable, phonostage etc and tuner. I really don't like these modern glass and metal jobs and they certainly don't in with the rest of the room. I've done a fair bit of experimenting and I think I have come up with a combination of materials that give what I was looking for.

 

[Hamish Gill]

We went down the cabinet maker route ... A mate of mine is one, it started looking very pricey!
In the nick of time i found a tv table at ikea for £40 ... I'll post some pix tomorrow ... It's actually perfect for my requirements!

 

[Tim Pindar]

Don't forget to seal the wood with Snake Oil, Hamish...

 

[Pete Askew]

But don't going buying the cheap stuff. Only real Snake Oil does the job. You know it makes sense!!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Not seeing where the CDs go Hamish?

 

[Paul Lange]

That does seem like a bargain Hamish, nice one. It's always nice when you buy something and your dead chuffed with it. Also glad you are getting some love from the preamp, it doesn't look pretty but at least it sounds good.