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Hi Nopiano, thanks for your reply, interesting the link between your friend and the Tallis Scholars. I have three vinyle copies of the album two are on the original CfP label, not sure about the third, plus, I also have a Grimell CD. The work I did befor Christmas has paid divedens on the...

My post have often mentioned my 1980's system and the memories I have of the Valve based sound. At the front end, a Rock with matching tone arm and highly DIY'ed PSU cartridge. EAR MC head amp and our own design Valve Pre-amp, delivering a signal to a pair of EAR 509 mono power amps. This was...

I use granit cutting boards, three in fact, they sit on a cupboard top with round 'felt feet' to sit on, my valve amplifiers sit on the granit and yes it does work. Got mine from 'Tescos home department'. The Turntable sits on a home made shelf, fashoned from an old open back, bent wood arm...

Thanks for the confirmation Chebby, I new I was not dreaming. However I suspect they dont come up for sale very often, not sure to many people would have upgraded a P5, rather they would buy one of the new Rega breed? Pity realy as the P5 responds very well to OEM 'upgrade parts' as well as...

I believe you are correct Al ears, however my P5 came with a 3 point fixing RB300, I still have the spacers for arm height adjustment . . . indeed, I still have the RB300 . . . somewhere in my pile of boxes? However, the retro arm I eventualy fitted did fit the hole as a single nut fiting. I...

There is an RB300 on eBay at the moment £150.00, not cheap but an excelent arm on which many OEM offerings are based, I personaly use one of the said OEM offereings to which I have made some 'simple non standard tweeks which cost only pennies' to vastly improve its performance. The economic way...

Having waded through this thread, afraid I could not read it all, however I get the jist. The OP has an issue that is not easy to overcome. I have been out of the 'basics' loop for a long time, prefering to do my own thing upgrade my P5 over a number of years, often laughed at or finger...

Hi all, been a long time . . . although I have kept an eye on the threads. Al ears coment are significant to me, my ears started to fail, then the eyes. Its a strange thing but I was not aware of the failing hearing for some time, then things started to get 'better'? I now listen to most of...

I thought what I do might be of interest, after all it has its bassis in analogue technology, jeneraly simple, normaly cheap? OK, I wont post any more . . . V

. . . I had some new 'O'rings drop throught the letter box, not particularly excited, I am getting that 80's sound I had been searching for for so long. The rings were 46mm x2.5mm, orderd for the KT88, been out all day in 'Melton Mowbary', bought back one of their famous pork pies as a treat...

I was not sugesting a £1500 cartridge should be fitted. However I wonder if we under estimate our arms, for instance, my Sumiko sat well in the Rega 300, on my P5 for quite a few months. Replacing an Ortofon M2 Blue, then a Black. I would not have chosen it, had it been a streight purchase, I...

As far as I am concerened, the arm lock is a 'third hand', I often fiddle and tweak my TT/arm, going through one of those periods now. In fact I did forget to lock my arm the other day, how my cartridge was not damaged I do not know . . . £1500.00 to replace it, scary moment that!!!! When I...

Well gents and ladies . . . I hope there are some ladies taking an intest? . . . Having solved my disapearing 80's sound bringing the system back to life. The next step, is my tried and tested way of geting the best out of my system. One has to assume there is more to come, you have audably...

You are dead right on the 6 and 600 nopiano, the 6's were a little laid back, the stand helped to lift them. The 600 cause all sorts of issues becaus of the metal case ringing like a bell. Then someone came up with the idea of puting a 'crack in the bell', 3 joins were an epoxy of some kind...

Hi Dave, I was out of hifi by 1996, starting another episode in my life ? ? ? The need for power was the down fall of the 600, I used EAR 509 mono blocks, the copper tweeter turned blue, I was off the Celestion scene by the 700 was conceived so have no idea where it went performance wise...