Recent content by ultrarunner

Simple comment? Why would you feel the need to put it back to standard - what would that change about the way you put a record onto the turntable, lower the needle, and listen...other than you'd be very aware that it didn't sound as good as it used to... I don't know what the "health" comment...

I found that a lot of the systems, in a lot of the rooms, seemed more about listening to the equipment, than listening to the music. There was a lot of "edges", a lot of harshness, and a lot of music being played slightly too loudly - sounding all the worse for it. Most people seemed to have...

Gram Amp 2 SE - in budget... I may have one lying about spare at the moment ;-)

*biggrin* *ROFL* *good*

Had some spare cash... So I went into my local shop and got : Nils Frahm - Screws Reworked Olafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Loon The Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home But then I went on Amazon, so there's a delivery coming today... and then I went on Burning Shed (my favourite online...

My local (ish) dealer (Moorgate Acoustics in Sheffield) has the Cyrus 8a at the madly low price of £650 currently (as an idea, I've just seen one at a second hand dealer for £695, and on special offer elsewhere at £995). That's one hell of an amp to get you started. I partnered it with some...

I'm keeping my eyes out for second hand ones to appear on the market. I'd like to get a couple, one for the amp, one for the CD - that would look rather smart on my rack ;-)

Exactly that!!! Had to be aware of what would fit in my room as well. Fiancee is a music lover too, so no issues there, but it's not the largest space, so it had to work within positional constraints. Was late to bed last night...just couldn't stop putting another song on :) If they're that...

Certainly! Lots of discussion about different ways to go, what works well with what etc. Huge bonus was the guy there liked the same music as me, so we could discuss everything in conjunction with specific artists such as Steven Wilson, Anathema etc Initial listening was to a Cyrus 8a amp with...

Thanks for the (very) varied advice everyone! Went to my local dealer (Moorgate Acoustics in Sheffield), had a lovely long chat, an unrushed demo, and made a couple of purchases... So, that's stage one sorted... Next, new cartridge, and (probably) the Graham Slee PSU upgrade.

Hi all I know I've asked about specific items in the past, but this request is a little different... Thanks to a successful PPI claim I now have some "spare" money - up to a maximum of around £2000, but could go to £2500, definitely not more. My current system is : Rega P5 (with TT-PSU)...

Hi everyone Does anyone have any experience of these speakers? I've seen a pair for sale second hand (so unfortunately I won't be able to demo them in my system), love the looks and am tempted... My current system is a modified Rega P5 with Ortofon 2M Blue into Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 SE, Arcam...

oops, my mistake, it's a P5, not a P7 (I'm blaming either cold fingers or wishful thinking LOL) I know what you both are getting at though - I need a higher spec DAC than I'm looking at. TBH I'm not expecting it to match my vinyl, just to narrow the gap between them! Cheers for your help Si

Hi all My current system is : Rega P7 with GT subplatter, Inspire acrylic platter, SRM damping upgrades and Ortofon 2M Blue into Graham Slee GramAmp 2SE phono stage Arcam A85 amp Arcam CD72 Monitor Audio Bronze BR5 The majority of my listening is vinyl, I love the sound from my set-up -...

A Rega RP6? Simple set-up, comes with cartridge pre-fitted - £898. If you want to go slightly over budget you can buy the £200 TT-PSU which gives you push button changing between 33 & 45rpm. Or you could spend the £100 on a couple of different TT mats to see what you like, or just buy some more...