Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

The dude that designed the cable I use said it was a non-issue at the lengths we are talking about. I have a 1.5m and a 5m set

Cable chat?

Me? Cable chat

Ha

Edit - I’ll message

Yep.

A boozer near me (The Great Northern Railway Tavern) when I used to live in Hornsey did something similar. People could play a track / LP to the room. They had to say a few words on it first.

Personally I think its more accessible if it's focussed more on the music than kit.

i am moving house, so i would like to a) thin the herd and b) raise some £££ for a new TT, as i will have an awesome roome in the new place and a stand that can keep a 'proper' arm/cart away from toddlers.

it just so happens that i have found a blinding TT that i will purchase if i can come up with enough wedge.

so, i am looking to sell on stuff:

Cura CA5 speakers - amazing sealed box standmounters. a bit limited in the bass output, but fantastic at everything else. these are particularly good in tight spaces (against walls, shelves, etc). i tried them with a borrowed sub and they were pretty cool. £130

Tannoy Cheviot - BIG. LEGENDARY. just about to pick these up from being refoamed at Lockwood. What more can i say about these heroes of british hifi. also good against back walls. £1,100.

Rothwell Simplex MM phono stage - hard to beat at this money. £100.

Technics SL10 Direct drive linear tracking spaceship turntable from the future. I have two of these. both serviced bt the guru on linear trackers, so they are good for anothe 40 years. I LOVE these things. I would put these up against any of £500 tt out there. no fucking around with any of the nonsense need with normal tts - just put the plate in and press play. i have leads, DC power suplies, you name it. I want £300 each. both have new carts. also have a legendary 310MC cart to go with, if wanted.

rothwell - GONE

Haha that's a cracker!

Officially a Tannerd now.

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I don't think I've ever heard any, they must have something special for the praise they get.

Cool! How you liking the sound of them compared to your full-ranges? And how are you getting on with the DSP? Have you done the room EQ wizard with a mic?

Cura CA5

Would you post these? Or is that a stupid question/thing to do?

So far so good with the Tannoys. Not blown away, but they are very undersized crappy original cabinets. I’m probably missing the point-source revelation that a lot of people would get as I’m coming from FR speakers. None of the nasty HF stuff I got from the little Fostex, though they might have had the edge for imaging and soundstage. Need to get these up on stands at ear level though.

The miniDSP & sub are bypassed now, just trying the Tannoys IIILZ straight through. They won’t need a sub if I build 100lt ported cabinets! Not sure my wife will allow that though.

REW was interesting / frustrating. I’ve got a 41Hz room mode that’s impossible to get rid of with EQ, that’s just the way it is - though I’m not sure I’d even notice it if I didn’t know. Cleared up some other stuff but it’s definitely a learning curve, I had a bash but there’s a lot to learn and a much less heavy handed approach to be taken.

Might use the miniDSP to bi-amp the Tannoys. Another class D amp like mine is cheaper than re-doing the crossovers.

Just noticed a track finishing on a record and a sudden change from “recorded silence” then actual silence - the completely smooth machine made groove between songs. Maybe they are quite detailed...

It's detailed reproduction of reverb that makes hi-fi worthwhile for me. That and controlling playback of recorded distortion.

Haha. I don’t know what either of those things really mean 🙃

I watched a great tutorial about REW the other day, does look like a can of worms but I’m looking forward to giving it a try if/when I can buy the kit (want to build a Roon server). Did you get noticeable results after REW or was it not hugely better than just going by ear?

Bi-amping those big boys with an active crossover will be great.

They were posted to me.

Where are you?

Get them up off the floor!

Leeds. Been on the lookout for some speakers, and know nothing and hate ebay but these seem to fit the bill?

Cool. They are in my office in the city, as someone else wanted to buy them then pulled out.

Got them up on stacks of fancy art books now. Bowie is sounding pretty damn good tbh.

I borrowed a friends really expensive flat response mic and (cheap) USB audio interface - the measured response was almost identical to the tiny cheap Dayton iMM6 I scored on eBay.

I fiddled about all morning, EQing the sub and mains. Went out, came back and put a record on - sounded awful! Had to tone a lot of it down by ear - turns out that a flat response sounds shit. Took almost all the EQ off the mains (apart from the shelfing of the HF that I’d done by ear already.) Measuring the sub and mains separately to design the crossover was really good though.

Kept all the EQ on the sub but it’s a bit much sometimes in movies and stuff so need to fix that. Now I have these big bastards though I’m not sure I’ll bother with the sub. Even in too-small sealed cabs the bass is nice, despite what the owners of 12” and 15” Monitor Golds say.

Goodness me Bowie sounds good through these. I reckon I’ll be able to tell when things in my collection were mastered using Tannoys.

Good insight, cheers.