Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Damn, just missed one (Dual 505) for £31 on eBay. Good nick too.

Just looked on that site for retro stuff. Noticed the Pioneer I used to have when a student, flogged it to buy weed ... doh!

Heybrook turntable now on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120553072375&rvr_id=&mfe=sidebar

although my offer above still stands for anyone from the forum :)

Anybody want about 5m of 79/0.2 speaker cable, for free? It's the remnants of a spool I bought to hook up my system.

what's new

pussy cat?

thinking of selling everything and getting a pair of AVI adm9's instead.

This reminds me. I am going to put some records on and listen to them.

wow

Wtf?^

In other news... my Amplifier's being repaired.
Life is not the same
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^ what's that little thing? I might need one

that is beautiful

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reminds me of:

i am suprised they put a tone knob on it

never been entirely convinced by the use of a token tube in otherwise ss designs. need to read more.

i'm not an audio expert but i am a bit of a guitar valve amp snob (have spent thousands on nos military grade tubes over the years). it seems funny to me that so much importance should be placed on the tube element of a design and yet they show it with just about the lowest grade cheapest modern tube available.

then again i imagine in that context the tubes will have a relatively cushy ride compared to the beating they'd take in a guitar amp context.

it does look very cool though.

incidentaly, if anyone is need of tubes i have a large stock pile of nos european, russian and american goodies gathering dust in a trunk at home. i have 6l6s, 6v6s, various big bottle rectifier tubes and scores and scores of nos and used 12ax7s (as shown in the above pic).

KT66 please

Wow this is getting well autistic.

KT66 please

i'll see what i got mr that. get back to you tonight.

you ain't seen nothing skullychops. i used to spend hours on here:

http://www.watfordvalves.com/home.asp

reading this stuff:

http://www.watfordvalves.com/reports.asp

yet they show it with just about the lowest grade cheapest modern tube available

could they be replaced with better gubbins?

sure! these are the same price (£12 each) and are much nicer. european made, thicker glass, tested and rated.

http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=1306

http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=695

so if a pair of £12 a pop tubes will be better then those used originally, should one wonder what else they saved money on?