Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

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So, I've enjoyed these Transmission Lines for 15 years, but we've moved recently and my new listening room is way too small ... I've reluctantly accepted my fate as a standpoint / monitor man from now on.

Listening wise, they are impressive with the right setup, particularly the bass from the transmission line design. They can move your guts with the right amplification. I ran them with a Bill Beard valve pre/power combo from a variety of sources and it was sublime. Almost as good was with LFD mosfet amps but they lacked a bit of oomph. They do need sympathetic pairing. They can be harsh with bright electronics and poor recordings.

They are in fine order and completely original bar the spikes which were lost in a move and replaced with generic ones (M6 fitment). They have a few cosmetic battle scars, worst one shown above, which somehow came out mega contrasty and doesn't look so bad irl, but nothing that couldn't be sorted with a bit of French polish. I bought them from their first owner who was a fastidious old boy. He even kept the original literature which I have. Incidentally he had just made a rather expensive upgrade to PMC yet was having serious buyers remorse, as I fully expect to!

Lovely!! wish I could get them!

Cheers. Since I am in amnesty mode, I also have some truly excellent Mission Model 70 MkII. £45

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Anyone want some Beovox 1600 wallmount speakers? Seem to be working fine, though I am no expert. Made from 1969-1972, classy looking Danish lovliness. Would be great for a cafe or something like that.

Pickup SE4, £35

They're called Type 6219, they're 2 way.

Cases are teak, dead solid weigh about 5kg each.

holy shit I just looked at what Olly’s moving on ^^

Cleaning up an amp, who does and how much please?

So got bit over 500 euro (445 GBP) budget and wanted to get some great headphones for work. Something proper and noise cancelling. Ideas?

Shure SRH1540?

Headphones thread >>>

Yep saw it and read it and went for the Shure. Thanks.

What material should I put under my speakers, new floor is wooden and so vibrates. Is there something recommended?

Something that floats/decouples them from the floor. Cheapest/ugliest option are the special foam pads that you match (roughly) to the speaker weight.

Blu Tack is a possibility but it might leech into the wood of the floor. If they're towers they normally have some threaded holes and you can find feet that fit those threads.

speaker stands?

But where can you get speaker stands that are not either stupid expensive or horrible?

I've been looking for some for ages, every time I get depressed with the choices and give up...

Ebay if you find some near enough to collect. Alternatively build some or repurpose some other furniture to do the job. You want the tweeters around head height sitting down anyway. Proper ghetto is some boxes with cloth over them. Cloth is optional. Artisan beer crates with vinyl in would do it.

I made some great ones out of scrap I had lying around but I'm a joiner so that's probably not as easy for anyone without a joinery workshop.

I have hi-fi racks - not so ugly.

YMMV.

I’ve got some rad B&O trumpet stands that are lit. I got them cheap as fuck from a boot sale. Worth a few bob, too, apparently.

Okay thanks will look into that.

They’re on stands, issue is it transfers vibration down onto floor which then transfers into walls. I don’t want to piss my neighbours off more than needed.

In that case you might be able to hide the pads to a certain extent between speaker and stand.

Those are really sharp.

I brought some concrete paving slabs - just slightly wider than my speakers.
The speaker spikes sit directly onto them.

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