The more I listened, the more I felt that they were lacking a little sparkle, so Ivan suggested that maybe we should move away from the Meridian player (which I know to be quite warm) and play some vinyl instead. Well, you know my feelings on vinyl aren't always positive (!) but I thought it would be no harm to give it a little spin. Simply put, it sounded FANTASTIC. The whole system came to life and started to sing, everything sounded incredibly lifelike and open, but it coupled that with real balls and impact. I was very impressed with everything at that stage, the entire system sounded fab.
It transpired that the TT was a modified LP12 (as alluded to by Fergus upthread) and Darius, the man who does the modifications, was actually in the shop. We spoke for a while, and my God there's an enthusiastic dude who knows his onions. Now I'm still NOT buying a TT, but in many ways it might have been better if I never heard that. If you have a chance, I'd strongly recommend popping in to hear it at some stage. He told me the price and I honestly had a number a LOT more in mind based purely on sonics.
I took a few photos with my crap phone camera, so here they are:
The whole system:
![Image](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i321/sstroughair/Snapbucket/1B84AB55-orig.jpg)
The new Kharmas, similar in looks to the 3.2s but classier in some ways. Stylish.
![Image](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i321/sstroughair/Snapbucket/503BEC49-orig.jpg)
![Image](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i321/sstroughair/Snapbucket/649FF3E3-orig.jpg)
The system, a modified LP12, Kharma matrix monos and pre, phono stage and TT power supply down the bottom:
![Image](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i321/sstroughair/Snapbucket/93CB34F4-orig.jpg)
As always, I enjoy a photo of the rear. The Kharma cables had seriously audiophile cred and looked like something used to winch aircraft carriers:
![Image](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i321/sstroughair/Snapbucket/5D27A3C0-orig.jpg)
I may have missed Sunday, but I really enjoyed my short private session today. Just as well I don't have any vinyl, or else I'd be dipping into my wallet...