I had the Yamaha TC800GL for several years, it is a lovely tape recorder.
Hi Fi Components which you admire
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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enjoying this tread - dave f the valve amp engineer from germany thomas mayer makes a 211 amplifier his site is called vinyl savour
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Interesting tape deck Sean... what year was that released?
Cybot... what's the name of those monoblocks... not Quad by any chance is it?
Remember these...
There was a time when Equaliser's were trendy... but when I visited a Hifi store the chap told me that a good amplifier does not require one..
My first serious Hi Fi amp... the Denon PMA 350SE
A good introductory amplifier... 50 watts.. clean simple lines and also had a volume remote control, but of course no phono stage fitted... that of course was "extra".
Cybot... what's the name of those monoblocks... not Quad by any chance is it?
Remember these...
There was a time when Equaliser's were trendy... but when I visited a Hifi store the chap told me that a good amplifier does not require one..
My first serious Hi Fi amp... the Denon PMA 350SE
A good introductory amplifier... 50 watts.. clean simple lines and also had a volume remote control, but of course no phono stage fitted... that of course was "extra".
Let the Good Times Roll...................
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They're Crimson amps Adrian.....Adrian wrote:
Cybot... what's the name of those monoblocks... not Quad by any chance is it?
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Just thinking how much I liked the design of my first ever "proper" amp.... a Cambridge P50. Very slim design for the 1970s - due to a toroidal mains transformer - one of the first designs to use them I believe. It even looked kinda retro for the 70s! At the time it was several levels above the ubiquitous NAD starter amps and personally I preferred them over Quad.
It slowly died and was donated to Fran's recycling centre having given sterling service in various roles. (its one good channel powered a passive sub for years!)
It slowly died and was donated to Fran's recycling centre having given sterling service in various roles. (its one good channel powered a passive sub for years!)
Vinyl -anything else is data storage.
Thorens TD124 Mk1 + Kuzma Stogi 12"arm, HANA Red, Gold Note PH 10 + PSU. ADI-2 Dac, Lector CDP7, Wyred4Sound pre, Airtight ATM1s, Klipsch Heresy IV, Misc Mains, RCA + XLR ICs, Tellurium Q spkr cable
Thorens TD124 Mk1 + Kuzma Stogi 12"arm, HANA Red, Gold Note PH 10 + PSU. ADI-2 Dac, Lector CDP7, Wyred4Sound pre, Airtight ATM1s, Klipsch Heresy IV, Misc Mains, RCA + XLR ICs, Tellurium Q spkr cable
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First time I've seen that one. It's a little slim beauty :)Ivor wrote:Just thinking how much I liked the design of my first ever "proper" amp.... a Cambridge P50. Very slim design for the 1970s - due to a toroidal mains transformer - one of the first designs to use them I believe. It even looked kinda retro for the 70s! At the time it was several levels above the ubiquitous NAD starter amps and personally I preferred them over Quad.
It slowly died and was donated to Fran's recycling centre having given sterling service in various roles. (its one good channel powered a passive sub for years!)
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I bought my first real hifi integrated amplifier, the A&R Cambridge A60, from Noel in 1977 and used my Amstrad amplifier in part exchange:
I also exchanged my Amstrad speakers for a pair of Tangent TM3s
and a Goldring TT for the Rega Planar 2.
I still remember how I felt when I first fired it up: it was love at first hearing and I was hooked on hifi.
I also exchanged my Amstrad speakers for a pair of Tangent TM3s
and a Goldring TT for the Rega Planar 2.
I still remember how I felt when I first fired it up: it was love at first hearing and I was hooked on hifi.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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I think you're right Johnny. I've never seen one in the flesh though. The closest I got was when I had my head buried in a Hi Fi Answers rag and my mouth in a Big Mac! Ah them were da days :)