... just wait until Jerry has one to pass on.Ithilstone wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:07 pm Eeeee and where is that two arm (MM + MC) posh TT you promised me to test new phono stages???
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It's not nice to keep all the goodies by yourself...
Rega by Michael Lim\Teac\ASR\NVA\
SA Mantra30\Audeze LCD-2 closed.
...the Gods you worship are steel, at the altar of rock 'n' roll you kneel...
SA Mantra30\Audeze LCD-2 closed.
...the Gods you worship are steel, at the altar of rock 'n' roll you kneel...
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Scratched a 35 year old itch...Monitor Audio R352.
I went to a hi-fi show in a concrete hotel, somewhere near Heathrow, in around 1985 (probably '84, given that I hadn't yet bought my Planar 3). At the show, I heard a few 'way out there' Absolute Sounds type electrostatics, plus a whole host of flat earth speakers. Almost at the end of the day I went into a nondescript room with middle of the road electronics (an A&R A60 rings a bell) and saw these '70s throwback' MA R352's. Real bass and believable tone...and, ironically, much better transients than the PRAT brigade. A bit rolled off, up top, but I could live with it.
My local flat earth dealership took me to the Rega and, shortly after, the LP12, and that needed speakers without bass, so I ended up with a pair of Kans and forgot all about the 352.
Anyhow, an apparently minty pair popped up locally (6 miles away) on ebay and a £72 bid secured. Tomasz isn't the biggest fan of the modded B&Ws, so he's already eyeing them for the workshop. If they're any good then I might bring them to the WAM show next month. They look promising - lightweight, high efficiency paper driver (that will explain the fast transients), reasonably simple crossover and benign impedance curve, extra internal bracing, 13kg a piece. Just read that they were designed by Robin Marshall.
How much fun can you have for £70? I'll let you know...
I went to a hi-fi show in a concrete hotel, somewhere near Heathrow, in around 1985 (probably '84, given that I hadn't yet bought my Planar 3). At the show, I heard a few 'way out there' Absolute Sounds type electrostatics, plus a whole host of flat earth speakers. Almost at the end of the day I went into a nondescript room with middle of the road electronics (an A&R A60 rings a bell) and saw these '70s throwback' MA R352's. Real bass and believable tone...and, ironically, much better transients than the PRAT brigade. A bit rolled off, up top, but I could live with it.
My local flat earth dealership took me to the Rega and, shortly after, the LP12, and that needed speakers without bass, so I ended up with a pair of Kans and forgot all about the 352.
Anyhow, an apparently minty pair popped up locally (6 miles away) on ebay and a £72 bid secured. Tomasz isn't the biggest fan of the modded B&Ws, so he's already eyeing them for the workshop. If they're any good then I might bring them to the WAM show next month. They look promising - lightweight, high efficiency paper driver (that will explain the fast transients), reasonably simple crossover and benign impedance curve, extra internal bracing, 13kg a piece. Just read that they were designed by Robin Marshall.
How much fun can you have for £70? I'll let you know...
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Well, hit me with your rhythm stick!
Nice one, Savvy.
Nice one, Savvy.
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They seem to go for sensible money, likely because they would be a pig to ship (65 cms tall), iirc, they were around the same price as the Kans (which now go for £300 plus for any half decent looking ones).
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The Cambridge CXC is going back - very noisy when reading discs and skips at the first sign of trouble. Maybe just a bad sample.
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Only trouble I have had is with a couple of dual layer SACDs. And not noisy at all.
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I bought it from Cambridge Audio's ebay shop - mostly open box refurbished items. Looking at their recent feedback, I don't think that 'test' is included in 'refurbishment'. Returned it through ebay, so no hassle, but CA haven't replied to the email I sent, last Friday, suggesting I try a replacement.
I guess they are cheap for a reason. OK if you get a good one.
I guess they are cheap for a reason. OK if you get a good one.