Soldato
Right, due my age (old fart) I had a hankering a few months back to get back into hifi as comuputer hardware is just too expensive now and I've got bored with it anyway. So....I've just put together the following:
Mission Cyrus 1 amplifier (looks naff but sounds really nice)
Technics SL-D2 direct drive turntable (could have bought new but I wanted old gear)
Audio technica AT-VMN 95 cartridge
Heybrook HB2 loudspeakers (refoamed, recapped Xover, tweeters replaced but I'm in the process of replacing the silk domes/ coils on the original audax units). Mid/bass drivers are in exceptional condition considering their age.
I could have bought all brand new but I wanted the "old British" hi fi sound that I remember from the 70s. I'm waiting for delivery, later today, of a NAD 3020 as I want to compare the sound to the Cyrus one (which needs the phono connectors looking at anyway). the sound is surprising, very relaxed and sort of laid back, but everything is there, easy to listen for long periods but could do with a bit more bass but not much. One thing I have noticed is how different it all sounds to what I thought it was going to, bad hearing, memory and rose tinted glasses an' all that. Overall, very happy and now I've got another interest that'll upset the missus!
Mission Cyrus 1 amplifier (looks naff but sounds really nice)
Technics SL-D2 direct drive turntable (could have bought new but I wanted old gear)
Audio technica AT-VMN 95 cartridge
Heybrook HB2 loudspeakers (refoamed, recapped Xover, tweeters replaced but I'm in the process of replacing the silk domes/ coils on the original audax units). Mid/bass drivers are in exceptional condition considering their age.
I could have bought all brand new but I wanted the "old British" hi fi sound that I remember from the 70s. I'm waiting for delivery, later today, of a NAD 3020 as I want to compare the sound to the Cyrus one (which needs the phono connectors looking at anyway). the sound is surprising, very relaxed and sort of laid back, but everything is there, easy to listen for long periods but could do with a bit more bass but not much. One thing I have noticed is how different it all sounds to what I thought it was going to, bad hearing, memory and rose tinted glasses an' all that. Overall, very happy and now I've got another interest that'll upset the missus!