I am excited by the new amp that arrived today so decided to make this post.

 

I've moved from contemporary active speakers to a more vintage system recently. 

 

Currently it is this:

 

TAD exclusive 2301 speakers

TAD exclusive M10 power amplifier

Technics s1200 mk 2 TT 

Mastersounds Radius 2 mixer

Lindemann Limetree Streamer 

RME ADI Dac

 

Some upgrades to come: Isonoe 420 mixer has been ordered (to arrive Feb 22)

Cables: currently mostly Sommer, which I like but there is some slightly messy adapting from balanced to single that could be improved.

Cartridges: currently Concorde club but considering Nagaoka mp110h or 100 Sounds RC DJ100.

Rack/equipment stand: Not sure what to do here- build something or buy. Open to suggestions on that one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is fantastic,  thanks for sharing! 

Fantastic horn and I like the rack too. Is it custom made? It gives more vintage vibes, love it! 😍

15 minutes ago, Jehuty said:

Fantastic horn and I like the rack too. Is it custom made? It gives more vintage vibes, love it! 😍

Thanks! I made the rack from off the shelf bunnings parts in an afternoon!

Looks very nice mate, the speakers are stunning.

This is brilliant!!!

 

Can't wait to see the new Isonoe 420 in situ.

 

What do you spin?

2 hours ago, Galactic Soap said:

This is brilliant!!!

 

Can't wait to see the new Isonoe 420 in situ.

 

What do you spin?

Thank you! I'm happy with the way it is coming together. 

 

I play a bit of electro, techno and house and a lot of modular synth cosmic type stuff.

Mmmmmmm

VU meters👍

24 minutes ago, muriwai said:

VU meters

Yes, I've always liked them but never actually had them - now I've got 4 analog plus one digital on the RME. Mostly I listen at low volume so there isn't much movement, but once in a while the neighbours are out and we can clear the cobwebs! 

Any thoughts on the limetree streamer to share?

1 hour ago, muriwai said:

Any thoughts on the limetree streamer to share?

I love the limetree! Sound quality is the best I have had in a streamer, compared with Cambridge CXN, allo, bluesound, , NAD and Primare. And it's really intuitive and stable which is nice in a streamer 

 

The only.thing I miss is a screen showing what's playing and maybe a pause button on the unit. So I'm still considering maybe something like a Naim uniti, or pioneer n70 perhaps.

 

Lovely set up , like the TAD speaker most 

Somehow tonight has become a Japanese vintage theme night!

 

Added some supertweeters. Apparently the TAD 2301 sometimes had a supertweeter to make it a 3way. The real TAD supertweeters are hard to find and expensive. I found these wood horn ones on a Chinese website, they were well reviewed so I took a punt.

 

I'm happy with the visual match with the speaker but they are much more efficient than the mains so I need to attenuate and maybe set up a crossover for the frequency. Very open to suggestions about how to do that in a way that isn't too expensive! 

 

 

I've repurposed the crossovers from a pair of Aperion supertweeters. The result is a much better integration. A definite improvement adding just a hint of air and sparkle.

A follow up: I've just acquired some comments for a new speaker project in 2022. I want to try some full scale Tannoys!