What equipment have you bought this week?

[oopsydaisy]

Vincent PHO-8 phono stage.

http://www.avguide.com/review/vincent-a ... ge-tas-211

[satanfriendly]

I see quite a few going for cassette decks here. I 'adopted' a Technics BX 501 recently in pretty fine condition and will be for give-a-way when I home in 7 weeks time if anyone is interested. Cost of postage only. It's just sat there cluttering the place up. God knows if it works or not, but I expect so judging by its condition.

[Mark E Smith's Dentist]

I had some electrical work done on the house this week, it's improved the sound of the two systems still on the ring circuit.

My main system now has an exclusive radial circuit with 6mm cable and its own 32A breaker. I had another radial installed beside it so I can run a power amp straight off the mains rather than through the power conditioner - it might sound better that way.

It's a remarkably good value upgrade - I should have done it years ago - it's stripped more of those pesky veils from my speakers!


JT

[satanfriendly]

Likewise here Jon. Having the system in the basement run straight on its own exclusive run from the main breaker made a world of difference. Also have four double sockets to negate having to use extensions.

[Squiffything]

Well I just won me and the Hippy this lot:



A second Saturn with bits to complete his and to refurb the old one as and when bits become available.





A Sugden A48 amp (I think) need servicing





and a box of bits, well two headshells possibly with carts/stylus but not sure on this from the pics this is the bonus potential

All in £337 but as the headshell for the Saturn is harder to find than hens teeth (only one found to date for around £60!!! and that had gone when I enquired), the cover looks complete the brush is there (missing on Pa's Saturn) as is the power plug, I should have all I need to get his working. The rest may then be sold off to assist other owners or kept until the parts do surface and then he can have a twin Saturn setup. Imagine the old hippy DJing his vinyl collection on that pair The Sugden once serviced will have a value (?) by all accounts but this may just need to join my growing vintage setup

[Squiffything]

Oh and I almost forgot the new star of my turntable project, I got me one of these to sit quietly behind the beast:



for the princley sum of £3! Far out man.

[resu]

More prosaic here I just bought a new cartridge, Ortofon Kontrapunkt B, the one with a ruby cantilever. Never before had a such beast in the house.

[GlassWolf]

This week has gone pretty well so far.

Pro-Ject RM 1.3
Nakamichi OMS-7 CD player
Denon DRS-810 cassette deck
400 gram aluminum record clamp
about 45 cassette tapes (commercial) from the local thrift shop full of everything from pink floyd to van halen to the bangles.

[bauzace50]

Hi,

Ordered one Denon DL-110 High Output cartridge. About 10 days postal delivery.

[zambembe]

A Musical Fidelity M1-ViNL phono preamp has arrived a few days ago (and stoled the balanced cables from my DAC). Now I'm really happy with the results - even using a cheap AT92E cartridge.

Now I'm waiting my Denon DL-110 and preparing myself to digitalize my most beloved LPs with my SL-1210M5G. A few of them have no digital version, so I feel like giving a small contribution to the musical universe.

[jessor]

I found an Audio Technica AT-1000 cartridge in near new condition and am hoping to get a mint Audio Technica OC5 for usd20. Both with original packing etc. The AT-1000 should be nice.

[jessor]

Got the Audio Technica OC5. Mint with box and all. Not the greatest cartridge in the world but for usd20 it will be useful for everyday use with the kids around.

[Squiffything]

Having driven down to Oxfordshire to collect the Saturn and the Sugden amp we had a chat to the seller who asked if we wanted to take the other turntable he had as he wanted the space. so for £30 more we came away with one of these





Will be trying it out a little later today

[abril]

Beautiful - a work of art
lovely condition (with optional cover with a crack in it)
noisy pots - cleaned
one bulb out - replaced both

Stunning
£49 plus collection