Damn I've tried to resist this thread, but can no longer!
Old Hifi (well old technology;valves, AlNiCo magnets etc) is my main passion. Yes, even more than reto-bikes!
System is:
Pathos Twin Towers amp. (single-ended class A valve/MOSFET hybrid.) I think this is the most beautiful hifi componant ever made, it really is a piece of art or sculpture. It's also the most natural sounding amp I've heard with a lovely valve warmth, but solid-state balls and speed in the bass. The only problem with it is that being class A it consumes 450w but puts out only 30w. Oh and it weigh an absolute ton. But it's definitely my most prized possession!
Speakers are Alon Lotus Elite Signatures. These were the HiFi Plus magazines review pair. I got them for a quarter of the retail price but they still cost a fortune! They've two bass units in a sealed box, with the mid and treble mounted open-baffle, so the sound is very spacious and open. All magnets are AlNiCo. The problem with these speakers is that they are just too good for the rest of the system, -you can hear every tiny flaw or tweak downstream. I thought I could get away with mid range cables but no, even different terminations are painfully apparent. :roll:
CD player is a Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista valveDAC and Theta transport. It's ok, smooth and spacious but it's still a CD player isn't it
, so sounds a bit mechanical and unsubtle. (A fact the speakers readily remind me of)
Cables are SupraSword speaker, Yamamura interconnect and Nordost Shiva power cables, -these aren't great really' very 'fast' and clean but give your system a bit of a 'transistor-radio' thinness...
Bloody hell, I'm glad to have got that of me chest. Haven't been able to be that boring for years!
