Michell Syncro Sonus Faber Linn Conrad Johnson New Order

[wot2wot2]

get the valves away from the radiator

[idektron]

@wot2wot2 but they love the heat...

[wot2wot2]

@idektron too much heat will shorten life of a valve , thats why they are black inside ' black body radiation' they cannot use convection to control temperature inside a vacuum . you often see valves surrounded by holes to combat over heating

[idektron]

@wot2wot2 yeah i know, i know.. just joking really. the radiator is never actually on & if anything I use the valve amp as a heater come winter ! inefficient & expensive i'm sure.. having everything arranged that way in that room with furniture gives best sonic results i've found.

[wot2wot2]

@wot2wot2 great set up

[idektron]

@wot2wot2 thanks, it does sound great in real life, I recently changed the pre amp to a conrad johnson so now have a valve line stage & phone stage !

[wot2wot2]

@idektron must be a big improvment on the linn , i am using croft at the moment. what phono stage?

[idektron]

@wot2wot2 it's the cj pv10a pre amp so it comes with a nice 3 valve phono stage in there already, huge improvements to the timbre and realism to the instruments, especially wood instruments and vocals. I don't think I could ever go back to solid state..

[Migkiller1971]

Nice rig Man!!

[idektron]

@Migkiller1971 Thank You !

[olanzip]

I used to have a Michell Syncro. A very nice turntable!!