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Pleased to contribute from time to time on a forum that is neutral, friendly, non critical and not commercially motivated. Frankly, time poor when it comes to vendor sponsored bias.
I have two babies in my life. Our firstborn, a blessing from God came to us both very late in life, now two months with >20khz ability. I am stil reeling (with lack of sleep). Secondly, my Studer A810 s/n: 7979 with trafoless cards. I believe it is the one of the last few manufactured, if not the last. For the Studer specialists here, I would be interested to know for sure! This machine has very low hours and all the later Philips caps throughout are looking good. Machine specs are sharp. I pulled the capstain & servo control boards to replace those pesky Rifa 0.47uf smokers just last week. Those 80's era Rifa capacitors are time bombs in everything including Apple computers of the day! Board work was performed by an authorised Studer service centre. Beautiful job, A restorative artisan since 1979. I am a stickler when it comes to vintage restoration. So fortunate to have one of those few remaining service centres listed on the Revox site within a short drive from where I live. My latest playback of Fone's Enrico Mancini Pink Panther from Elusive Disc is really out of this world. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, here comes Analogue Productions Hugh Masekela' Hope master tape copy. With this source, I am struggling with transitioning to digital, help!
A McIntosh enthusiast also with a C1000 trio and MC2301s to drive the Studer A810 and A721 balanced Cassette tape recorder. There is a Korg ADC amongst the Siltech Royal Signature loom but I have yet to experiment with DSD128 capture and playback. I feel one can make some selective McIntosh choices, particularly their amplifers for the long term. In my opinion, you only have to look at the blue book to see how "Classic" the brand is.
Also into vinyl, Jazz & 80's but I must confess most of my Analogue Productions subscription sets remain unopened in favour of 70 & 80's rotation.
I like to write, when motivated. Happy to endorse product occasionally on merit and experience. However, not interested in bantering with the very few pushing the upgrade train. Great gear is regionally compliant and stands on its own. If it is great, it will be accepted, it will become vintage. Exceptional engineering becomes timeless. Such equipment evidently will become well sort after, valuable and rare regardless of format. The prospective future of electronics and digital HiFi innovation is cyclonic, always exciting. We love to anticipate for the next big thing. There are superlative equipment temptations year after year but one should never forget about those polished diamonds of the past.
We all of course appreciate our next door neighbours who have less boxes in favour of lifestyle choice but they still consume music just the same. So in the end, if it sounds good for you, just relax and go with it.
Pleased to contribute from time to time on a forum that is neutral, friendly, non critical and not commercially motivated. Frankly, time poor when it comes to vendor sponsored bias.
I have two babies in my life. Our firstborn, a blessing from God came to us both very late in life, now two months with >20khz ability. I am stil reeling (with lack of sleep). Secondly, my Studer A810 s/n: 7979 with trafoless cards. I believe it is the one of the last few manufactured, if not the last. For the Studer specialists here, I would be interested to know for sure! This machine has very low hours and all the later Philips caps throughout are looking good. Machine specs are sharp. I pulled the capstain & servo control boards to replace those pesky Rifa 0.47uf smokers just last week. Those 80's era Rifa capacitors are time bombs in everything including Apple computers of the day! Board work was performed by an authorised Studer service centre. Beautiful job, A restorative artisan since 1979. I am a stickler when it comes to vintage restoration. So fortunate to have one of those few remaining service centres listed on the Revox site within a short drive from where I live. My latest playback of Fone's Enrico Mancini Pink Panther from Elusive Disc is really out of this world. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, here comes Analogue Productions Hugh Masekela' Hope master tape copy. With this source, I am struggling with transitioning to digital, help!
A McIntosh enthusiast also with a C1000 trio and MC2301s to drive the Studer A810 and A721 balanced Cassette tape recorder. There is a Korg ADC amongst the Siltech Royal Signature loom but I have yet to experiment with DSD128 capture and playback. I feel one can make some selective McIntosh choices, particularly their amplifers for the long term. In my opinion, you only have to look at the blue book to see how "Classic" the brand is.
Also into vinyl, Jazz & 80's but I must confess most of my Analogue Productions subscription sets remain unopened in favour of 70 & 80's rotation.
I like to write, when motivated. Happy to endorse product occasionally on merit and experience. However, not interested in bantering with the very few pushing the upgrade train. Great gear is regionally compliant and stands on its own. If it is great, it will be accepted, it will become vintage. Exceptional engineering becomes timeless. Such equipment evidently will become well sort after, valuable and rare regardless of format. The prospective future of electronics and digital HiFi innovation is cyclonic, always exciting. We love to anticipate for the next big thing. There are superlative equipment temptations year after year but one should never forget about those polished diamonds of the past.
We all of course appreciate our next door neighbours who have less boxes in favour of lifestyle choice but they still consume music just the same. So in the end, if it sounds good for you, just relax and go with it.
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