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I thought I'd show the mainly American audience what the Brits on the other side of the pond are listening to. What better way than to report on an owner system show held just outside Melton Mowbray - home of the pork pie!
This time the pornographer has branched out into video to add that extra dimension to the proceedings. The video quality is good at 720p but the audio quality sucks. Such is the nature of the cheap (but good) and now rather long in the tooth camera used. C'est la vie.
So I'll present some of the best systems there.
One of the best was a Celestion Ditton 66 based system, run with a Tube Distinctions KT88 amp, a Nagra tape deck, an upgraded Technics 1210 record player etc.
The Celestions are a 1970s affair. My brother used to own Ditton 25s, and they were damned good. But the 66s are even better. I loved the way the 66s looked, ahem, so knackered, yet sang so well. The 66s ooze detail, can pack serious, serious bass. They also image really well. Brilliant, really.
That these old speakers perform so well in the year 2011 is a real ear opener. They are easily as good as modern designs. In fact, I can't think of many pairs of box speakers I have heard that are genuinely better.
The Nagra sounded great even if it was playing CD recordings. Be sure to check the Nagra video. What a lovely piece of engineering!
Also the Tube Distinctions amp - I'm left with the impression it is significantly better than the Air Tight ATM2 I used to own. A very clean sounding amp indeed.
Nagra / Tube Distinctions close up video.
Whole system video
This time the pornographer has branched out into video to add that extra dimension to the proceedings. The video quality is good at 720p but the audio quality sucks. Such is the nature of the cheap (but good) and now rather long in the tooth camera used. C'est la vie.
So I'll present some of the best systems there.
One of the best was a Celestion Ditton 66 based system, run with a Tube Distinctions KT88 amp, a Nagra tape deck, an upgraded Technics 1210 record player etc.
The Celestions are a 1970s affair. My brother used to own Ditton 25s, and they were damned good. But the 66s are even better. I loved the way the 66s looked, ahem, so knackered, yet sang so well. The 66s ooze detail, can pack serious, serious bass. They also image really well. Brilliant, really.
That these old speakers perform so well in the year 2011 is a real ear opener. They are easily as good as modern designs. In fact, I can't think of many pairs of box speakers I have heard that are genuinely better.
The Nagra sounded great even if it was playing CD recordings. Be sure to check the Nagra video. What a lovely piece of engineering!
Also the Tube Distinctions amp - I'm left with the impression it is significantly better than the Air Tight ATM2 I used to own. A very clean sounding amp indeed.
Nagra / Tube Distinctions close up video.
Whole system video