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My goal with this system is not "The Absolute Sound" but "The Delicious Sound". I've learned over the years that whenever my system moves away from analytical and accurate and becomes warmer and more forgiving I end up listening to a LOT more music.

Some may find the combination of McIntosh sources + Shindo amplification + Tannoy speakers to be way too much "warmth", but for me it's just right!
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    • McIntosh MDA1000
    McIntosh's amazingly analog-sounding MDA1000
    • Shindo Monbrison
    Shindo's delicious preamp with a great MM/MC phono stage
    • Shindo Cortese
    10W+10W SET amp based on the Siemens F2A tube.
    • Thorens TD-125 mkII
    Custom plinth TD125ii with SME 3009ii tonearm
    • Tannoy Sandringham
    Tannoy's entry-level Elite series speaker
    • Custom NA
    A modified bookshelf (I added some dampening material.)

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Very nice review! I have the Montille myself, and have always lusted after the Cortese and Sandringhams also. Just curious, how wide apart are the speakers? they seem very close in the picture?

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