johno520's System

by johno520 on
4P1L Pre-Amp
EML520B Power Amp
Philips CD - Pro 2 Transport
Tannoy Arden Style HPD 385mm series speakers
Nottingham Analogue Dais TT
Denon 103D denuded

Description

Pretty easy listening system using mostly valve equipment most of it DIY.
The Tannoy dual concentric drivers and there crossovers allow a broad range of sources to sound pleasing to the ear. They have a slightly old fashioned sound which you typically hear with a large bass driver. As they say about Tannoy DC's "Once heard hard to forget" 

I listen to vinyl these days and the Nottingham Analog Dais TT blends perfectly with this system - It has a slightly warm tone, typically use a Denon 103D & Decca Blue cartridge. The Decca loves old school rock & grungy blues. The Denon loves classical and Jazz. 

I've finished fiddling with this system, one day I'll get around to mounting the pre-amp in a suitable box and make the amps look slightly less frankenstein. 

More than happy to sit back and listen to music these days.

If I had one suggestion 
Enjoy what you have and stop lusting over equipment which in most cases is stupidly unattainable & ultimately fails to satisfy 
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Room Details

Dimensions: 20’ × 17’  Large
Ceiling: 15’

Components Toggle details

    • Tannoy DIY Arden, 15" Dual Concentric Speakers Tannoy
    Old School 1978 vintage. Made personally by Scott Krix - Krix loudspeakers - back in the day
    • DIY CD Transport Philips CD Pro 2 Mechanism
    DIY CD Transport
    • Phono Pre-Amp Audio Note Kit Signature 2
    2 stage phono preamp supplied by ANK in Canada.
    12AX7 input followed by 6922.
    40db of gain
    • 4P1L Pre-Amp DIY
    4P1L Pre-Amp using Lundahl stepdown transformer.
    Voltage gain 2.
    5 inputs.
    • DIY Valve Amp EML520B
    DIY Single ended EML520B amp.
    Three stage 6J5 input - 6EM7 power triode - EML520B final.
    Seperate High & Low Voltage power supplies. 
    • Creative Audio DDDAC DAC DAC
    DIY NOS DAC
    • Phono Step Up Transformer SUT
    Lundahl LL1931 & Cine Mag 1254
    • Audio Turntable Nottingham Analogue
    Dais with two 12" arms both NA Anna & Space arms

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Actually, Johno, I have three subs. One is a 15" passive Tannoy sub, with a Crown amp powering it. Another one was a Velodyne 12" sub that had a 15" passive radiator. I took it all apart (it was not a very musical sounding sub, but it was loud), so I removed the passive radiator, amp, put insulation in it, two three inch vent tubes, an amplifier from Dayton Audio, and a 12" Emenince bass woofer.

Sounds better than it did before. I also bought a 12" powered subwoofer  from Ron Roesnick. I have a large room, and my Tannoys are only 12," so I decided to use some subwoofers. I don't like over-produced bass, so for the most part you wouldn't know there were three subs in this room. The bass sounds wonderful the way I have the subs set. I was a musician before I became an audiophile, so I want my music to sound real, not hyper real.

And yes, I do enjoy it.
Regards,
Dan

islandmandan

Oh, I also use a tube amp, an 812 output tube amp designed and built for me by Paul  Birkeland of Bottlehead. Best tube amp I've ever owned, and supremely quiet in operation.

Regardss,
Dan

islandmandan

Nice choice in loudspeakers, I sure love my custom designed and built 150 liter bass-reflex HPD 315's. Custom designed crossovers designed for me by Dr. Arthur Loesch, (and built by myself).

It is a soul-satisfying system on a daily basis, and at my age, it is a godsend.

Please enjoy it on a daily basis!
Regards,
Dan

islandmandan

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