Patrician 800s = effortless scale, plus they do the little things well too, the 30" woofers are misunderstood and often discounted, mainly by people that have not heard them, The Fisher 200 mono amps are beautifully restored...The Reference Lenco is amazing in everyway, Just got a music server running off a Macbook and that has made Digital fun (for now).
Also Using afew Reel to Reels and the current favorite is a Technics 1500US, I have 1 Tape Project tape (Waltz for Debby) and hope to get more! I have a large collection of Pre recorded Classical and Jazz tapes...
Jean's Latest and best...This is exactly like Arthur Salvatore's He likes his also!
Lenco L75 Green Monster
The Infamous Green Monster was sent to 6moons for review, later it landed in my livingroom and stayed there for 3 years!
Lenco L75
Massive 2 armed Lenco, 80lbs, designed and built by Jean Nantais. Wood finishing done by Mr Habib, a true craftsman, burled oak top plate, Mahogany sides. The plinth itself is MDF and Russian Birch ply. All the latest Jean tweaks! I have just this week mounted this on an Apollo wall shelf and that really helped the performance of the MG-1 arm. And the Rega arm is no slouch, the Expressimo mods take this arm about as far as an RB300 can go!
Technics SP-10 mkII
SP10 MK II in Obsidian Base EPA100 Tonearm, a Classic
DACT Phono Kit
This is a wonderful phono section, also has the dual mono Dact PS's
Electro Voice Patrician 800
Mine are a mathched pair , consecutive serial numbers from around 1962 as near as I can figure, They are pefrfect in everyway and superb speakers, Work very well in my livingroom (1955 Campeau Bungalows always sound good!) These have the famous (infamous 30" Woofers) Other Drivers are the T350/T25A/SP12D
Fisher Model 200
Interstage Transformer, Mono Blocks, Treasure Tube and or xf2 Mullards
SME 3012
SME series II , aluminum arm wand
MG-1 Air Bearing
Amazing value, amazing performer. Easy to set-up, easy to use. Needed the wall shelf,Works very well with the Grado Platinum.
Audible Illusions Modulus 3A
Superb....John Curl Gold Board too!
McIntosh MR-67
RM Mods, Wood Case, I Love this tuner
Large collection of cartridges Decca, Grace, Shure, Grado
I have a rather large collection of cartridges, mainly moving magnets. Shure V15xMR, V15 V. V15 III. V15 II. M97HE. Grado Platinum. Decca Super Gold. Grace F9E, Grace Ruby (Gold body), Grace F9Ruby, AT 20 SLa Limited Edition. Signet (several - Shibatas) and dozens of others, Vintage mainly.
Quad UK & Marantz 8B Quad II
Mono Blocks for my Quad 57s. Large assortment of tubes, currently a nice quad of GEC I bought here on Audiogon. The Marantz was my very first piece of classic Tube gear, bought it at a garage sale for $6 (Cnd). It has Mullard EL34 power tubes. Drives the Quads nicely.
Quad U S A ESL-57
These Quads are my pride and JOY! They are simply the most fun out there. Everything good you've heard about these is TRUE.
Thanks Albert, Maybe we can work out a trade for say... a certain Walker TT? The Lenco with the MG-1 is the finest analog playback I've had in my home in 25 years of trying this and that. It was frustrating at times getting it fully set-up, but I've had lots of help from Jean, who is in my neighborhood and also another friend who has the same turntable, It was actually his father who masterfully did the finishing woodwork on our respective Lencos, both have the MG-1 arm. The wall mount was needed in my Vintage 1955 house with hardwood floors. The MG-1 is easy to set-up, and when fully tweaked and level is amazing. The whole project was fun. The 57s and Quad II amps continue to amaze/thrill me. 50 years old completely stock pieces. Walker's Wounders for sure!! John T
Everything looks great except for the custom Lenco. I suggest you ship it to me for long term storage, I promise to use it frequently to be sure the bearing does not dry out.
And 5,000 LP's?
Don't you realize digital is the wave of the future? I suggest you ship all those "old" vinyl records to me at the same time. After all, what kind of a friend would I be, unless I was willing to help out a fellow Audiogon member?
(Seriously, a great looking system, wish I could hear the turntable).
The stands were made using Ikea "the Jerkker" office/computer desk. I bought two of the office desks, If there is an Ikea close to you, be sure to check-out the "scratch and dent" section. All that is needed is the uprights. These will need to be cut down to size. My stands place the speaker 17.5" off the ground, straight up and down. I removed and stored the original feet and cheeks, The stands have been simply screwed in to the wood frames, 36" threaded rods are used for support, in 3 spots, top, bottom and middle. A very simple stand to make, about 45 minutes and they are up. It made all the difference in the world in my listening room. Let me know if plan to try these stands and can send you some detailed photos and exact measurements, Thanks, John
