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| $8000 budget on Pre-amp How about a TRON Seven - either line-stage or the pre-amp with on board phono? Great boutique British tube pre-amp with impeccable build and excellent SQ. | |
| London Decca Can you guys give me some tips on how to achieve 90% of the Decca at a fraction of the price?John, buy an used Decca and send it to John Wright in the Shropshire, UK for a rebuild. JW designed the Jubilee and Reference and builds all the current L... | |
| Pass Labs amps and Avantgarde speakers You might want to have a listen to TRON, a bespoke UK valve amplifier company. Graham Tricker, the designer, distributes AG in the UK and has designed his amplifiers specifically to run with AG and other high efficiency horns. He has a distributor... | |
| More turntable set up problems HollyThe noise you describe like a transistor radio sounds like Mistracking by the cartridge.Does this sound distorted through both channels or just one? If it is just one, (or if one is worse) then swap the tubes round in your phono stage. If it ... | |
| Tonearm for London Reference Hadcock or Decca International. A Schroeder works well too.Alternatively a linear tracker like the Terminator TPro3.i have used my Deccas (C4E, Garrott Gold & Maroon) on Hadcocks and Schroeders. Both are great matches. | |
| Decca London Gold cartridge nightmare All the Decca cartridges are now still made under the London brand by John Wright in Bridgnorth, UK. The Reference is still made and they have now introduced a Professional cartridge for DJs with a spherical tip and front/back ties for the cantile... | |
| What cartridge do I get now? Glad to hear you're pleased. You would have to spend a lot of money to beat a properly fettled Decca.Charlie | |
| What cartridge do I get now? JW normally turns things round in a week. Let us know what you think. | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? TRON Seven Reference built specially for my Decca C4E. Just brilliant! Heres my review of it.http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?92665-Seven-Heaven-TRON-style | |
| What cartridge do I get now? JW will sort your Decca out. A Paratrace tip will make a big difference. If its fettled properly and matched with a decent arm and phono stage, it is a truly astonishing pick-up.Charlie | |
| What cartridge do I get now? Send your Decca/London to John Wright for a rebuild with a Paratrace tip. You will be astonished how good it is. The Deccas prefer 33k loading according to John.My Decca C4E is astonishingly good and i prefer it to my Allaerts MC1B. I posted a rev... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? TRON Seven Reference phono stage. This has just arrived and has been built to match my 1968 vintage Decca London C4E FFSS MkIV cartridge. The TRON phono stage is just stunning, elevating the Decca to a new plane. Worth every penny. | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers If it sounds like white noise, then the signal to noise ratio on your preamp is not high enough to use with the AG horns. If it sounds like 50/60Hz harmonics, then it may be due to your power supply/transformer saturation/DC offset etc.Finding hig... | |
| Stand out phono stages Have put my money where my mouth is. New TRON Seven Reference phono for my vintage Decca London C4E cartridge - stunning. Very different to my Allaerts MC1B through my TRON Meteor Preamp (with on board MC phono). Very happy with both options on my... | |
| After market Motor + Belt drive for Verdier Maril555I bought my GT Audio Battery PSU for about £850 as a demonstrator from Graham Tricker (GT) about 7-8 years ago.When I was last at his place collecting my TRON Voyager power amp, I mentioned that there was some interest in the Verdier PSU. ... |