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#1 A late hello

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hi - my name is John and I have been fiddling with hi-fi and basic audiofoolery for some 40 years.
Nothing esoteric I'm afraid, just what I saw as particularly good value for money.
Electronics wise, I couldn't lay egg to bacon but can wire a x/over and with limited but effective woodworking skills have made numerous published loudspeaker designs - some I have regretted disposing of over the years.
My first 'system' consisted of :- BSR mcDonald HT70 turntable and Empire cartridge, Rotel 310 Amp and Wharfedale unit 3 kit loudspeakers - I was thrilled with it.
My present 'system' comprises of :- Goldring GL75 in a cl plinth with a mission 774 arm and Denon dl160 cartridge, Sony CDP 930, Sugden A21a Amp and JR149 speakers supplemented by a BK subwoofer.
I believe that good audio needn't be expensive, its finding what goes with what that can be the expensive part.
My present project is to build a speaker pair designed around the Jordan JX92s drive unit. Silly I know but I have never heard a pair, but got them for half price - well it would be rude not to try wouldn't it.
I hope in the future that I can bring a little to the forum based purely upon experience rather than hearsay. Like most of the contributors on this forum - I have no snob values, so whatever rocks your boat. If it sounds right, then it is right.

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Too late so say Hi, did that already :-)
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Thanks Nick, this really does appear to be an incredibly helpful and good natured forum. I hope that I can give as much as I have gleened from it.

John
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Hi and welcome.Nice little amp the Sugden,I have one of the original wooden-sleeve ones that I drag out occasionally.Good for a sand amp.
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Hi and welcome.Nice little amp the Sugden,I have one of the original wooden-sleeve ones that I drag out occasionally.Good for a sand amp.
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Ali Tait wrote:Hi and welcome.Nice little amp the Sugden,I have one of the original wooden-sleeve ones that I drag out occasionally.Good for a sand amp.
Thanks for your welcome ( twice :) ). Like you I have the original - two in fact, but the on/off volume controls are a bit iffy - so I am looking for two switched potentiometers for them. I find them really nice and smooth and probably sweeter than the a21a. I am a class A admirer as you can see.
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Nowt wrong with a bit of class A!
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Welcome Mr JFS, its good here. Where are you based?
Ali Tait wrote:Nowt wrong with a bit of class A!
You want a bit of class Ali?......... check out mah 50-50 grind from last Sundee..... :-)

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Gnarly!
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Ali Tait wrote:Gnarly!
Yeah dooode :lol:

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[quote="Dave the bass"]Welcome Mr JFS, its good here. Where are you based?

I live in Widnes, a small town that was originally in Lancashire, rejected as an outpost of Merseyside and was adopted ( possibly a sympathetic gesture ) by Cheshire.

Its bang on the M62/M6 corridor so is very good for motorway travel and within 5 miles of the Liverpool airport and approx 25 miles from Manchester Airport.
Just a shame I'm not a jet setter - oh well.
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Welcome John.

Members from Cheshire are still a bit thin on the ground. :)
Much to learn there is.
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South of the Thames even more so :-)

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There seems to be a conflict here in the last two posts !

DTB and "thin on the ground". :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :lol:
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al newall wrote:Welcome John.

Members from Cheshire are still a bit thin on the ground. :)
Hopefully, what we lack in quantity, we can make up for in ------- whoops nearly put my foot in it. :) :)
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