Bore da from North Wales, UK!

[Marco1408]

Hi Marco, Great to have you in our midst! When I have a moment (at present I'm writing a book, so very little spare time) I'll go for a peek at AoS. Bruce

Cheers, Bruce. I'll try and pop in when I can. What book are you writing?

Marco.

 

[Marco1408]

There's a Technics 1200 owner in AoS? I'm shocked!

Welcome to the Haven, Marco. I hope you enjoy our quiet little corner of the interweb.

Haha - cheers! Yes, there are 'one or two' owners of 'Techies' on AoS. I like to think that in some small way AoS and I have contributed to the popularity in judiciously modifying them to become genuine 'audiophile' turntables.

Are you a vinyl man - if so, which T/T do you use?

Marco.

 

[Marco1408]

Hey Marco!

I'm living in South West Germany, in the Black Forest.

Cheers!

Nice one, Chris - a beautiful part of the country. My parents and I toured around that area by car in the early 80s. Some of the scenery was stunning, and I remember sampling the (often much maligned) Black Forest gateau, as it was *supposed* to taste!

Marco.

 

[prime minister]

Haha - cheers! Yes, there are 'one or two' owners of 'Techies' on AoS. I like to think that in some small way AoS and I have contributed to the popularity in judiciously modifying them to become genuine 'audiophile' turntables.

Are you a vinyl man - if so, which T/T do you use?

Marco.

AoS is where I went to when I started working on my Kenwood project. Lots of great info over there. It's the first DD table I've really loved, especially now with the FR arm on it. Replaced a modded up Rega RP6 in my system. I won't say it sounds better then the Rega, but It certainly a much nicer vinyl spinning experience.

 

[Marco1408]

Nice one.. Were you an active contributor then or just a lurker? If the former, what's your username?

Marco.

 

[prime minister]

Nice one.. Were you an active contributor then or just a lurker? If the former, what's your username?

Marco.

Active would be overstating it, but I did put some posts up. I'll have to dig up my screen name. No clue what it was.

 

[BruceK]

Cheers, Bruce. What book are you writing?

Marco.

Illustrated biography of W. A. Dwiggins (1880-1956), a New England designer of printing types and books, calligrapher, illustrator, marionette engineer, theatrical set designer, writer, humorist, etc. Almost 500 pages, over 1200 illustrations so has turned out to be a mammoth undertaking. As for me, I use a Well Tempered Classic (square motor) with black damped platter, Well Tempered carbon fiber arm, Te Kaitora Rua, Audiomat phono stage. LPs are the greatest. Well, I take that back. Music is the greatest!

 

[Marco1408]

Interesting stuff, Bruce, and obviously a talented chap! That's a rather nice T/T you've got, too

Marco.

 

[ColinWonfor]

Welcome to the Haven, Marco. we meet again, he he

 

[Marco1408]

Ola, Colin!

Hope you're having a nice day.

Marco.

 

[guiller]

Ciao Marco! Welcome to the HFH community!

 

[Marco1408]

Ciao amico, e grazie molto!

Marco.

 

[ColinWonfor]

Ola, Colin!

Hope you're having a nice day.

Marco.

Not this morning minor floods and the path to my workshop (pit) is under water the pit is dry so back to designing today and writing up BOM's yuk

 

[Marco1408]

Nightmare, mate... I've heard that there's a lot of rain down your way just now. Hope it dries up soon. I'll send some sunshine down from North Wales, as it's been gorgeous here recently!

Marco.