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#11431 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Ant wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 4:31 pm Anyone built or heard this? Just curious

http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/TranscendentRIAA.htm
Ant, the Silks are great (and on my short list for a new passive attenuator) and you won't go far wrong with a Transcendent kit - they're well thought out, relatively easy builds and my experience of several Rozenblit-based projects (including a couple of his kits) is that they always sound very good. Your old man has built a couple of Transcendent kits as I recall.
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#11432 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Looks like circa £300/par for the 1:10/1:20 option plus postage. Fixed ratio ones £225 plus postage.
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#11433 Re: Nothing In Particular

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The silks do look semi reasonable money if the prices Mike found were for a pair, Im quite happy with the lda ha1 that nick lent me for step up duties, when it has to go back I think I'll be looking at ss step ups rather than transformers, but that's just me preferring ss to TX in this particular application. I was more interested in the circuit itsself as it looks to be fairly uncomplicated, and having heard how good both the early 300b otl and rays fabulous transcendent based 300b, and the other transcendent otl with the pl509s in it are I though it might be an interesting project to look into
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#11434 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Sorry, I realised my previous post was a bit ambiguous, what I should have said is'

'...the Silks are great (and their TVCs are on my short list for a new passive attenuator)...'
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It’s your heid that’ll be boiling.. :D
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pre65 wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 9:24 am
More conservatory sorting out yesterday. Loads more rubbish in the van, and some stuff to the bottom shed.
Now I've got some space, I'm starting to move things from the dining area (hi-fi project dump area) to the conservatory.

I've just found my old T amp, a TA-2020 from memory, and with a thick dust layer. It'll be interesting to see what it sounds like after many years of hidingness.
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It wont have improved but it is remarkable how small cheap cheerful it was. NXT used to make matching cardboard speakers- perfect for the beach... mosquito coast perhaps.
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#11439 Re: Nothing In Particular

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andrew Ivimey wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 1:04 pm It wont have improved but it is remarkable how small cheap cheerful it was. NXT used to make matching cardboard speakers- perfect for the beach... mosquito coast perhaps.
Didn't you have a relation who worked for NXT ?

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#11440 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Yes. NXT went bust though, the patents went to Samsung, I believe.
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Well well, "couth " is an actual word. :D
 
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Mike H wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 2:15 pm Well well, "couth " is an actual word. :D
...whereas "gruntled" isn't...
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#11443 Re: Nothing In Particular

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pre65 wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 12:27 pm Now I've got some space, I'm starting to move things from the dining area (hi-fi project dump area) to the conservatory.
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#11444 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Is it just me or is anyone else being invaded by moths?
 
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#11445 Re: Nothing In Particular

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It's just you, Mike. With me it's punctures. Also honey bees, a week or two back.
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