OK Arny, I just posted a few clips recorded with mics to demonstrate (as
far as is possible, given the constraints) the sound I get from my SET
amp (homebrew, not Chinese in this instance) from vinyl on my Lowthers
and I don't think it sounds too bad:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...%20Complex.mp3


Here's the mic arrangement - only a handspan from the driver as you can
see, so it's too far forward to gather much bass (the speakers exit to
the rear) and it's getting the surface/needle noise full-on:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/OktavaSetup.JPG


And here's a little wobblicam movie (massively compressed) to establish
certain 'bona fides', should they be necessary:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...ng%20Setup.wmv


(Ignore the rather plain decor - that wall doubles as my second *movie
screen* !! :-)

Now, love it or hate it (play the clip twice to acclimatise), that sound
is about as 'handcrafted' as I can make it - I built the amp from a pile
of parts, I built the speakers from whole sheets of MDF (way better than
ply - ignore the *experts*), I built the Phono Stage from a commercial
kit and I replinthed a 20 dollar ****e old turntable in worktop offcuts
from my recent kitchen rebuild. (The cart, you may be interested to
know, is a dirt cheap Ortofon that turned up here on a deck at some
stage.)

I like it. Visitors here like it. Please list why you don't like it in
order of *greatest loathing*....

:-)

"Keith G" wrote in message

OK Arny, I just posted a few clips recorded with mics to
demonstrate (as far as is possible, given the
constraints) the sound I get from my SET amp (homebrew,
not Chinese in this instance) from vinyl on my Lowthers
and I don't think it sounds too bad:
http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...%20Complex.mp3


Here's the mic arrangement - only a handspan from the
driver as you can see, so it's too far forward to gather
much bass (the speakers exit to the rear) and it's
getting the surface/needle noise full-on:
http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/OktavaSetup.JPG


And here's a little wobblicam movie (massively
compressed) to establish certain 'bona fides', should
they be necessary:
http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...ng%20Setup.wmv


(Ignore the rather plain decor - that wall doubles as my
second *movie screen* !! :-)

Let's put it this way - neither the music nor the reproduction of it is to
my tastes. I guess my ears have too much HF response that still works. Also,
the music is hardly complex.
Now, love it or hate it (play the clip twice to
acclimatise), that sound is about as 'handcrafted' as I
can make it - I built the amp from a pile of parts, I
built the speakers from whole sheets of MDF (way better
than ply - ignore the *experts*), I built the Phono Stage
from a commercial kit and I replinthed a 20 dollar ****e
old turntable in worktop offcuts from my recent kitchen
rebuild. (The cart, you may be interested to know, is a
dirt cheap Ortofon that turned up here on a deck at some
stage.)
I like it. Visitors here like it. Please list why you
don't like it in order of *greatest loathing*....

:-)

"Keith G" wrote in message


I like it. Visitors here like it. Please list why you
don't like it in order of *greatest loathing*....

(1) Tinny
(2) Gritty

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message


I like it. Visitors here like it. Please list why you
don't like it in order of *greatest loathing*....

(1) Tinny


Sure it's a *microphone* recording! (They're always tinny - the mics are
only telling it like it is in that room!)


(2) Gritty


That'll be your headphones!

Try this one, I suspect it's more your sort of thing:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...Resistance.mp3


(Don't confuse *clarity* with 'gritty'!! ;-)

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
. ..
"Keith G" wrote in message


I like it. Visitors here like it. Please list why you
don't like it in order of *greatest loathing*....

(1) Tinny


Sure it's a *microphone* recording! (They're always tinny - the mics
are only telling it like it is in that room!)


(2) Gritty


That'll be your headphones!

Try this one, I suspect it's more your sort of thing:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...Resistance.mp3


(Don't confuse *clarity* with 'gritty'!! ;-)


Forgot to say the setup is *unchanged* from before!