Thanks, Ian, I’ve had a look at the Audio Origami website.
So, if I’ve got it right, Johnnie is making new tonearms to the design of the old mark four version of the Syrinx, with the customer being able to choose which metal alloy is used in the construction. That’s quite a service.
I’m left wondering how the arms ‘behave’ (old Syrinx designs had a reputation for drifting out of their ideal set-up) and how much they cost (as I didn’t see any mention of price).
(Not that I’ll ever change from my cherished ARO.)
I looked this up some time ago , and certainly if my memory serves me right there was a connection , the give-away is Syrinx PU2 and the Audio Origami PU7 .
Always thought the PU7 is a lovely arm. In the category with my new Simplinth etc when my Premium Bond comes up
I have a ClearAudio Emotion and I think it’s one of the cleanest looking TT out there
Apologies for the poor quality photo, taken from from a hifi magazine feature.
The unit comprised SP25 Mk2 TT, Sinclair Project 60 preamp, ZX30 power amps and PZ5 power supply, in a custom made french polished wooden plinth. (This pic before the L-shaped perspex dust cover was fitted, with automatically locking stay to hold vertical when lifted.) Star earthing, and din sockets on the side for any external sources.
That looks rather better made than most of the stuff chucked onto an unsuspecting market by the wretched ginger Clive Sinclair. The poor quality of the photo probably made it look better than it did in the flesh, as it were.
Does anyone remember the oversized rollerskate that he attempted to foist onto an indifferent market which he called the C5? I wonder if anyone ever bought one. (Was that the vehicle that Clarkson or one of the other ‘Top Gear’ nuts tried to drive into a lift in an episode of ‘Top Gear’?)
Looks weren’t bad, in french polished redwood stained plywood, though I say it myself.
As for the C5, I liked its looks, but wouldn’t want to drive/ride it in traffic, as if was so low. And pedals in front rather than below are inefficient for cycling.
I think what you recall with Jeremy Clarkson may have been the Isle-of-Man made Peel P50 single seater car, like this I photographed just a few weeks ago:
Yes, that looks much more substantial than anything that the charlatan Sinclair ever cobbled up in his lean-to (or wherever else they were sellotaped together).
Ahh the Denon. In the early 90s, this lived as the most expensive high end CD player available. Yours for GBP 13K. Which was worth considerably more back then.
Bought this together with a cheap dual turntable in 1982.
Can’t comment on performance; it was never hooked up to decent speakers. Marked the beginning of 30 years in hifi wilderness, the good news being I’m all caught up now.
It looks beautifully made, like all Sony stuff from that era. The problem is that it used those wretched cassettes, which never belonged anywhere near a proper music replay system.
Can you imagine how the esteem of Naim products would have plummeted if they had ever got the stillborn Naim cassette player into production? And the value of all our treasured Naim units would probably have halved on the spot.
B&O 9000 6 CD Player. Not mine but destined for the skip at a house I went to view last year; it also had the separate LP Player. I’m still kicking myself for not making an offer for it - the system I mean!
You should’ve bought the house and claimed ownership of the B&O as ‘fixtures and fittings’ as part of the sale price.
(Although it might have cost you less to leave the house, and look for the B&O on eBay or some other similar site.)
I actually have had some experience of using those very B&O products, as they were part of the furniture in a property overlooking Loch Lomond that my late father used to have a timeshare interest in. They were not the highest of ‘fi’, but were easy to use and good enough for background listening, as B&O stuff usually is.
