Thanks, Hugh. The speakers look quite, erm, basic - I’m sure they don’t sound it!
Lovely to see some 70s electronics being cared for and still in use.
Mark
Thanks, Hugh. The speakers look quite, erm, basic - I’m sure they don’t sound it!
Lovely to see some 70s electronics being cared for and still in use.
Mark
Well and truly in the doghouse, apologies again HH, it’s a really enjoyable thread and I should have been more thoughtful in my choice of post.
Please don’t apologise. It really doesn’t matter. I was being over sensitive. Have you posted your own system yet? If not, let’s have a look!
Here it is…
Nice little Meridian tuner hiding there too Richard. Is it still used ?
Next week an acoustics expert comes over to do some measurements and re-check the positioning of the speakers. For the moment I am very satisfied with my set-up and no intentions to make big changes (apart from some small cable tweaks). The only thing that was on my wish-list was a full acoustics check, and that will happen now.
Looking forward
Iver
It was… I put it in the system when I sold the Lecson FMT2. I guess in a way it was the FMT2’s successor, being the next Boothroyd Stuart tuner design. It’s a really nice little tuner, and of course it takes up little room (sideways at least, if not in depth) and fits in spaces where other tuners cannot. However, the NAT03 that arrived over the Summer rather stole its place in the system, so it may be going elsewhere.
Do you ever regret selling the FMT2?
When I first got into hi-fi in the mid 70s, the system I aspired to but could never quite afford at the time included the Lecson AC1/AP3 (or AP1) amplifier and the Lecson FMT2 tuner. To my eyes, their design aesthetic has never been beaten. I already had the turntable (Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference with Transcriptors 9" Fluid arm) to sit alongside the Lecsons, but just couldn’t afford them.
I would love to have the amps and tuner nowadays as ornaments to sit alongside my Revox B77/II, even if they would never be switched on.
I did wonder whether I might have some regrets, but none so far. It sold for a lot of money and that paid for not just the NAT03 but also a beautifully restored Omega Speedmaster Professional Mk.II.
In truth it was probably a better ornament than it was tuner. You want a tuner like the SFM2 for its striking looks and its rarity. Build quality wasn’t a patch on Naim, although I guess it did remarkably well considering how old it was. It sounded pretty good too, although again, a Naim tuner such as the NAT03 is better still. Mine probably would have benefited from a service and I recommended that to the buyer, who was UK based. I think that would definitely see a good step up in performance. I still have the matching pre-amp, and that is basically an ornament these days, alongside a Bellini designed Yamaha TC-800 and a Nakamichi 700 Tri-Tracer.
My fav time of the day - evening for some quiet listening.
Little diy Xmas decor.
Rumer, so smooth. Easy listening.
Lovely! Sonus Faber make such beautiful speakers.
Beautiful system and room Iver
Claude
Are you hiring?
Beautiful setup. Do you get a lot of sound reflection as well if not quadraphonic?
Excellent - I was about to suggest that the last place any Nakamichi needs to be is “out of view” - how I lusted for one of these as a younger person.
Lovely setting Iver.
Of course, Belgians are knows for their excellent taste!
… in chocolate! ATB Peter
I see you using gaias… I l love mine… what did they bring to the Fabers?
Hi @Neilb1906, thanks for your note. For me Gaia’s are “no-brainers” and I’d recommend anyone to at least test them. I initially used them on my previous Focal Kanta II speakers and got great results with them. When I moved to the Sonus Faber’s Olympica Nova 3’s I was lucky I could re-use them. Bass is so much firmer and better controlled. Recommended !
Iver