Has the speaker on the right had too much wine 
With a 300 in the system I’d be looking for a 555PSDR.
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Ivor Tiefenbrun, before the era of posh audio racks, prescribed that his LP12 were placed ‘on a light, rigid coffee table’.
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Great setup. Some lovely vintage gear there.
What are the silver/gold units to the right if I may ask?
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Dealers🙄
You do indeed, Kev. It’s a DR2. I’ve also got BX125 in the loft, which unfortunately does not play. A shame, as I thought it replayed better than the DR2: not easy to get repaired in Kent…
The Technics deck below the Nakamichi does work, though!
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Nope, I’m looking at an XPS not a 555🤷🏻♂️
The big lump on top of the r/h stack is a Sony DVPS9000ES dvd player which will do SACD playback, and below that is my Sony CDP -XA555ES cd player. Both were bought new (at different times!) 20 years or so ago.
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Fantastic!
It’s great that you’re the original owner and I assume looked after them. I bet they sound good too.
I wish I had something like them
Thank you! They are actually in excellent condition for their age.
The DVD player was an extravagant purchase (particularly in the opinion of a chap I worked with at the time), and the CDP replaced a hopeless Arcam Alpha +, which I simply threw away.
You have piqued my interest now: the CDP I bought from the SONY Centre in Ilford on 30/09/2000, and the DVD on 11/08/2001 from Hi-SPEK in Finchley
I also have a Sony STD777ES tuner in the loft 
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I was with Tony @BasicallySound recently, last week, to audition a Naim psu for our nDAC.
(Thinking to add an external psu to our nDAC, which is used with a ND5 XS2).
On this occasion, the 555PS was auditioned. Previously, earlier this year, a XPS DR was also auditioned. Both offer more. Maybe refinement, weight of notes, clearer bass. Just a little more articulate.
Hope that helps?
In-the-meantime, we are thinking about this.
R
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Thanks @ratrat.
I’m going to ask Tony to bring it out and if it works I’ll buy it I think.
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Hi Adam1,
thx for your extended complementary information. Your experiences confirm a try of the new Guru 12 (pre-presented during the Dutch Audio Event begin of this month) with a SN 3 should be fully promising.
Sorry to all for this small topic drift.
Has anyone combined a mana base with Fraim?
Oil and water, there, I think. I’ve never seen it. Which means nothing…
Dico, please let me know how that goes, Gurus are very special
The XPS DR would be very worth while, I ran one with a 252/250. But the 555PS would be quite a bit better again.
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I too have been listening to mine over the weekend with new hearing aids, have a agree with you - huge improvement especially with cymbals 
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Assuming your hearing aid is battery powered, maybe experiment to see if different brands of battery affect the sound?
Or swap the battery for, um… some sort of external power supply?
#tweakingisforever
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