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Deepest sympathy and condolences . :( The R59 has taken so many lives.I dont understand this ...its busy but not that busy .It is a straight road.Why ??? 

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Had LS50s ...and was disappointed.Had them on Accuphase E450,Yamaha A-S1000 and Manley Stingray II ...Sounded the best on the Manley.Perhaps unfair in that I compared them with my Merlins which I am used to...not a fair comparrison.Years ago had KEF Q1s and really liked them. :thumbs:Had them on...

Any base that's heavy and solid.Spikes..the easiest is 5mm steel cut broader than base.If on wooden floors use Prestik to fix the steel to the floor.Carpets ...Cesar stone concrete etc.

My type of speakers  :thumbs: ;)

ATC SCM19 would go down well  ..  :thumbs:

Dig out coax on decoder to a dac....best quality sound  :thumbs: Dig output just a bit softer compared to the rca analogue outputs.

Fantastic fantastic Manley monoblocks ....Those Ei KT90 tubes are irreplaceable.KT90s were developed by David Manley with Ei in Yugoslavia .The factory was destroyed during the war and Ei is no more .Those Ei tubes are now NOS.From my experience with Ei tubes in a Stingray I ...their EL84s and...

You know your system ...you know there is more ...you know its there you just have to find it  ...  you think you read you test you make mistakes sometimes you get a magic component that fits ... You get it right at the end after much trial and error  ...and it is magic !!!  ;D

Stingray II on the Merlins.Simple Sony 760 as transport .... Wadia x64.4 ..connected Monster M1500i(The only one to buy used in the world it seems ...via friend in the States who got it from a seller in the Canada) between Wadia and BAM and M1000i from Merlin BAM to Manley..Siemens ECC801s tubes...

Welcome !! :thumbs:

...and I bought the Tannoy 633s ,which it seems, no one listened too... Place them on stands ...and for the money Brilliant !!! The Gryphon Callisto 2100 makes them sing !! Had a quick listen to the "little" Kingdoms on the Manley Monos ....to say that the scale ,three dimensionality  and...

Oh I have a few ...... Manley Stingray II in 2011 new for R23k.Brilliant amp.Will never sell it.New price now is ....... very expensive. Merlin VSM-MXr /MasterBAM R80k in 2011.My best ever buy in audio .Period Proceed DAP for R1900 ( Unfortuanately in for repairs at our local SA agents,for...

What I like about this design ........ The drivers .Top class. Scanspeak Be tweeter.Legendary 3" ATC mid driver,one of the finest if not the finest.Combined with a huge ATC woofer doing the bass duties.Less reliance from air movement from a port ? One of the biggest mistakes in many commercial...

How about pics of the binding posts and rear firing port ??

"Everyday Boertjies" ..."see how the other side lives" .. "European knowledge" . Funny thing is  ... for this not your everyday Boertjie..who lives on the other side too ...  ;) I am still waiting for the European knowledge to answer whether they bring in the Tannoy Defenition range or not ?? I...

Oh and those ol' Tannoy 633s  .... heading this way.Duties for tv sound in the B system.However, will be driven by The Gryphon Callisto 2100 ....  ;) Thanks Francois  :thumbs:

As an example ...I have owned a few amps ...the most beautiful designs (looks wise) are : The Gryphon Callisto 2100 (matt and gloss black/The Gryphon on the top plate...dark/handsome and ominous...you just sense there is real power lurking) The Leben CS300F (Delicate retro brass with a touch of...

Noticed how many of the mentioned favourites are not current production  ....  ;)

Italian designs are usually very beautiful....for centuries.