wrote in message
...
On Mar 5, 8:45 pm, Graham Easterling
wrote:
By now I had progressed to a Hi-Fi system: A Garrard SP25 MK 11 deck
with a Shure M55 E Magnetic cartridge -the e stood for elliptical
which meant that it really gave good cross talk results on the old
stereo. I had a Teleton transistor amp and this time I set the system
up in my parent's kitchen where it was a damn site warmer than the
bloody backroom.

Same cartridge (I think - it was certainly a Shure eliptical), Garrard
SP25 MKIV deck, Amstrad 20W channel amp (it was a lot of power then)
and Wharfedale Denton speakers. Got the lot for my 21st birthday. I'd
long left home, so there were no parents to moan at the volume. Still
got the Wharfedale speakers. Was a fan of The Kinks & The Who, but was
never a Mod, eventually became more of a hippy. Went to the early
Cambridge Folk Festivals, saw the Fairports etc.

Still love seeing live music.

Graham
Penzance

I'd moved on to the Wharedale Dovedales by 1971 and was happily
listening to Harvest that summer. My first trip to Perranporth was in
72 and wonderful it was. Turntable wise I eventually progessed to a
Linn Sondek but have to say I found that deck so overated.
-------------------------------
Yep A Garrard SP25 MK 11 deck with a Shure M55 E Magnetic cartridge here as
well ! I could only afford a Metrosound ST20 amp (transistor and rated at
the time though) and big Decca Deram speakers till I built my own .Now what
about those big Koss earphones?

Dave