Articles on the subject of great systems usually tell a tale of constant upgrades from humble beginnings until the owner has a high-end system that many of us can only dream of. Yet musical satisfaction can still be achieved using modest equipment -plus a little ingenuity. I worked long and hard to build a system that gave me huge amounts of pleasure. It comprised a Linn LP12 with Ittok tonearm, Quad 77 pre and power amps and a pair of Mission 7S0LE loudspeakers. Digital delights came via another Quad piece, a 77 CD player. This system was my pride and joy and gave my wife and me many years of musical enjoyment. And then redundancy hit. With a heavy heart, off my system went to Gumtree and Preloved for sale.
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