The 'I Did a Thing' Thread

I did a thing that, for once, didn't cost me anything.

I'd read in various places that it's best to keep your phono preamp away from the other system components, but with my space, I'd never seen a way to do anything other than cram everything onto one shelf, as pictured below. So on the left that's a Gold Note PH-10 phono preamp atop a Gold Note PSU-10 power supply, on the right a Quad Artera Play + (preamp) atop a Quad Stereo (amp).

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Flush with the success of my wood-under-turntable project (posted in the Equipment Recommendations thread) :D, I decided I finally was going to make a change, but I had only a small space beside my stereo cabinet to work with. Measured the space and began searching the house for some kind of right-sized platform for the phono preamp/power supply. One thing led to another, and I ended up grabbing from my garage two ancient Acoustic Research speakers that offer the perfect dimensions for my space, and stacked one on the other provide a great height for placement of the phono preamp/power supply. Like so:

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And now the Quads have some breathing room. It's not perfect, but it'll work.

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I did a thing a few weeks ago…

I bought a Bryston BP-25DA preamp and BP1.5 phono just to get the phono. Yes, I already had a black BP-25DA, but the pair were a package deal. The both the preamp and phono had a few minor age-related issues. Turns out the pre-amp is still covered by the 20-year warranty! But the phono is old AF. Both get packaged up tonight for a trip back to Canada for a refresh at Bryston repair.

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I'm ashamed at how quickly I made an offer for this listing when I saw it pop up under my saved eBay searches. On the other hand, I'm amazed at how quickly the seller accepted it without negotiation.

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Hoping the seller doesn't flake out, considering they sold a Car Seat Headrest test press a few months ago for much much more.
 
Selaws said:
Great score there! Are they all Japanese pressings?

The Freddie Redd is especially good in my opinion. I love his music and his later stuff away from Blue Note is fantastic too. Although saying that I have to say that The Connection is one of my favourite jazz albums of all time. So so good.
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Yes, all Japanese pressings. The Donaldson and Redd are from the Blue Note 4000 Series Ultra Collection (both 1992 pressings) and the Burrell is a '78 King pressing. Was just listening to the Freddie Redd and it sounds fantastic. Thanks for the recommendation on The Connection!
 
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