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Looks good for £88 squids, Kev. Five pint safe - lest you fall on it, of course, at the 7-8 pint mark!
A fair cop, I think. It is all relative of course. I am massively less well-heeled than I was 6 years ago - but then as a self-employed person I am directly exposed to the chill winds of economic reality rather than sheltering among the ranks of the client-state employed and thereby cushioned. However, it's not a pissing competition. Nobody has it easy now, and peoples' circs. change with alarming speed....I like your claim to be 'indigent' (sic) on an earlier post; pushes forward the yardstick for opulence somewhat..
Robust advice indeed, Kevin. Having recently discovered that the Conqueror is NOT the top of the range and you're looking at a big margin ( esp. of VAT !) to get there makes me a little circumspect !!! Must be a back door somewhere.............Can you figure Baker's business model? Does it matter? Do I care, even? Be a man and make your own mind up about how it sounds!
You owe me a little more than £30 now! After several years of lusting, hmmming and ahhhming and reading your review 15 times, I finally took the plunge and bought the Resolution. Arrived yesterday and not much time to listen to it yet, but at this stage all I can say is WOW!!! I expected an improvement coming from a semi hotrod Techie 1210, but this blew me out of my chair!!Ahhh, what's not to like? In fact, you'll love it. And blame ghthang, not me!
Stop it, I don't want to know!!The recently announced upgrades to the power supply, platter and spindle on the Resolution II are well worthwhile. I had mine done a couple of months ago. They have made an already toe-tapping turntable even more rhythmical, and created even more bottom-end weight and resolution. Amazing how a few incremental changes add up to be so impressive.
An Excellent review Kevin, I was lucky enough to pick up an Illustrious Mk3 of the non carbon arm tube variety off the Wam a few years ago from a chap who couldn't get along with it because he felt the effective mass didn't suit the IO, mine is mounted on a Resolution classic MkII and although my partnering gear of a Benz MC3, Graham Slee and EAR 834P don't come close to your gorgeous AN gear, I absolutely agree that this combination definitely more than hints at your observations.
Has anyone else got an opinion of the Illustrious Mk3 versus the Mk3C?
I've had all three versions of the Illustrious and still using the 3c now.Cant help you out as the time span must be getting on for four years now since I upgraded to the 3C with a lot of kit changes as well.However, I've never been disappointed with all versions of the Illustrious it betters the SMEV5 IMO and some reviewers, even in the mk 1 form.
I agree. I think that the V is bettered by quite a few arms, some of them more costly, but I can also think of two costing less than £800 which show it a clean pair of heels...which is what?... a third of the price of a V?...I've never been disappointed with all versions of the Illustrious it betters the SMEV5 IMO and some reviewers, even in the mk 1 form.