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by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:14 am
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: AVATAR
Replies: 20
Views: 12713

Re: AVATAR

Can you please please please please pick an avatar. it is bloody irritarting not to be able to recoignise people instantly by the picture , also it is confusing my little brain , more than once ive read something and thought thats most unlike that person only to realise its a shared avatar . :mrgreen:
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:57 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Cartridge Demagntizier
Replies: 4
Views: 4192

Cartridge Demagntizier

hello knowledgeable fellow forum members . so ive read all the theory upon demagntising low output moving coils ,apparentlyt its either a revelation in removing a layer of god's know what to make the cartridge more transparent and zingy - just like when it was new or , it is a self defeating solutio...
by Daniel Quinn
Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Jerry's ongoing system blog
Replies: 569
Views: 148092

Re: Jerry's ongoing system blog

Now now Jerry, my excuse for ego centric posts, is I was very very drunk. :D Given the understanding your EQ has received, not quite sure your last post is in keeping with the leeway you have hitherto been afforded. :think: p.s well done to Bradley Wiggins , team sky and Dave Brailsford . pps - BBC ...
by Daniel Quinn
Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:38 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Jerry's ongoing system blog
Replies: 569
Views: 148092

Re: Jerry's ongoing system blog

I think the docs being kind cause you got a pioneer :D MBL speakers and a £40 graphic equaliser that is the best juxtaposition of equipment I ever seen, congrats Jerry :D Seriously though i do think you make a valid point vis-a-vis vinyl recordings. I am obessed with the first 5 genesis albums, :oop...
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:39 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: BBC World Service Gear Auction
Replies: 35
Views: 15147

Re: BBC World Service Gear Auction

Anyway I will concede on the BBC but it would have been even better if they hadn't bought all that crap they are auctioning, Sony midi systems :x there really is some crap and try as i might i cant think of any reason which could justify the amount of equipment they have .perhaps William Hague will...
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:06 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: BBC World Service Gear Auction
Replies: 35
Views: 15147

Re: BBC World Service Gear Auction

Cliche Dr Honeydew :shock: the bbc costs each of us 50 pence per day , id pay triple that for Radio 4 only . its funding begins and ends with the licence fee. compared to sky the bbc is unbelievable value and parsimony personified . Sure you can point to areas which seem unreasonable - director gene...
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:25 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: BBC World Service Gear Auction
Replies: 35
Views: 15147

Re: BBC World Service Gear Auction

Cant dispute that DOC, . I was merely defending the BBC which after the NHS is the finest public institution in the world . :dance:
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:22 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: what do you do?
Replies: 72
Views: 28967

Re: what do you do?

Gromit wrote:What do I do?
As little as possible. 8-)
don't you just eat cheese and invent things with wallace? :D
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:06 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: BBC World Service Gear Auction
Replies: 35
Views: 15147

Re: BBC World Service Gear Auction

Whilst there does appear to be an awful lot of equipment [potential waste], to be fair to the BBC i would point out that the world service and Bush House have historically been funded by the foreign office budget, and will be until next year. The change in funding is one reason for the move from Bus...
by Daniel Quinn
Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:29 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Is there a way of making my speakers better?
Replies: 28
Views: 13845

Re: Is there a way of making my speakers better?

I did the same, but I used 14mm granite breadboards from wilkinsons £10 each. Something identical described are Wilson Benesch stone plinths which are £250 on ebay :lol: :lol: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Isolation-Plinths-for-Wilson-Benesch-Krell-Audio-/170872615280?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Speaker_Stands_B...