John Hawken (84)

One of the top keyboard players in the 1970's with, amongst others, Renaissance, The Strawbs and Spooky Tooth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hawken

https://i.imgur.com/3MjdurN.jpeg These Hudson Hifi Bigfoot silicone feet under a massive marble slab do wonders for transmitted vibrations on a suspended wooden floor. The humble TT here is literally solid-as-a-rock! Careful observers will also spot rubber washing-machine feet under the CD/DVD play...

I have recently mounted cheap Oehlbach silicone feet under a streaming PC, they cancelled out an audible hum produced by the spinning HDD and cooling fans. Not sure if this improved the SQ but it removed an irritation. I do think that audio equipment with moving parts (TT, CDP) should really be as v...

Cocteau Twins 'The Spangle Maker EP' (1984)



I had been a fan of the Cocteau's since their first LP 'Garlands' but this EP was the point, for me, at which they blew it up into another dimension of pure emotional power.

Still awesome, four decades on.

Bernd Kistenmacher 'Wake Up In The Sun' (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_pVYXxP_Ao There are 'Berlin School' artists who are less well-known than their contemporaries like Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze, one of these is Bernd Kistenmacher who has released a couple of very fine electronic ...

This is the Wiim Mini clone that I use in the kitchen. Works well over wifi, better SQ than Sonos. (needs Twonky on a WD MyCloud). https://hifi-express.com/products/ieast-audiocast-pro?variant=43485413736692 https://hifi-express.com/cdn/shop/products/S83d45576f2874dd399ff2b11450af497a_1024x1024@2x.j...

Apparently Sonos will be revising the app over the next few months in order to put the missing functions back.

Luckily for me, I took my old-style Sonos Connect units out of use about a year ago. They were restricted to 16bit audio only. No hi-res.

Older versions for Android

https://sonos-sonos-inc.en.aptoide.com/versions

Possible fix for Android is to find an older version on the Web and install that, then disable any automatic update possibilities.