Nick, I think the problem with the unamed one has been his form on forums. You obviously haven't forgotten the cable saga on AOS. No, but there was more to that than may be apparent. You and me must have a beer one day. I have tried to get his misunderstanding of how he can seem on forums under con...

My only criticism is you are a perfect case to direct sell, yet you use a........................(expletives deleted). But obviously just my opinion.

I suspect that you and the unnamed one are closer in outlook than different.

Exactly And if you have to do it and are dictated to by bean counters and the professional :Bllocks: merchants you are on a hiding to nothing, but you have a job. Yep, there is a bit more to it than that, but I agree semi-pro is close enough. When I was just doing audio electronics as a hobby, it q...

designing stuff because he wants to

IMHO, doing it for any other reason will always be below the best. What can be more fun than making new stuff and solving new problems. And best of all it plays music. .

No Kirks. (Or any other foreign religions - Embrace Celtic Polytheism)

I think my original point has been missed "we can't rely on a single individual to determine whether reproduced music sounds as it should". We have to have a consensus. So the discussion has taken us around to agreeing on what I said in the first place. I can compare two resistors using a...

Its not just prog that can be guilty of self indulgence. Guitarist (in several genres) in particular are prone (IMHO) to cross the line between music and indulgence. But its very subjective, I know a lot of the music I listen to could be accused.

I would suggest turning it around, and defining a good hifi system as one that allows the greatest range of music to be enjoyed. I know of several recordings that when played on a good system are hugely enjoyable, but on the wrong system seem to be noise.

George Hincapie wrote:Digital Coax connection has gone on my CD63. I am now having to use optical. So sad

It's done well though, bought it 25 years ago. Doesn't owe me anything.

If the optical is still working, then its probably the driver that’s failed. Should be easy to repair.

Maybe, but that is setting the bar rather low .