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by savvypaul
Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:45 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: MASTERMIND......?
Replies: 15
Views: 3660
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Re: MASTERMIND......?

Cricket fielding positions...
by savvypaul
Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:17 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: Not a good weekend...
Replies: 27
Views: 7117
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Re: Not a good weekend...

My Dad had dementia. Towards the end, the only time he remembered anything very clearly was when I played him his old music tapes. Consequently we spent most early evenings singing Irish rebel songs as loud as we could manage. Apart from the obvious, those must have been good times for the both of ...
by savvypaul
Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:13 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: Not a good weekend...
Replies: 27
Views: 7117
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Re: Not a good weekend...

Good that you're talking about it...and good that you're still making each other laugh. My Dad had dementia. Towards the end, the only time he remembered anything very clearly was when I played him his old music tapes. Consequently we spent most early evenings singing Irish rebel songs as loud as we...
by savvypaul
Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: cd player
Replies: 25
Views: 6137
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Re: cd player

A PC with a decent DAC is my choice, these days. Use something like 'Exact Audio Copy' to rip your CDs. You can also stream CD quality files from Tidal and Qobuz for a flat monthly fee, and download 24 bit recordings from Qobuz, Linn, Hyperion and a few others, which sound magnificent. If, like me, ...
by savvypaul
Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:27 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: Advice on Speaker Stands
Replies: 173
Views: 40387
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Re: Advice on Speaker Stands

jammy395 wrote:Then perhaps he should buy a fukin nail gun Geofff....... :guiness;
I think Russ Andrews do an 'audiophile fukin nail gun' that has been treated with deoxit and rewired with Kimber cable and a silver mains fuse...
by savvypaul
Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Obits
Replies: 1125
Views: 735364
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Re: Obits

Micky Fitz of The Business. Diamond geezer...very sad news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P0zcxSxPaQ

A bit sweary...
by savvypaul
Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:38 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Where do I go from here?
Replies: 26
Views: 8368
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Re: Where do I go from here?

Lossless streaming - Tidal or Qobuz - and a decent budget dac should make a very obvious improvement. The £300m NVA starter pre-power combo looks to be about the best bargain in hifi. I had a pair of Rogers LS4 for a while. Mine were the 4a/2 variant. They were quite even handed but a bit plummy and...
by savvypaul
Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:48 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi mythology
Replies: 59
Views: 14058
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Re: Hi-Fi mythology

You have a mountain to climb, but each 'face' offers different challenges to the climber. In terms of audio, there are many ways of getting a high quality sound in your listening room/studio or whatever and the best ones are valid for different people and tastes. For example, I got cross on the HUG...
by savvypaul
Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:45 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi mythology
Replies: 59
Views: 14058
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Re: Hi-Fi mythology

George Hincapie wrote:What's wrong with Harbeths then? Aren't they very good?
I currently have a pair of Cube 1 and a pair of Harbeth P3ESR. If you would like to hear the audio equivalent of chalk vs cheese, feel free to drop by.
by savvypaul
Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:59 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi mythology
Replies: 59
Views: 14058
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Re: Hi-Fi mythology

SteveTheShadow wrote:...even the tiny speaker in a Casio watch was bigged up as a contributor to poor sound from a Linn speaker setup. Absolute :Bllocks:
...takes on a life of it's own through 'willing helpers'; those who feel the need to appear more knowledgeable, or more 'in with the leader'.