Sat at the farm this afternoon and it is literally pussing it down.
Could be my imagination but my sound system seems to sound better when its raining I am waiting for the first person to come along and say its all
Soggy sonics
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Re: Soggy sonics
Another bloody memory - Jimmy H had a humidifier in his room on many of my Sunday visits there back in the day right since the early 80's.
Certainly not bollocks at all - our ears and minds are sensitive to all manner of things, which is why I don't particularly trust mine at all, even though they're all I have to enjoy music by
Certainly not bollocks at all - our ears and minds are sensitive to all manner of things, which is why I don't particularly trust mine at all, even though they're all I have to enjoy music by
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...The time has gone, The song is over, Thought I'd something more to say...
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Re: Soggy sonics
Not bollocks. I had Quad ESL57 nearly 40 years ago, highly modified by me. One of the tricks to make them really sing was to get the ironing or rose spray set on very fine and spray the speaker, they suddenly open up, mostly apparent if it is dry central heating type atmosphere normally.
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Re: Soggy sonics
You know this will only start a debate on the different sonic abilities of tap v bottle v distilled.
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Denon DP47f; AT-VM95SH- RigB 9
GL-59; ARB uni pivot; AT- Signet mc
Nva phono mm/mc
Doug Self balanced Pre amp
Akai 4000DS mk2 R2R
Digital Sources- Argon Pi4 v2; IfI iUSB 3.0, Ifi Neo idsd Dac;
Tidal / Radio Paradise
Amplification Nva 300va mono blocks
Speakers Lii Audio F-15 in Open Baffle; Ls6
Weiduka AC8.8- for digital sources
Mini BMU for analog sources
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Re: Soggy sonics
Right in the middle of the whole Peter Belt saga (if you don't know what I'm on about, then you really don't NEED to know ), I visited Jimmy with a pal who was a GP and well aware of psychology in these things. Jimmy played some music, then went briefly into the kitchen behind us and on his return, played the same piece. we thought we could hear a slight difference. He went back for a few seconds, returned and played again... After doing this a few times and apparently hearing 'something' change each time, we asked what he'd done, to be shown he had a few (tightly capped) bottles of 'polarised water' (don't ask - PLEASE) in his meter box cupboard and was taking them in and out each time. Psychology or not (Jimmy's a really lovely chap really), this was really weird. Nothing to do with varying humidity in the air though, but the way we 'feel' in certain physical and atmospheric situations MUST surely make a difference to how well we perceive the music.
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