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Post by macca on Dec 14, 2021 15:03:29 GMT
My system spend would not buy a house at any time after about 1970.
In today's market it would get me a 1990 Ford Fiesta XR2i with 120K on the clock, rusty sills and seized wheels. Which is surprising really.
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Post by firebottle on Dec 14, 2021 15:50:15 GMT
My 2022 plans, stop listening to Oli and letting him spend my dosh.
Only half kidding, but I've got through some in the past year.
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 14, 2021 16:14:51 GMT
My 2022 plans, stop listening to Oli and letting him spend my dosh. Only half kidding, but I've got through some in the past year. Just found a Jelco for your 1210...... |
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Post by macca on Dec 14, 2021 16:15:41 GMT
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Post by misterc on Dec 14, 2021 16:28:34 GMT
My first house I purchased in 1984 for the princely sum of £18,450 a one bedroom Barrat rabbit warren, mortgage was £78 a month oh how times have changed!
The Toy's are genuine works purchases being test and measurment equipment for the various projects we are involved with.
Personal audio currently I am dac hunting so go through one of two another one has turned up this afternoon, one more Wadia to go by Friday and thats it for this week.
I am very lucky Anne has her own listening room which I have kitted out for her, she has the Tad R-1's I make do with the CR-1's who says equality is here!!
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 14, 2021 16:53:30 GMT
Same difference, different color 😉 |
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Post by optical on Dec 14, 2021 18:26:30 GMT
My 2022 plans, stop listening to Oli and letting him spend my dosh. Only half kidding, but I've got through some in the past year. Just found a Jelco for your 1210...... I'm surprised you've allowed him to keep the standard arm so long..... As I said to Alan the standard arms are actually decent if the bearings are good and have no play but my experience with 1210's is garnered mostly from playing techno.... So my opinion may be less valid .... I have heard some with Jelco's though and they sound superb, although they had a few other supporting mods to go with. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 14, 2021 18:39:19 GMT
Just found a Jelco for your 1210...... I'm surprised you've allowed him to keep the standard arm so long..... As I said to Alan the standard arms are actually decent if the bearings are good and have no play but my experience with 1210's is garnered mostly from playing techno.... So my opinion may be less valid .... I have heard some with Jelco's though and they sound superb, although they had a few other supporting mods to go with. Well, I have been hinting but unfortunately now a viable arm has turned up, Alan is MIA!!! |
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Post by firebottle on Dec 14, 2021 18:46:00 GMT
MIA, had to look that up.
Perhaps I don't watch enough films..
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Post by macca on Dec 14, 2021 19:21:14 GMT
Just found a Jelco for your 1210...... I'm surprised you've allowed him to keep the standard arm so long..... As I said to Alan the standard arms are actually decent if the bearings are good and have no play but my experience with 1210's is garnered mostly from playing techno.... So my opinion may be less valid .... I have heard some with Jelco's though and they sound superb, although they had a few other supporting mods to go with. The stock arm is good but you can always do better than good. Put it this way there's no point doing anything else to it until you've put a better arm on it. |
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Post by antonio on Dec 14, 2021 20:25:58 GMT
My 2022 plans, stop listening to Oli and letting him spend my dosh. Only half kidding, but I've got through some in the past year. But some nice purchases Alan, and you seem very happy with them, so money well spent. |
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Post by antonio on Dec 14, 2021 20:28:33 GMT
My first house I purchased in 1984 for the princely sum of £18,450 a one bedroom Barrat rabbit warren, mortgage was £78 a month oh how times have changed! The Toy's are genuine works purchases being test and measurment equipment for the various projects we are involved with. Personal audio currently I am dac hunting so go through one of two another one has turned up this afternoon, one more Wadia to go by Friday and thats it for this week. I am very lucky Anne has her own listening room which I have kitted out for her, she has the Tad R-1's I make do with the CR-1's who says equality is here!! You're too kind, or too soft. |
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Post by misterc on Dec 14, 2021 20:37:18 GMT
Dave,
I am very lucky a decent woman is very hard to find and when you do, do not let them go imho.
Anne loves music as much as myself and is a great beta tester for many things, although she doesn't care for the terminology she has a great way of discribing sound.
It's scratchy = Its a naim type bright sound, too much soft poo = crappy ploddy bass, saucepan voices = mid range suck out, Mr. Whippy = Vanilla boring as hell. Bugger ooof = need to rethink the design lol
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Post by electronumpty on Dec 14, 2021 20:58:33 GMT
I think Anne should be the forum's guest reviewer with that turn of phrase! 👍
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Post by hifinutt on Dec 14, 2021 22:46:47 GMT
Like to try some more standmounts and maybe a boenicke , however the tax man and the nipper having a bump at 5.50 am this am might put paid to that for a few months !!
Don't you just love HMRC sending you a whopping tax bill 2 weeks before Christmas!!
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Post by antonio on Dec 16, 2021 1:16:16 GMT
I hope you have been putting aside a few pounds each week/month for when your tax bill arrives. I opened a new account with one of the building society's for just that purpose.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 16:08:28 GMT
Based on my previous statement, I have ordered the newer version of the Audio GD DI, some SAEC Triple C speaker cable, interconnect cables and some OCC plugs.
We are still in 2021, so why the heck not?
I have not really, but I just wanted to see the reaction it got….
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 16, 2021 16:25:45 GMT
Based on my previous statement, I have ordered the newer version of the Audio GD DI, some SAEC Triple C speaker cable, interconnect cables and some OCC plugs. We are still in 2021, so why the heck not? I have not really, but I just wanted to see the reaction it got….I'm utterly disappointed! At least try the CCC cable..........it's an eye opener. |
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Post by misterc on Dec 16, 2021 16:33:09 GMT
A new power amp design will gracing the lisneing room over Chrismas, finially my yransformers and capacitor mounting devices have arrived.
been working on this for a wee while, so quite excited to see how this pans out, but it grooves like a 1992 naimiee at a rave whilst on speed
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 16, 2021 16:34:08 GMT
A new power amp design will gracing the lisneing room over Chrismas, finially my yransformers and capacitor mounting devices have arrived. been working on this for a wee while, so quite excited to see how this pans out, but it grooves like a 1992 naimiee at a rave whilst on speed Looking forward to a listen to it T |
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Post by antonio on Dec 17, 2021 1:47:03 GMT
Based on my previous statement, I have ordered the newer version of the Audio GD DI, some SAEC Triple C speaker cable, interconnect cables and some OCC plugs. We are still in 2021, so why the heck not? I have not really, but I just wanted to see the reaction it got….They sound like ideal purchases to try, am I reading this wrong but you have ordered CCC cable, so what is Oli talking about?  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 2:38:55 GMT
Based on my previous statement, I have ordered the newer version of the Audio GD DI, some SAEC Triple C speaker cable, interconnect cables and some OCC plugs. We are still in 2021, so why the heck not? I have not really, but I just wanted to see the reaction it got….They sound like ideal purchases to try, am I reading this wrong but you have ordered CCC cable, so what is Oli talking about? I have been mischievous…. There is some white text that tapatalk users can see easily, but normal users can’t….. |
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Post by hifinutt on Dec 18, 2021 14:49:43 GMT
got some lovely amphion 3s to try and an innuous zen mark 3 . unable to make the thing work at all !!!! total pitb . connected to a network via lan . i thought these things were supposed to be easy . if i can not fix it it will go back to dealer sadly unused !!!!
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Post by misterc on Dec 18, 2021 14:54:14 GMT
Arh the joys of having a headless streamer you are not alone Phil, you are not alone my friend
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 18, 2021 14:55:29 GMT
My challenge for '22... ... I am totally happy with my system atm. It suits me perfectly. How long can I resist the urge to change something?  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2021 14:57:56 GMT
My challenge for '22... ... I am totally happy with my system atm. It suits me perfectly. How long can I resist the urge to change something? Does that include all of the “spare” bits as well? |
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 18, 2021 15:01:19 GMT
Hmm, the spare bits are rather good.
I'm deliberately keeping them so I can swap around a bit and then return to my faves reassured.
A cunning plan, but will it work?
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Post by misterc on Dec 18, 2021 16:55:03 GMT
Jerry you have as much chance as not changing ANY component in your system as quantum computing will be standing still in 2022
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Post by hifinutt on Dec 21, 2021 10:36:17 GMT
I hope you have been putting aside a few pounds each week/month for when your tax bill arrives. I opened a new account with one of the building society's for just that purpose. good idea but they are totally random , one minute they send you a cheque , the next minute they want it back !! |
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Post by hifinutt on Dec 29, 2021 17:01:10 GMT
heard a bit about moonriver amps . hope to try one soon [ reference 404 ] apparently they have a mono switch that appeals to vinyl fans
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