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Post by gninnam on Sept 3, 2023 10:38:28 GMT
Oven went pop the other day. Waited for money to be refunded from the gas/electric company which came through on Friday so ordered a new one. Just got delivered so I have just fitted it and all good in the world again  |
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 4, 2023 9:12:17 GMT
typing this next to a beautiful river , this morning listening to the farmer chatting away in welsh . what a beautiful language  Wales 1 sep23 by , on Flickr |
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Post by stevew on Sept 4, 2023 9:15:33 GMT
typing this next to a beautiful river , this morning listening to the farmer chatting away in welsh . what a beautiful language Wales 1 sep23 by , on Flickr Of course he’s shouting at you ‘ Get orf my laaand’ |
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Post by misterc on Sept 4, 2023 12:48:53 GMT
Today is a really beautifull late summers day, no brats/no sirens/vitrually no traffic and just a really nice day to enjoy life
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Post by stevew on Sept 4, 2023 13:10:14 GMT
Today is a really beautifull late summers day, no brats/no sirens/vitrually no traffic and just a really nice day to enjoy life Reckon so  |
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Post by misterc on Sept 4, 2023 13:12:11 GMT
Looks a good view Steve, nice to see people understanding the real pleasures in life |
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Post by stevew on Sept 8, 2023 17:29:47 GMT
…after much back and forth, over a number of years… we finally put the house on the market. I have to say, it’s probably the Ektas that will sell the house. How ironic if we end up moving somewhere I can’t fit them in? Lol… I’m not crying.. your crying. From the agents brochure ..  |
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 8, 2023 18:24:41 GMT
ah very sad to see you are selling , hope you get a good buyer and find something nice
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Post by stevew on Sept 8, 2023 19:04:04 GMT
ah very sad to see you are selling , hope you get a good buyer and find something nice Thank you I won’t be sad to never see the kind of energy bills we had last winter. I’ll leave that to the high earners that the area is attracting. Mixed feelings tonight though. Probably driven by the unknown outcome this process inevitably brings. I’m looking forward on the whole though.. let’s see. |
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Post by electronumpty on Sept 11, 2023 11:45:51 GMT
Today I measured my mains voltage out of curiosity. 245v dead on. Will measure afew times in the evening and mornings to see what it is then. Saddo me. 😆
Oh, that's in South East London, BTW.
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 13, 2023 18:18:03 GMT
continuing a flat renovation . plumber arrived to do lots of work . started to put in sink ....argh plug hole at the front ..whoops . guess what numbskull bought a right hand drainer sink instead of a left .. doh ... anyway howdens were marvellous and sorted it fast and collected it from another depot . they may not be the cheapest , but worth it
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Post by robbiegong on Sept 15, 2023 10:04:28 GMT
Just back in from 10 days hols in Jamaica - knackered, but we all had a lovely time away. First time system has been off/powered down for must be 10 months. first thing I did when I got in was power her back up again Will give it at least a two or three days for the Plinny to get nicely warmed up before getting back on da tunes. |
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 15, 2023 16:51:25 GMT
fab ... some pics would be nice !!
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Post by lurch on Sept 15, 2023 23:01:09 GMT
Today I bought a brand new in box Jelco SA-750D in the bronze finish. I also decided on a different route for my analogue downgrade, with the Bardo & Enterprise being boxed up and stored for a while. As much as I like the Manfred ii/Cadenza Blue combo, I've decided to let it go back and fully utilise my 401. The 401 currently only has an R200 on it, which I don't feel has the ability to make the most of the Cadenza Blue, hence the purchase of the 750D. I just need to get hold of my chippy mate to mod the plinth for a bigger armboard (currently it only has a 60mm disc for Rega arms) think I may get him to make a couple of spare blank armboards whilst he's at it.  |
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Post by alit on Sept 16, 2023 6:54:34 GMT
Today I measured my mains voltage out of curiosity. 245v dead on. Will measure afew times in the evening and mornings to see what it is then. Saddo me. 😆 Oh, that's in South East London, BTW. I live in Galashiels, mains here hovers around 250V and I've often seen it at 253. Since I work for Scottish Power, I had a moan to the local engineer about it, but not much can be done as it's just the way the local network is. There are some transformer replacements scheduled but that's a few years away yet, which should resolve the problem. |
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Post by gninnam on Sept 16, 2023 7:39:36 GMT
Today I bought a brand new in box Jelco SA-750D in the bronze finish. I also decided on a different route for my analogue downgrade, with the Bardo & Enterprise being boxed up and stored for a while. As much as I like the Manfred ii/Cadenza Blue combo, I've decided to let it go back and fully utilise my 401. The 401 currently only has an R200 on it, which I don't feel has the ability to make the most of the Cadenza Blue, hence the purchase of the 750D. I just need to get hold of my chippy mate to mod the plinth for a bigger armboard (currently it only has a 60mm disc for Rega arms) think I may get him to make a couple of spare blank armboards whilst he's at it. Arm looks good with the 401 |
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Post by lurch on Sept 16, 2023 9:02:46 GMT
Today I bought a brand new in box Jelco SA-750D in the bronze finish. I also decided on a different route for my analogue downgrade, with the Bardo & Enterprise being boxed up and stored for a while. As much as I like the Manfred ii/Cadenza Blue combo, I've decided to let it go back and fully utilise my 401. The 401 currently only has an R200 on it, which I don't feel has the ability to make the most of the Cadenza Blue, hence the purchase of the 750D. I just need to get hold of my chippy mate to mod the plinth for a bigger armboard (currently it only has a 60mm disc for Rega arms) think I may get him to make a couple of spare blank armboards whilst he's at it. Arm looks good with the 401 Yeah always thought the R200 was a nice looking arm, I harvested it along with a P77 from a spares or repair Planar 3 off eBay, £20 for a motor pcb kit and new belt then resold deck sans arm for £15 more than it cost me. I then sent the R200 of to The Vinyl Source for rewire, new bias belt and service, sounds pretty good for a low cost arm and with removeable headshells it was ideal for its original 2nd system role with 80s carts (P77 Mg, OC5, EEI MCP555). |
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Post by pete on Sept 16, 2023 9:31:58 GMT
Not strictly today, but yesterday, saw the mighty Half Man Half Biscuit in Bristol. A wonderful night of poetry and mayhem 😁.
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 16, 2023 15:58:12 GMT
assisted with cleaning 4 houses gutters and fascias , taken 3 months to get round to it !! totally rammed they were
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Post by stevew on Sept 16, 2023 16:45:56 GMT
Not strictly today, but yesterday, saw the mighty Half Man Half Biscuit in Bristol. A wonderful night of poetry and mayhem 😁. Excellent I’m minded of the time in what 84/85 when I did a cassette tape of stuff I liked at the time for my then boss… who is still a mate. To be fair it hasn’t changed much, Fairground Attractions, Van Morrison.. etc etc Anyway right at the end I shoved this… Apparently the first time he played it was in his company Sierra, with his young kids. He said he had never moved so fast to eject the tape |
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Post by pete on Sept 16, 2023 17:51:46 GMT
Not strictly today, but yesterday, saw the mighty Half Man Half Biscuit in Bristol. A wonderful night of poetry and mayhem 😁. Excellent I’m minded of the time in what 84/85 when I did a cassette tape of stuff I liked at the time for my then boss… who is still a mate. To be fair it hasn’t changed much, Fairground Attractions, Van Morrison.. etc etc Anyway right at the end I shoved this… Apparently the first time he played it was in his company Sierra, with his young kids. He said he had never moved so fast to eject the tape Haha, that played that last night, and many other classics including which had the great sing along ‘Get you F**king hedge cut’. Brilliant band and some wonderful memorable songs from the past 40 odd years. |
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Post by brucew268 on Sept 16, 2023 18:52:40 GMT
Heard a string quartet in concert doing Hans Zimmer film pieces by candlelight. Nice ambience in the cathedral.
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 17, 2023 17:33:43 GMT
not a good day ... worrying about cracking brickwork on a house withy new lintels and d/g in 2019 . could be very very expensive to rectify and a pitb . as family live there and may need temporary housing in a hotel . By an amazing chance a friend is a expert civil engineer just `happened` to call by at lunch time and we could chat things over
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 17, 2023 17:34:12 GMT
Heard a string quartet in concert doing Hans Zimmer film pieces by candlelight. Nice ambience in the cathedral. wow ... fab , where was that |
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Post by brucew268 on Sept 17, 2023 19:25:30 GMT
Heard a string quartet in concert doing Hans Zimmer film pieces by candlelight. Nice ambience in the cathedral. wow ... fab , where was that Bradford, West Yorkshire. One of Fever's series of concerts. |
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Post by gninnam on Sept 17, 2023 21:20:28 GMT
Wife bought me this the other day  |
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Post by Bigman80 on Sept 17, 2023 22:47:08 GMT
Wife bought me this the other day Ha! That's class. |
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Post by lurch on Sept 20, 2023 17:42:44 GMT
Following a check of the Wilmslow crossovers for my 104ab (due to a perceived shifted image) by Alan and being given a clean bill of health I rewired the 104s with a decent quality stranded 0.75mm² ICE speaker cable. I'm not surprised the imaging was skewed to one side, as besides the short lengths tow-rope like wire soldered to the boards, one speakers wiring was joined to Chord Odyssey 2 via inline crush connectors and other with 30 amp chocolate box connectors to 2 core 5amp lamp flex.😂😂 Anyway having stretched my soldering skills to the limit I sat down for a proper listen the day, DAMN!!! What a difference, image is now central, bass is better defined with great mids and sweet detailed highs, it hard to think that these speakers are 45 years old. Have yet to try them on the end of my 80s Cambridge C50/A50 as I'm really, really enjoying how they sound via the Puresound A30 in Triode mode (18wpc). This is my system 2, or should I say systems 2 & 2a, as its two systems in one. The Manticore Mantra/Moth/P77 Mg, is using the Cambridge C50 as a phono into the Puresound A30 via the tape loop. Wiim Pro direct to C50 and to A30 via a CA DacMagic Plus. Speakers are QA 3010s (C 20s inbound) and kef 104ab with Wilmslow crossovers. All ICs (Monster Cable and QED) & SCs (DNM Reson & Monster Cable XL) are period correct to the late 80s CA C50/A50 Pre & Power. CDP is a Technics SL-PG440A from 94.  |
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Post by hifinutt on Sept 20, 2023 18:59:33 GMT
painting ceilings
had dental check , they are not taking any new patients not even private which is going to lead to major teeth problems for folks in the future
came home and my guy wanted to do the pavement repair job we had put off for 2 days due to rain , so back out again !! then cleaning gutters elsewhere
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Post by Bigman80 on Sept 20, 2023 21:27:53 GMT
Following a check of the Wilmslow crossovers for my 104ab (due to a perceived shifted image) by Alan and being given a clean bill of health I rewired the 104s with a decent quality stranded 0.75mm² ICE speaker cable. I'm not surprised the imaging was skewed to one side, as besides the short lengths tow-rope like wire soldered to the boards, one speakers wiring was joined to Chord Odyssey 2 via inline crush connectors and other with 30 amp chocolate box connectors to 2 core 5amp lamp flex.😂😂 Anyway having stretched my soldering skills to the limit I sat down for a proper listen the day, DAMN!!! What a difference, image is now central, bass is better defined with great mids and sweet detailed highs, it hard to think that these speakers are 45 years old. Have yet to try them on the end of my 80s Cambridge C50/A50 as I'm really, really enjoying how they sound via the Puresound A30 in Triode mode (18wpc). This is my system 2, or should I say systems 2 & 2a, as its two systems in one. The Manticore Mantra/Moth/P77 Mg, is using the Cambridge C50 as a phono into the Puresound A30 via the tape loop. Wiim Pro direct to C50 and to A30 via a CA DacMagic Plus. Speakers are QA 3010s (C 20s inbound) and kef 104ab with Wilmslow crossovers. All ICs (Monster Cable and QED) & SCs (DNM Reson & Monster Cable XL) are period correct to the late 80s CA C50/A50 Pre & Power. CDP is a Technics SL-PG440A from 94. That looks genuinely original....like looking at one of the first cars, or planes...I love it. |
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