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by Lotus Seven S
Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:02 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Frickelfest 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 3030

Frickelfest 2016

Some nice pictures here from a meet-up in Germany.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133158074 ... 8734412090[*]

There is something about Audio, that just attracts men. The mystery of it all!
by Lotus Seven S
Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:53 am
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: New Site Title & Description drafts
Replies: 34
Views: 11709

Re: New Site Title & Description drafts

As BB King said to Gary Moore: Too many notes. I think there are too many words in the description. My eyes sees "too many" and I don't want to bother reading them.... So what about: HiFi Subjectivist ¦ Audio Forum ¦ Richard Dunn NVA Don't miss 'Elsewhere on the Web' - the one they tried t...
by Lotus Seven S
Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:46 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: New Site Title & Description drafts
Replies: 34
Views: 11709

Re: New Site Title & Description drafts

I am probably being pedantic here, but I don't think a forum is "by" any one person. I understand the need for key words to meet Google search parameters, but I don't like the title as it stands - though it probably would not have any practical effect on whether I visited HFS or not. But a...
by Lotus Seven S
Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: My NVA Amp Returns
Replies: 22
Views: 7964

Re: My NVA Amp Returns

The original point of audio 'High Fidelity' was supposed to get the sound on playback as close as possible to the mastering Yes - but I think the most important part of that sentence is the word "original". This was a noble endeavour at that time, because things were rough and ready in th...
by Lotus Seven S
Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:41 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: My NVA Amp Returns
Replies: 22
Views: 7964

Re: My NVA Amp Returns

Sounds to me you like amps that give the blue pill sound ;)
I don't think we have any blue pills in Denmark, so what is the blue pill sound - viagra-like or valium-like or placebo-like? Or something completely different?
by Lotus Seven S
Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:11 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: My NVA Amp Returns
Replies: 22
Views: 7964

Re: My NVA Amp Returns

I disagree; honest reproduction implies the sound as it was recorded. Each recording is different as you know. No egg sucking intended. Some people are like you. Some people are like me. I just think that we can never know, what the sound was as it was recorded; so I don't really bother about it. B...
by Lotus Seven S
Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: My NVA Amp Returns
Replies: 22
Views: 7964

Re: My NVA Amp Returns

@DSJR I am not into "honest reproduction" as such. I just want a sound that pleases me. Honest reproduction would imply just one sound, whilst my pleasure allows several (though it also rejects many). So I don't want to say that one amp is better than the other, but I do want to say that t...
by Lotus Seven S
Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:08 am
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: My NVA Amp Returns
Replies: 22
Views: 7964

Re: My NVA Amp Returns

This actually complements my own experience with the NVA A20/P20 and my Leben tube amplifier, where going back to the NVA was wonderful - so much so that I ordered a A60. But then going back to the Leben was also wonderful - just in another way. So I don't think it is a question of Either/Or but muc...
by Lotus Seven S
Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: What have we lost?
Replies: 28
Views: 10524

Re: What have we lost?

I agree with you Rectified (grumpy old lads that we are). I think we are in danger of losing our grasp on Reality. Virtual Reality is replacing it and we are living in an unsustainable Dream Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyeU65aUQ8 I miss the days of a simple crooner singing his song and not...
by Lotus Seven S
Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:24 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: What have we lost?
Replies: 28
Views: 10524

Re: What have we lost?

As a born optimist I have no choice but to propose that we can always change... :lol: Nice one. In other words if you are an optimist, then you are also a pessimist and vice versa. To lose is to find and to find is to lose. The perpetual gap between the map and the territory, the desire and its sat...