Dazmb , ive no desire to get in to a political argument with you , primarily because this is a Hi-fi forum ,so as this is a Hi-fi forum i will simply say Robert Smith as sold some 30 million records , this means he's got considerably more than a million in the bank , primarily however , selling so m...

Sadly, its one of my irrational blind spots, along with Opera and Shakespeare. Not averse to it all, quite like simple chamber music and recently bought a Phillip Glass lp, if that counts under the rubric of classical.

Oh yeah and I've also got a copy of John Cage's 4.33

I would like to put in a request for the majority of people on this forum to move "up north" - Houses are cheaper , the women are prettier , the beer is better and it would help rebalance the economy. It would also assist me in popping round to hear 22k speakers and other equipment , which...

Don't stop, I'm loving the passion if not all the music . :D

p.s - an indication of any on vinyl would be appreciated .

It's a quality market , not a free market .

CE regs and distance selling to name but 2 of an applicable 40 odd restrictions upon freedom.

Terry, thats not a bit of topic, but way of topic :D , but it gives me an excuse to rant and rave. The doc is right, legislation failed, because it was crap. Much of this debate is about freedom of choice and free markets. Free market is a term for oxy-moron's. There is no such thing as a free marke...

Freedom in hifi is of course fettered. Herbert Marcuse a German Marxist, coined the phrase repressive tolerance. Tolerance of the status quo, because that's what reasonable moderate people do, leads to oppression. How many HI-FI brands must be purchased new from a retailer or not at all. That's not ...

This evening lp,s - Lyle Lovitt - Pontiac - Pink Floyd , wish you were hear .

applemarc wrote:They probably won't own up to blowing up the amp it will just get forgotten about

Very prescient applemarc , it seems despite the change of direction , there is reticence and equivocation to the explanation, which the Doc has clearly not fallen for :D

that's one way of making them better