F1 is so corporate now that nobody dares to voice an opinion in case it upsets the sponsors. It's become so boring that I no longer bother to watch; I just look at the results and sometimes read a report of the race. We need some good old fashioned political incorrectness to liven up the sport. Hami...

I used to love Wimbledon for the 2 week tennis fest and hate it because I could never get a ticket. Times have changed and I have been fortunate enough to visit on more than one occassion. I love the "purity" of the event. There's very little advertising and we Brits do things in a way tha...

DQ beat me to it. I have very fond memories of singing Delaney's donkey and Paddy McGinty's goat at Uni after a few liveners. Val might not have been to everybody's taste but he inadvertently provided me with some memorable times. Ok I would remember them if I hadn't had so much to drink.....

DSJR many thanks for your help. I have a mk 1 apheta. I have heard the comments about 'wildness' before but I have yet to hear anything uncivilized - to my ears the cartridge does a very good job. Nice one Mr Gandy. The buzz is only on one channel. I have tried using other inputs on the pre and the ...

I bought one a few weeks ago. I am not going to write a "review" for the time being. My 2 has a buzz and I need to find the time to visit Doc Towers to get it sorted. What I will say is that I upgraded from a 1 and changed my cartridge at the same time. My new love is a Rega Apheta which I...

I was a Naimee for a very long time. When I moved to a Teddy Pardo amp, the allure of the Naim forum diminished significantly. I am also a member of pfm but there are some people on there who post before putting their brains into gear. I still make the very occasional post there but the site has los...

Jammy, apologies for the lack of clarity. As you would have seen from the Doc's link, the Barbican is in the centre of London. It has an interesting demographic. The flats costs bajillions (as my eldest says) with plenty of council estates within a mile. Add in the thousands of people who work in th...

I was in the Barbican at lunchtime and came across a guy who was installing what I assumed was a static display on record manufacture. After a brief chat am pleased to let you know that starting this weekend there is a project to record some artists and press records in a quick-fire process. The eve...

Doc, I will be in touch soon. I am so looking forward to hearing the 2 layer pro.

Excellent news. I would very much like to hear this incarnation of the pro. On a different note, the phono 2 I collected from you last week sounds like a swarm of bees on one channel. Swapping leads etc has not solved the problem. Can I "double-up" by bring the 2 for some Doc tlc and a lis...