A happy new year to all on HFS. !!!


Sorry I'm not very active here at the moment: personal upheavals, health issues and the like.

Since my wife passed away, the necessity for multiple systems for different purposes where I could hide away and listen to music when I wanted to has also gone. Some installations (the Upstairs setup, for example) have become totally redundant. The Downstairs set is mainly the TEAC DD turntable and ...

Heads-up for anyone who is interested in a high-quality Digital Audio Player with DAC-mode and Bluetooth capability (and a great headphone section). The HifiWalker H2 has been superceded by a new H20 model and the older units are now being discounted. Could be on offer at Amazon too in the near futu...

Fiio products are generally also good.

I am very pleased with the Hifi Walker H2 I got recently via Amazon. A very versatile DAP with superb SQ.

Just received a new headshell via Amazon. Serious bottom-end response guaranteed.

Well, I've been otherwise occupied for a while and all things Hifi had been pushed aside. However life now starts to settle down (slightly) and this afternoon I did something that I have been intending to do for a while; bring the TEAC DD deck downstairs and fire it up to compare against the venerab...

Many thanks all.

Currently on a week soaking up the sun in Tenerife, first holiday in six years.

And I have company .....

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