The Conservatives have aligned with UKIP of old, so Fromage has had to lean further still to the right, Labour has moved into the arse-worn and still tepid seat left behind by the Conservatives so they, and the Tories have become for all intents and purposes, two cheeks of the same arse. Starmer ha...

The Conservatives have aligned with UKIP of old, so Fromage has had to lean further still to the right, Labour has moved into the arse-worn and still tepid seat left behind by the Conservatives so they, and the Tories have become for all intents and purposes, two cheeks of the same arse. Starmer ha...

Got a warning on my 2010 BMW saying that a rear light wasn't working, with a lightbulb icon on the info screen. The rear night-time light on one side isn't working. No problem I thought. I'll just open it up to see what bulb I need and pop down to my local car factors and get a couple of bulbs, so ...

Connection run is as follows... Connection from CD player to CD input Integrated amp. Connection from Integrated amp Tape Play (Tape Out) to AP10P input. Set selector knob to Tape. Nothing through the headphones. Think this through, the tape input is for playing tape, the tape output is for recordi...

terrybooth wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:37 pm Misheard lyrics, French edition.

"Allumette, Allumette"

Song of the french arsonist.

I can’t match that

Hifi is a solipsistic hobby , so ultimately what you like is all that counts. However , some way of assessment beyond I like it is tremendously useful. Unfortunately , the measurements we have are basic and are akin to measuring football ability by height. We are thus left with the chaos we have an...

Listening to equipment play music, back to back with other equipment, same room, same volume give or take, is the worst way to select hi-fi. Apart from all the other methods. When I've looked at the systems owned by people that claim to be arch-measurists, I've thought "Not for me... Too lacki...

The major problem with measurements is that they only measure what can be measured. Unfortunately as the saying goes "not everything that can be counted counts, not everything that counts can be counted". The power output of an amplifier is irrelevant, for a whole range of reasons, the cur...

Grumpytim wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:16 pm It's an oldish trend that the Grauniad has cught up with, but when was the last time you heard Tannoy's mentioned in a newspaper?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/ ... udiophiles

What’s a “newspaper”?

You’re quackers! Happy Christmas