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by TheMadMick
Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Wanted: NVA Power amp
Replies: 3
Views: 17300
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Re: Wanted: NVA Power amp

If you look on HiFi for sale there's a pair of A40's for sale. Not sure the vintage or whatever but you can sort that yourself and see what you think.

Good luck.
by TheMadMick
Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: Dutch Elections
Replies: 32
Views: 54739
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Re: Dutch Elections

Will take some doing to beat thee N Ireland assembly.
by TheMadMick
Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: CD - it's not dead yet!
Replies: 38
Views: 129327
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Re: CD - it's not dead yet!

Couldn't agree more. I rip mine but I still have a CD player as backup (must put that on my profile - idle me).
by TheMadMick
Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: When hi-res audio stops making sense…
Replies: 39
Views: 34033
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Re: When hi-res audio stops making sense…

CN211276 wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:09 am https://sonicscoop.com/why-almost-every ... bly-wrong/

On topic and informative. A bit lengthy but not technical and well worth reading. Where play back is concerned 24 Bit is overkill.
Told.ya.so..(spacebar's.gone.AWOL)
by TheMadMick
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: When hi-res audio stops making sense…
Replies: 39
Views: 34033
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Re: When hi-res audio stops making sense…

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'd quibble with anything over 44kHz/16 bit sounding any better. It's all in the mind.
by TheMadMick
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Back to the future
Replies: 58
Views: 29410
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Re: Back to the future

Sod the speakers. That's a magnificent arse.
by TheMadMick
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:31 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Are CDs the future??!!
Replies: 20
Views: 12563
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Re: Are CDs the future??!!

Frankly, I've always been of the opinion that it's not the medium that's the limiting feature of the sound but the reproduction chain. 16/24 is about as good as it gets. You can't hear anything better. And before anyone leaps down my throat, most of the higher resolution formats have been remixed so...
by TheMadMick
Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Phono stage tingle
Replies: 6
Views: 6029
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Re: Phono stage tingle

No idea but I'd check the earth connections.
by TheMadMick
Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:11 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Many may already know this but I did not - NVA Amps
Replies: 6
Views: 5665
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Re: Many may already know this but I did not - NVA Amps

My experience is similar to Fretless'. The SQ improved slightly with the same DC blocker and the buzzing went completely.

Horses for courses?
by TheMadMick
Wed May 03, 2023 8:53 am
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: Jokes & Funnies
Replies: 3997
Views: 1376862
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Re: Jokes & Funnies

Fretless wrote (among other things) "These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah . The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site....