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by CN211276
Sat Mar 30, 2019 3:43 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi Honesty
Replies: 83
Views: 30425
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Re: Hi-Fi Honesty

Their marketing :Bllocks: has evolved over the decades. The latest seems to be space optimisation. WTF :lol: :lol: :lol:
by CN211276
Sat Mar 30, 2019 2:27 pm
Forum: DIY
Topic: Concrete Cube
Replies: 79
Views: 28385
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Re: Concrete Cube

We are having a new patio laid next month. I was wondering what to do with the old slabs.
by CN211276
Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:58 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi Honesty
Replies: 83
Views: 30425
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Re: Hi-Fi Honesty

I remember the magazines of the early 80s maintaining that a quality TT had to be a belt drive suspended subchasi design. The reasoning was that a belt was required to eliminate vibration from the motor and springs were required for isolation from acoustic feed back. I suspect the Glasgow mafia was ...
by CN211276
Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:01 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi Honesty
Replies: 83
Views: 30425
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Re: Hi-Fi Honesty

I lost interest in hifi and stopped reading magazines in the mid 80s when i was fully aware of what was going on. Hearing an LP12 had a lot to do with that, everything the magazines said about it was :Bllocks: . I also lost faith in dealers when the salesman criticised my taste in music for not appr...
by CN211276
Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:46 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: NVA and the remote volume control convenience
Replies: 30
Views: 11920
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Re: NVA and the remote volume control convenience

I set a volume on the pre amp and for adjustments have remote volume control convenience through my streamer and the BubbleUp app on my phone. Can also select what albums i play from the sofa from Qobuz or my Naz.
by CN211276
Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:19 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Your last listen
Replies: 8378
Views: 2173482
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Re: Your last listen

The Rolling Stones - Tatoo you
The Velvet Underground - White light/white heat
by CN211276
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:42 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi Honesty
Replies: 83
Views: 30425
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Re: Hi-Fi Honesty

https://www.audiobanter.co.uk/uk-rec-audio-general-audio/1952-linn-ariston-2.html Check out the later part of post 13. Actually, the whole thread is worth a read. Very informative link. I was unaware that Hamish's daughter was threatened with violence by Ivor. How anyone could have anything but the...
by CN211276
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:59 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi Honesty
Replies: 83
Views: 30425
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Re: Hi-Fi Honesty

He was a nasty bully with anyone who disagreed with him, you must have not disagreed with him. He disagreed with me about the contents of a letter i had published in Popular Hifi. His two page published response was nasty towards me amongst all the bullshit about Linn being enthusiasts and not clev...
by CN211276
Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:49 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Your last listen
Replies: 8378
Views: 2173482
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Re: Your last listen

Emerson, Lake and Powell
Candlemass - Tales of creation
by CN211276
Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:04 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Hi-Fi Honesty
Replies: 83
Views: 30425
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Re: Hi-Fi Honesty

Ivor T was the biggest purveyor of bullshit of the 20th Century bar Goebbels.