Including a beautiful rendition of the miners hymn, Gresford. But, then, it would take some effort to produce a rendition that isn't beautiful..it's such a wonderfully emotive composition. Oop my way, the annual Durham Miners Gala features scores of brass bands from the villages that surround the city. They parade from 3 sides of the city, carrying colourful and intricately embroidered pit banners, and accompanied by friends and family (often with the exuberance of a stag or hen party and frequently shouldering cases of lager) to a showground by the river Wear. Just before they get there, each band stops outside the County Hotel on Old Elvet, turns to face the balcony (populated by union officials and, usually, the Labour Party leader) and plays a tune. When they play Gresford, the world just seems to stop...
I am in the hi-fi trade
Status: Manufacturer
Company Name: NVA Hi-Fi https://nvahifi.co.uk/
Because if you do you will have an irresistible urge to get the 16-disc limited edition box-set.
Aaaaarrrrgggghhh !!!
Upstairs: VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d NVA: Cube2 + LS6+ Sabaj A10a (2) + Little Bear MC2 Downstairs: VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC NVA: P50 (phono)Aiyima A07 MAX (2) + Arcam One HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl Office: Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith 887 + German Maestro GMP 450
Upstairs: VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d NVA: Cube2 + LS6+ Sabaj A10a (2) + Little Bear MC2 Downstairs: VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC NVA: P50 (phono)Aiyima A07 MAX (2) + Arcam One HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl Office: Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith 887 + German Maestro GMP 450
Also looking forward to the new Nightwish album. They are in Cardiff in December but have not got a ticket as we could be away at that time. Last time it was more a case of hearing them than seeing them as it was chucking it down at Download 2016 (Iron Maiden headlining) when they were on and the bar was under cover. That was my first outdoor festival for thirty years after a similar wet experience at the Deep Purple Mk 2 reunion. Never Agoin.
Main System
NVA BMU, P90SA/A80s (latest spec), Cube 1s, TIS, TISC(LS7)
Sonore OpticalRendu, Chord Mscaler & Qutest, Sbooster PSs
Network Acoustics Eno, ifi iPurifier3, AQ JB FMJ, Cisco 2940 & 2960
DH Labs ethernet, BNC & USB cables, Lindy cat 6 US ethernet cable
Second System
NVA P20/ A20, Cubettes, LS3, SSP, SC
Sonore MicroRendu, Chord Mojo 2 MCRU PSs, AQ Carbon USB cable & JB FMJ
Headphones
Grado SR325e/Chord Mojo, Beyerdynamic Avetho/AQ DF Black