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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 28, 2014 12:37:11 GMT
Very chic Mike. And promises much. I do hope it thrives and doesn't get derailed by any negativity. It's been a bit eye-opening in my brief recent time on forums how "heated" things can get about a silly bloody record player, and how many high-minded agendas there seem to be. I will do my best to ensure I am not part of that, whilst trying to retain a certain flippancy and dry humour. But loving what I see early on. I've been spreading the word! (Btw - where have the smilies gone???) Blame Martin for the chicness Plenty smileys, just not so many  Try reply and look top right ish I'm still learning - and unlearning |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2014 17:28:01 GMT
Very chic Mike. And promises much. I do hope it thrives and doesn't get derailed by any negativity. It's been a bit eye-opening in my brief recent time on forums how "heated" things can get about a silly bloody record player, and how many high-minded agendas there seem to be. I will do my best to ensure I am not part of that, whilst trying to retain a certain flippancy and dry humour. But loving what I see early on. I've been spreading the word! (Btw - where have the smilies gone???) Forum rule No. 2: "This is a hi-fi forum, nothing posted is a matter of life or death. It should not be necessary to get hot under the collar but should you find yourself rising to it, please calm down, take a chill pill and think before typing. Just write as if you were talking to people face-to-face. Discussion of politics or religion should be avoided as it nearly always ends in tears."
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Post by pinkie on Jun 28, 2014 17:35:03 GMT
Very chic Mike. And promises much. I do hope it thrives and doesn't get derailed by any negativity. It's been a bit eye-opening in my brief recent time on forums how "heated" things can get about a silly bloody record player, and how many high-minded agendas there seem to be. I will do my best to ensure I am not part of that, whilst trying to retain a certain flippancy and dry humour. But loving what I see early on. I've been spreading the word! (Btw - where have the smilies gone???) Forum rule No. 2: "This is a hi-fi forum, nothing posted is a matter of life or death. It should not be necessary to get hot under the collar but should you find yourself rising to it, please calm down, take a chill pill and think before typing. Just write as if you were talking to people face-to-face. Discussion of politics or religion should be avoided as it nearly always ends in tears."
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Thanks Martin. I have the smilies sussed now (I think Dave C pointed me in the right direction) As for the chill pill, I am entirely with you and happy to take the advice of the mods. My point was not that I want to get genuinely hot under the collar, but that it I like a bit of "robust banter" including expressions of exhasperation. I don't really think Gordon's valves are flaky, but I like to rib him a bit, and expect to take a bit back. If it ever gets to real handbags in the car park, I will trust you to remind me its not a matter of life or death. Or, as another forum has it rather nicely "Its only a bloody stereo" Looking forward to being well behaved, in a robust, and I hope light-hearted and amusing fashion  |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2014 17:36:56 GMT
We're all for robust banter, as long as it doesn't get personal.
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Post by Ruth on Jun 28, 2014 19:26:22 GMT
Oh how this made me laugh! Martin and I are thinking of setting up home together in the not too distant. Every time I show him a house design he immediately considers whether there is a suitable music room. I, meanwhile, try to think if it will accommodate both our needs. What is it about men and their hi-fi! There is life beyond. :-)
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Post by MartinT on Jun 28, 2014 20:08:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 20:13:01 GMT
Oh how this made me laugh! Martin and I are thinking of setting up home together in the not too distant. Every time I show him a house design he immediately considers whether there is a suitable music room. I, meanwhile, try to think if it will accommodate both our needs. What is it about men and their hi-fi! There is life beyond. :-)
Don't do it. Ronnie said she was happy to accommodate my little habit and we now have a hi-fi in the music room, the snug, bedroom 1, bedroo..............  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 20:16:09 GMT
Forum rule No. 2: "This is a hi-fi forum, nothing posted is a matter of life or death. It should not be necessary to get hot under the collar but should you find yourself rising to it, please calm down, take a chill pill and think before typing. Just write as if you were talking to people face-to-face. Discussion of politics or religion should be avoided as it nearly always ends in tears."
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Thanks Martin. I have the smilies sussed now (I think Dave C pointed me in the right direction) As for the chill pill, I am entirely with you and happy to take the advice of the mods. My point was not that I want to get genuinely hot under the collar, but that it I like a bit of "robust banter" including expressions of exhasperation. I don't really think Gordon's valves are flaky, but I like to rib him a bit, and expect to take a bit back. If it ever gets to real handbags in the car park, I will trust you to remind me its not a matter of life or death. Or, as another forum has it rather nicely "Its only a bloody stereo" Looking forward to being well behaved, in a robust, and I hope light-hearted and amusing fashion Thank gawd for that, I was just preparing a very special sauce for the curry but the spoon melted.  |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jun 29, 2014 0:59:45 GMT
Hi Richard, Ali here, nice to see you here.
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Post by pinkie on Jun 29, 2014 8:41:34 GMT
Hi Richard, Ali here, nice to see you here. Ali - good to see you. What a fine place this forum is turning out to be. Thanks for the tip about the phk rcm the other week . I am seriously considering it - although its lack of a lid means I'd have to stick a box over it if it is going to stay out in my workshop. The DIY worked, and I could make it work better (more conveniently). To date it has cost me £17 plus what I lose on moving on the 2 numax decks if I decide to cut my losses. Initially, faced with returning the moth to a sulking arthur, I realised there were a dozen or so records I wished I'd cleaned first, and that maybe I had 100 records I could want to clean, and at £500 that was between £5 and £25 a record for the machine. Hence the idea to "do it on the cheap". But I think I am getting seriously (a bit more seriously) back into this, following a borrow of a dynavector xx20ii - which I am going to buy unless the "Walpurgis ringer" is as good as he claims, and so an RCM is better justified. If it turns out there's room in the living room (doubtful) it would be a nitty gritty. Failing that a DIY moth, oki nokki, or the phk and a diy cover. What do you use to keep the dust off yours? |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jun 29, 2014 10:15:07 GMT
I just keep it in the cupboard in a plastic bag. That's another good thing about it apart from the price, it's small enough to tuck away.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 29, 2014 10:48:36 GMT
Oh how this made me laugh! Martin and I are thinking of setting up home together in the not too distant. Every time I show him a house design he immediately considers whether there is a suitable music room. I, meanwhile, try to think if it will accommodate both our needs. What is it about men and their hi-fi! There is life beyond. :-)
When we were having this place refurbed I kept telling the builders what I needed for the living room, solid wall here, dedicated mains, unswitched sockets, couple of other things Quite quickly the living room became the music room |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 29, 2014 10:50:41 GMT
Oh how this made me laugh! Martin and I are thinking of setting up home together in the not too distant. Every time I show him a house design he immediately considers whether there is a suitable music room. I, meanwhile, try to think if it will accommodate both our needs. What is it about men and their hi-fi! There is life beyond. :-)
Don't do it. Ronnie said she was happy to accommodate my little habit and we now have a hi-fi in the music room, the snug, bedroom 1, bedroo.............. Ho yus Little and not so little systems in quite a few places. Currently in my wreck of an office with Pioneer CD, Nait 3 and Kans |
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Post by pinkie on Jun 29, 2014 12:56:08 GMT
I think Sue has finally "gone native" to use Humphrey Appleby jargon. She's just shown me a house in Mirepoix and started with , "and look , with the fire against that wall** we could have your stereo facing this way with the TV in the middle, and it would be perfect. You could even have those big stacked things there, I'd let you" And she's right - she has got the hang of assessing the acoustic performance of a room and its suitability for electrostatics. I'm reminded why I love her ** For some curious reason Sue thinks a fireplace should have a fire in it - a sore point since she moved in 7 years ago. At the time I had a perfectly sensible large screen TV in the fireplace, and a fridge for beer behind the sofa. Women have some very strange ideas... |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 29, 2014 14:16:18 GMT
A good relationship will always find a way to keep each other happy.
You do like that amber ale I put out for you...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2014 15:03:29 GMT
** For some curious reason Sue thinks a fireplace should have a fire in it - a sore point since she moved in 7 years ago. At the time I had a perfectly sensible large screen TV in the fireplace, and a fridge for beer behind the sofa. Women have some very strange ideas... A home has to have working fireplaces, what other way is there to make proper toast and roast chestnuts and a winters day! |
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Post by pinkie on Jun 29, 2014 18:55:33 GMT
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 29, 2014 20:49:53 GMT
Hmm. Perfect except for one thing No Isobariks ! |
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Post by pinkie on Jun 30, 2014 5:18:43 GMT
Hmm. I'm really pleased you like yours, but the bricks are down as my least favourite speaker. Some nice stacked quads would be more to my liking. And the old testicals should work there too, although I think it needs a rug and some other soft furnishings. Good to see sue starting to get her priorities right though.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 30, 2014 9:11:41 GMT
The sound from my Isobariks is tremendous.
It was ok before the upgrades. Now I would put them against any
You have to hear them
Doubt many (any ?) Isos have this sort of front end - see sig
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