Six hours

[Arlo]

[nrshida]

Thank you. My video insertion has gone Pete Tong 

Wondering if it's my browser.

[Arlo]

I always use the share link instead of the addy bar. 

[nrshida]

Oh interesting, that seemed to be it 

Anyway, punks aplenty Morfiend! 

[morfiend]

I happen to have 2 strangler albums…..1 by the banshees and several by joy division but those would be considered late punk,well maybe not the banshees.  I’d have to go check the collection to see exactly what I have,getting old causes you to not remember…..


It’s rare that I put on vinyl these days,my hearing isn’t what it used to be and it’s just too easy to stream almost anything so that’s what I usually do,in fact I’m streaming atm.

I bought a thorens to about 2 years ago but I got a hum when I plugged it into the old Macintosh so I Took it to a shop to get it fixed and the guy made me an offer I couldn’t turn down! Since I still had another amp and TT just sitting there I took the offer and ran to the bank. So now I use a crappy technics Ty and an integra amp to power my castle speakers. I did have a set of EV’s back when but then I had a kid and was worried they’d blowout his ears. The EV’S had a warning label,warning do not play at max rated volume as this will cause permanate  hearing loss…product liabilities and that stuff….


  <S>.  XTC.

[nrshida]

I happen to have 2 strangler albums…..1 by the banshees and several by joy division but those would be considered late punk,well maybe not the banshees.  I’d have to go check the collection to see exactly what I have,getting old causes you to not remember…..


It’s rare that I put on vinyl these days,my hearing isn’t what it used to be and it’s just too easy to stream almost anything so that’s what I usually do,in fact I’m streaming atm.

I bought a thorens to about 2 years ago but I got a hum when I plugged it into the old Macintosh so I Took it to a shop to get it fixed and the guy made me an offer I couldn’t turn down! Since I still had another amp and TT just sitting there I took the offer and ran to the bank. So now I use a crappy technics Ty and an integra amp to power my castle speakers. I did have a set of EV’s back when but then I had a kid and was worried they’d blowout his ears. The EV’S had a warning label,warning do not play at max rated volume as this will cause permanate  hearing loss…product liabilities and that stuff….


  <S>.  XTC.

Whoa a Macintosh <we are not worthy>  I've been building my own valve / tube amp now for about two years and probably for the next twenty at his rate. I didn't know anything about electrics when I started. My B+ is 300-volts. I've got Tango chokes already but the output transformers are a big step. I have my eyes on a pair but they're a cool grand. In the meantime I've got a Rotel RA-610 and some big Philips speakers. Not very expensive but it does sound very nice. I got a Pierre Clostermann LP recently and listened to it the whole time like this: 

Also a LEAK Stereo 30 I'm just making some speaker plugs for because they are bespoke and unobtanium. The LEAK uses germanium transistors which are supposed to sound warm. I'll let you know 

Something to be said for not-so-powerful systems especially as you get older.

 

[morfiend]

I envy your ability to build your own amp!  Ya the old Mac was bought when I had more money than brains but it actually turned out to be a reasonable investment. I got twice what I paid for it and the thorens was a second hand find that the store owner had no idea of the value,I made triple my investment in just a few weeks.

The integra amp is quite powerfull,not rated as high as the Mac was but it has many more options.I can setup a surround for movies and then 2 separate stereo listening rooms with it but only have it setup to play music.

Been looking at Bluetooth tube amps,not sure if they make a difference but it would be interesting to see if there’s an actual difference that you can hear,not likely with my hearing these days though. I did find a set of Bluetooth speakers that can produce 120Db but want to hear them before I throw that kind of coin at them.


Off to cut the grass… it won’t cut itself.



   <S>

[nrshida]

Pierre Cochereau not Clostermann  What a noob. Got aviation on the mind.

Electricity is really weird. The behaviour of it in a choke is astoundingly odd and beautiful and natural at the same time. Was challenging and interesting to study that. Richard Feynman helped. Class D amplification is remarkably good these days. Mrs Shida's tiny phone gives an incredible output for its size. It's just that responsiveness of a valve amp in class A. They are so good at voltages.

Pop this on your system as more of a hear-your-system thing than anything else:-



If I've understood correctly, the choir represents man (and woman and everything else) praying to their god. The organ is their god responding. Phenomenal.

[zack1234]

Closterman was free French typhoon flying dog fetler.

Shida has problems with insertion

[nrshida]

Shida has problems with insertion

That's only because Mrs. Shida is quite good in the rolling scissors! 

[nrshida]

Actually forget Cochereau, put this on your stereos and Happy Friday! <S> Pipz.



 

[morfiend]

I’ll raise greenbaum with this…..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKNw477onU

[nrshida]

I’ll raise greenbaum with this…..

Brilliant. Absolute piece of art! I'll see your Heat, and raise you...

[Arlo]

Good music, Shida.

[nrshida]

Yup we're on a roll here. Potential new Friday tradition. Men of culture...

Haven't even looked in here yet. Was vaguely aware...

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