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Today, 10:13

Pharos replied to a thread RADFORD Auditorium in Past Masters

IME formica colouring is fairly deeply embedded in the material, and if you just spit on the scratch it may well colour-wise disappear, but not 3...

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Today, 10:06

Pharos replied to a thread WTD - Active Preamp in Private Exhibitions

I didn't mention any price Oliver, I just stated the availability, and it does have the phono MC/MM option.

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Yesterday, 17:02

Pharos replied to a thread WTD - Active Preamp in Private Exhibitions

I have an AVI S2000P to sell which is very good spec, near identical in sound to my ATC SCA2, and has a new Alps motorised volume pot. I only just...

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14-06-2018, 20:24

Pharos replied to a thread My Speakers gave me a scare! in Blank Canvas

Is the oblong tweeter a Heil or a ribbon, and how high does the spec say they go?

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14-06-2018, 10:16

Pharos replied to a thread My Speakers gave me a scare! in Blank Canvas

They look like a serious attempt at Hi end to me, and it is surprising at the sort of price they must be, that a switch should fail. But then they do...

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13-06-2018, 09:28

Pharos replied to a thread Those were the days..pdf of old hifi ads - lskys etc. in Blank Canvas

A high quality R2R, vertically mounted really does have an impacting image.

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12-06-2018, 23:04

Pharos replied to a thread Those were the days..pdf of old hifi ads - lskys etc. in Blank Canvas

I can see a sadness in the loss of amateur involvement/personal hobby commitment, but the main feeling is one relating to the extreme sociological...

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12-06-2018, 14:55

Pharos replied to a thread Vibration Isolation Info in The Artist's Palette

Your results are interesting Neil, and somehow I feel that we are fed ideas without verification by the market. My speakers weigh 77kg and are...

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11-06-2018, 21:37

Pharos replied to a thread Vibration Isolation Info in The Artist's Palette

The conflict between the desire for no fore-aft movement under transient conditions, and a decoupling from the floor to avoid transmission of energy...

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11-06-2018, 10:51

Pharos replied to a thread Vibration Isolation Info in The Artist's Palette

Have you actually measured it under transient conditions Neil?

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09-06-2018, 16:39

Pharos replied to a thread Spendor S8 (not S8e): to buy or to wait? in Blank Canvas

It is rather hard to see what is the restriction on speaker spacing given the size of your room. Maybe try compromising by going closer to the...

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09-06-2018, 10:03

Pharos replied to a thread Spendor S8 (not S8e): to buy or to wait? in Blank Canvas

My immediate reaction is to question the separation of the speakers by only 1.2m, especially when 2.5 to 3m is de rigour. Surely imaging will be...

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04-06-2018, 08:46

Pharos replied to a thread Do mains cables make a difference?? in The Artist's Palette

Barry, I think a few steps have been left out in the following, although I may be wrong, could you please fill them? "Assume the conductor is...

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03-06-2018, 21:42

Pharos replied to a thread Do mains cables make a difference?? in The Artist's Palette

Yes, electrons do oscillate around in a heat dependant random manner which is Brownian motion producing thermal noise, and this manifests as the...

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03-06-2018, 13:21

Pharos replied to a thread Do mains cables make a difference?? in The Artist's Palette

Talk of electrons travelling kilometres is contrary to what I was taught in 'A' level physics. The field travels at near the speed of light, but...

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01-06-2018, 22:41

Pharos replied to a thread Audiophile urban myths and legends in Blank Canvas

When TdP offered me a job in '91, he also declared that he was computer illiterate.

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29-05-2018, 10:21

Pharos replied to a thread Equipment Cones, Spikes, Feet and Pads. in Strokes of Genius

However minimal, even with S/S the materials inside are not homogenous, and differing densities will result in differing reactions to applied...

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29-05-2018, 10:14

Pharos replied to a thread Where do you listen? in Blank Canvas

1 : 1.6 : 2.3?

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28-05-2018, 22:46

Pharos replied to a thread Where do you listen? in Blank Canvas

My first consideration when moving is the suitability of the main room acoustically, and its insulation from neighbours. Currently end of terrace,...

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24-05-2018, 16:18

Pharos replied to a thread Guess what speakers they game ? in Past Masters

Breaks my heart to see all of those examples of good old British engineering when it was unpretentiously strait forward, no bling.

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22-05-2018, 16:33

Pharos replied to a thread A Glue For Smoothing Down 5mm Of Corner Veneer? in The Drawing Board

OK, now we have more info this is my strategy. PVA eliminated, it will not glue vinyl. Araldite is good, can be used as a bulk filling glue,...

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21-05-2018, 10:41

Pharos replied to a thread Where do you listen? in Blank Canvas

Your position is the same as mine Andreas, I am much older and I have not done the 'family thing', being a reject, and so Hi-Fi and music have...

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20-05-2018, 22:41

Pharos replied to a thread A Glue For Smoothing Down 5mm Of Corner Veneer? in The Drawing Board

Yes, PVA is white and water soluble, and heavy until it loses the water. Tannoy used it to glue on the girdacoustic cardboard right angles onto its...

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19-05-2018, 23:16

Pharos replied to a thread A Glue For Smoothing Down 5mm Of Corner Veneer? in The Drawing Board

The Mother material seems to be chipboard, or at least a porous material, and this necessitates a glue which will flow into the wood and fill. I...

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19-05-2018, 15:58

Pharos replied to a thread A Glue For Smoothing Down 5mm Of Corner Veneer? in The Drawing Board

I think I could be very helpful if I could see a picture - I've done a lot of this and know my materials and glues.

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