On the contrary Terry - no upset.
On the contrary Terry - no upset.
DaveK.
My System:
Power: Belkin PF40, Custom.hifi.cables Hydra and DC PSUs.
Sources: Self built HTPC with Xonar ST sound card, NAD T585 multi disc player, Sony BDP-S350, Squeezebox Touch, Techncs SL1210 (mod'd) + Nagaoka MP30, Thomson Sky HD box.
Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
Speakers: Mission 774s with added super tweeters
Cables: best I can afford and likely to change except Homar's RF attenuated co-ax's and Mark Grant USB and HDMI cables. I also like silver i/cs and speaker cable.
Ok guys, now that the dust appears to have settled, I'd like to spell out a few 'home truths' as far as Critics Corner is concerned...
We're considerate enough to provide our members with a facility to air their views, so people should be grateful they've got that opportunity in the first place and that we genuinely care what our members think. The fact is, most other forums don't offer this luxury!
However, once we've listened to what people have to say, there's been reasonable discussion on the matter, and admin have made a decision, then members must have the courtesy to respect that decision and leave it at that. These endless circular arguments have to stop.
It's simply not on being downright rude, along with continually arguing, insisting on having the last word, with those in charge who pay for this site (it is not free!), and who thus provide people with the opportunity to be part of this community. In doing so, it is both discourteous and disrespectful, as it is abusing our generosity as well as our hospitality.
Quite frankly, if some people here wish to have the level of influence that they seem to think they're entitled to, then we'll gladly invoice them for a share of the running costs!!!
I do hope the message hits home and that people can learn to respect the facility we're providing and use it constructively. We will always listen, but at the same time, we're under no obligation to effect change when it is considered to be detrimental to the interests of the forum as a whole. Any changes that are made must be in step with our vision for AOS and what we are working hard to achieve.
In that respect, the Social Groups area has been removed, as suggested by Darren, as it clearly wasn't working. When we feel that ideas put forward by members are of genuine benefit to the forum, they will always be implemented.
Now, on a more positive note, let's all get back to making AOS the friendly and special place that it is!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
None of us are perfect as no hi-fi system is perfect. There are always trade-offs and compromises. If the system is 99% perfect the pursuit of that last one percent could knock the whole system out of balance or throw too much detail at you at the expense of a hitherto enjoyable and involving sense of timing and coherence.
So it is with the forum. In pursuit of that last 1 percent we end up losing our identity and what brought you here in the first place. Ultimately we end up dropping to 70% of perfection as a result.
Just read through this entire thread and can't believe no-one's mentioned it.... am I really the only one who doesn't like being called a "member" ?
Other forums I'm on either let you choose your own or a have a context-related label. Admittedly, it doesn't always work, I spent quite a while as "Just a Little Girl" on one forum, but still, prefer that to being identified as the part of male anatomy most likely to cause distraction from listening to the system...
Could be interesting thinking up replacements after all... "Binatone twin cassette player" for newbies (£20, chewed the first tape I tried to play in it), for example?
Slowly make your way up to ... hmmm, I think that's where the arguments begin!
LOL!
Ok, two things:
1) What's your proper first name? (You should add it to your sig).
2) What would you like your title to be under 'Spod', and I'll arrange it
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
As I said in my introduction thread, I really am known as "Spod". Have been since I was six. When I argue with myself I address myself as Spod. When I'm falling over drunk and trying to order myself to bed I issue orders to Spod. When I've cocked up, I ask Spod what on earth he's done. It might not be on my birth certificate, but it is my identity. I am Spod. (a name that really, really seems to annoy people that want to be unnecessarily formal .... by which I mean women!)
That's Spod. Not "Spud", which was the name on my table placing at my brother's wedding. To a woman who refuses to call me Spod. Coincidence?
And what's the point of having a forum name, then a different name in your sig? Barmy as far as I'm concerned.
As I started it, I suspect "Deaf Drunkard" would be suitable!
Because if your username is 'zlleptoil204', or somesuch, we want to feel that we're addressing a human being, not an androidAnd what's the point of having a forum name, then a different name in your sig? Barmy as far as I'm concerned.
Spod will do though!
"Deaf Drunkard" has now been added as requested
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
I tell ya what Marco, we bend over backwards for some of these people...
That's Spod happy now anyway.