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    I had a little gramophone,
    I'd wind it round and round.
    And with a sharpish needle,
    It made a cheerful sound.

    And then they amplified it,
    It was much louder then.
    And used sharpened fibre needles,
    To make it soft again.

    Today for reproduction,
    I'm as eager as can be.
    Count me among the faithful fans,
    Of high fidelity.

    High fidelity,
    Hi-Fi's the thing for me.
    With an LP disk and an FM set,
    And a corner reflex cabinet.

    High frequency range,
    Complete with auto-change.
    All the highest notes neither sharp nor flat,
    The ear can't hear as high as that.
    Still, I ought to please any passing bat,
    With my high fidelity.

    Who made this circuit up for you, anyway? Bought it in a shop? Oooh, what a horrible shoddy job they fobbed you off with with.
    Surprised they let you have it in this room anyway, the acoustics are all wrong. If you raise the ceiling four feet... put the fireplace from that wall to that wall... you'll still only get the stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard.
    I see... I see you've got your negative feedback coupled in with your push-pull-input-output. Take that across through your reeded pickup to your tweeter, if you're modding more than eight, you're going to get wow on your top. Try to bring that down through your pre-amp rumble filter to your woofer, what'll you get? Flutter on your bottom!

    High fidelity,
    FFRR for me.
    I've an opera here that you shan't escape,
    On miles and miles of recording tape.

    High decimal gain,
    Is easy to obtain.
    With the tone control at a single touch,
    Bel canto sounds like double Dutch.
    But I never did care for music much,
    It's the high fidelity!


    This is perhaps a good moment to explain that we don't normally have these things standing around here, but tonight they are recording this - stereophonically, in fact - for posterity. So wherever you're sitting now, that's where you'll be on the record.
    Sit up nice and straight. Any of you feel like rolling in the aisles or being carried out helpless with mirth, this is a jolly good night to do it! Do you want to say hello to posterity?
    Hello!
    Hello, Posterity! If we sort of move around a bit, they'll use it for demonstration purposes.

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    Well worth repeating for all the youngsters here
    Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
    Crying out at the top of my voice; Tell me now if you can hear me

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    Yes & this bit is still worryingly true with some folks:

    But I never did care for music much,
    It's the high fidelity!

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    Top work everyone - almost as successful as "Great Tracks Featuring... Ping-Pong Balls!" and we haven't yet degenerated into smut - although I expect there's still time!
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo View Post
    Yes & this bit is still worryingly true with some folks:
    Beat me to it Chris. Well done!

    I'll think I'll play that Flanders & Swan track now.
    Barry

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    These things just pop in your head sometimes...

    How about Bush - Letting the Cables Sleep ?



    Great song, the N.O.W. Remix is superb too, from Café Del Mar 7

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    Default Tracks That Reference Hi-Fi

    Peter Hammill 'Two or Three Spectres'

    "Sod the music," said the man in the suit,
    "I understand profit and without that, it's no use.
    Why don't you go away and write commercial songs;
    come back in three years, that shouldn't be too long..."
    He's a joker and an acrobat,
    a record exec. in a Mayfair flat
    with Altec speakers wall to wall,
    a Radford and a Revox
    and through it all he plays
    strictly nowhere Muzak.
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    Springsteen - Your favourite record's on the turntable, I drop the needle and pray (Mary's Place)

    Beck. - I've got two turntables and a microphone (Where it's At)

    Adam & the Ants - Turn off the jukebox, and do us all a favour (Ant Music)


    ....... spring to mind.
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    Cambridge Audio 840c CD. Squeezebox Touch. Synology NAS.
    Teac A-3440.
    Beresford Bushmaster.
    Quad II monoblocks....Quad 44/405.....Croft Micro.....Cambridge Audio 840.
    Celestion Ditton 66.....KEF Reference One

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