Fair enough mate, I get that. The traffic situation down there is hard for me to fathom, as up here in North Wales, outside of Wrexham on country roads, I've often got the road completely to myself!
Marco.
Fair enough mate, I get that. The traffic situation down there is hard for me to fathom, as up here in North Wales, outside of Wrexham on country roads, I've often got the road completely to myself!
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.
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This was my first car in this colour Nippy and reliable little 1.2 but mine had the original rostyle wheels. Would have liked the coupe but still liked this saloon...The LHD slight customised version is the nearest library picture I can find
Always liked the Opel Kadett...you got a bit more for your money than a Vauxhall version.
Theres a collectors club for these now and I gave it away when I got my Astra GTE.
Last edited by Minstrel SE; 20-11-2017 at 18:02.
Yeah. Nice. Always liked Opels, loved my Mantas!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Picked this Beemer up at the weekend. I think I've managed to get a bargain with 16k on the clock, full service history etc. Near mint i would say. Pulls like a train from low down and handles beautifully. Really chuffed to have a Boxer once again, the last one being a R100RS in 1993. Happy days.
Nice! Those were well reviewed when they came out. I like the looks.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Now that's a modern bike I like! For me, it's rather more classy/stylish than the Jap varieties produced these days. Nice one, Loz. Hope you have lots of fun on 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!!!
The Budget. Diesel drivers to be clobbered again. After many years in the past of previous governments encouraging people to buy diesel cars, they are no longer 'flavour of the month', so their owners are to be further penalised. Seems rather unfair. Why not wait for natural attrition and just let them wear out and be scrapped? More 'justifiable' bucks in the kitty no doubt.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/4971...emains-frozen/
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Yup, but it's only for new cars that don't meet the latest emissions standards, and older ones to which that also applies.
If the former is the case, then the car concerned simply isn't fit for purpose, and in terms of the latter, that will be tested for in an MOT - and if the car fails, then the owner will need to do something about it or face the consequences.
For me, that's perfectly justified and fair, as something drastic needs done about current pollution levels, which with increasing levels of traffic, are getting worse all the time, especially in big cities.
It's one of the reasons why I keep the Brabster in tip-top condition, by using the best fuels and oils I can, containing the appropriate cleaning additives (thus reducing carbon emissions accordingly), keep the tyre pressures correct, and generally maintaining the car properly and having it serviced regularly.
Preventative maintenance is also the key, i.e. having your car checked regularly, by a trusted and capable mechanic, and addressing any issues *before* something goes wrong....
Too many folks these days think that owning a car is simply about driving it, and lazily expecting everything to just 'look after itself'. Or are too mean to spend anything on their cars, other than on fuel - and even that is grudged, so any old shit will do, as long as it's cheap!
All of the above makes a big difference to how 'clean' your diesel car (or any car) is, and why mine usually sails through its MOT!
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!!!
Porshe Panamera
There are a couple I see on my way back from work some nights, a black one and a white one.
Never liked the styling of Porshes, except for the 928, but the Panamera looks pretty cool. I think because it reminds me a bit of the cars from UFO:
Porshe Panamera:
UFO Car:
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.