Sad news indeed... My thoughts are with the family... I am so sorry for your loss
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Sad news indeed... My thoughts are with the family... I am so sorry for your loss
Bev
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This is very sad news!
RIP Dave.
Chris
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If anyone knows his relic or nearest relative please pass on my condolences. DaveK and I exchanged a few emails and I am saddened by his passing. I knew he must be getting on because he did not know who Voldemort wasI had to explain and send him a pic! On the Technics side he had a couple of innovative ideas and I can already see he will be missed on this forum.
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Sad news, larger than life character who's colourful activity will be missed.
Regards Neil
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I'm Gary.
Aw hell...
Sad news indeed.
Dave and I go way back, hadn't heard from him in a long time and asked about if anyone knew how he was getting on.
As Jerry (Covenant) says, Dave, him and I used to swap mods for the early Beresford dacs back in the day, got to know him (as much as you can online) quite well.
He was a bit of a character sometimes, but always looked out for others and had a strong sense of justice and doing the right thing, a generational thing as well as just being one of those guys.
This led him to a few forum spats, but he was gentlemanly enough to agree to disagree...MOST of the time
Almost bumped into him at a couple of hifi shows around the country, regret never having bought him that pint I said I owed him for helping me out so much in the early days.
RIP Dave,
Will always remember your wobbly belly avatar, made me smile everytime I seen it.
Godpseed mate.
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AMPS
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Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
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PHONOSTAGE
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DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
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SPEAKER CABLES
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Met him at a couple of Owstons, as you say Gaz, a gent. I bought a pair of speakers from him that I ended up swapping for the OB's I have now.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
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Very sad news. Oddly enough I was thinking about him recently as he used to email every now and then as I had made a power supply for him several years ago. Something that has exercised my mind over the years (as you get older) is how to deal with the people you leave behind when they only exist in the ether so to speak. I suppose we all ought to make a file giving Forums inhabited, user names and passwords for those left behind to access in the event of our death. It would be good for them to see that the "sad old git" that spent many hours on his hifi and talking to others about it was (I hope) a valued contributor and will be missed.
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I'm Shane.
Never did communicate with this fellow.
Oh well, RIP
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I hitched a lift with Dave up to the pork pie show one year...He picked me & the wife up from Meadowhall petrol station. I remember the drivers side window on his Jag dropped down & could not get it to stay up, hence we cut our stay short as he was naturally worried about leaving the car open..Nice bloke Dave was..
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Thank you for the update, this is indeed very sad news.
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