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    OK, so I am getting so bloody soft in my middle age but I would like to thank the guys who run this forum for allowing me to say my bit and also for allowing me to show my photographic images to the world. You all do an amazing job through some very difficult times. Cheers...!!!

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    Well you are one of the founding members Shaun. It's only right that you are looked after.
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    Thanks for your feedback, Shaun, which is appreciated. We'll always look after those who put something back into our community (as you do), instead of only taking from it. Worst are those who just take, and then moan like a girl when something doesn't go THEIR way...

    People should always remember that they have no God-given right to try and turn an existing forum into their personal 'vision of correctness'. If that's what they want, then my advice is to go and start one of their own, based on what they consider as 'correct', pay the costs involved, and see how they get on!

    For everyone else, the realisation is that established forums, such as AoS, simply 'are what they are', so you either fit in or you don't. Try really hard NOT to fit in, and you'll end up being banned. It's as simple as that.

    That's why it's important to READ, very carefully the rules and/or ethos of a forum before joining it, as it's too late afterwards to claim 'biased moderation', when your behaviour/mentality is in complete conflict with what the owner [he who pays the bills] considers as 'correct', or indeed the majority of the existing membership.

    With nearly 11,000 members (and many amongst those who participate regularly), AoS is at a stage now in its development where there is no need for it pander to the whims of every Tom Dick and Harry, or to try and be 'all things to all men' - indeed it was never designed to be like that in the first place. Therefore, we choose who deserves to stay here and who doesn't, as well as operating a zero tolerance policy towards deliberate irritants [read as those who try hard not to fit in].

    I just thought I'd take some time out to make that point, and to say thanks to all of you who respect (and accept) the above, and help make AoS the great community that it is

    Marco.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Haselsh1 View Post
    OK, so I am getting so bloody soft in my middle age but I would like to thank the guys who run this forum for allowing me to say my bit and also for allowing me to show my photographic images to the world. You all do an amazing job through some very difficult times. Cheers...!!!
    Your photographs are always a delight to look at - so thanks for sharing them Shaun.

    My only complaint is that your photos make my own efforts seem quite sub-standard. I used to take very good photographs (or so I was told) when I used film cameras, but since using a digital camera I seem to have lost "the eye".
    Barry

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    Yes, always look forward to the pics yourself, Peter and the other contributors to the abstract gallery show us; we mere mortals enjoy seeing what can be done.
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    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I used to take very good photographs (or so I was told) when I used film cameras, but since using a digital camera I seem to have lost "the eye".
    Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned there: one of technology making you lazy? You know what they say, if you don't use it, you lose it...

    You should also know that Shaun is a major exponent of the merits of film photography.

    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!!!


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    used to have my own dark room for B&W when young. very enjoyable hooby, but dont have the gear now and tbh getting stuff developed is getting difficult film wise so sold all but one of my film cameras and went digital,, but I held out for some time digital became so easy that, I would agree that it has taken a lot of the skill and anticipation and excitement out of photography.
    With Film you got one shot and might have to wait an week to get the results. now, it is instant and errors dont cost money and you can take so many that your bound to get some goodish ones that if needed you can promptly fix in a photo studio app. Thus you kinda forget how to see and frame the right picture over time. modern life leads to laziness of the mind alas.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    modern life leads to laziness of the mind alas.
    Ain't that the truth, bro!

    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!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Thanks for your feedback, Shaun, which is appreciated. We'll always look after those who put something back into our community (as you do), instead of only taking from it. Worst of all are those who just take, and then moan like a girl when something doesn't go THEIR way...

    People should always remember that they have no God-given right to try and turn someone else's forum into their 'vision of fairness' or perfection. If they want that, then my advice is to go and start one of their own, based on what they consider as 'correct', pay the costs involved, and see how they get on!

    For everyone else, the realisation is that established forums, such as AoS, simply 'are what they are', so you either fit in or you don't. Try really hard NOT to fit in, and you'll end up being banned. It's as simple as that.

    That's why it's important to READ, very carefully the rules and/or ethos of a forum before joining it, as it's too late afterwards to claim 'biased moderation', when your behaviour/mentality is in complete contradiction with what the owner [he who pays the bills] considers as 'correct', or indeed the majority of the existing membership.

    With nearly 11,000 members (and many amongst those who participate regularly), AoS is at a stage now in its development where there is no need for it pander to the whims of every Tom Dick and Harry, or to try and be 'all things to all men' - indeed it was never designed to be like that in the first place. Therefore, we can choose who deserves to stay here and who doesn't, as well as operating a zero tolerance policy against irritants [read as those who try hard not to fit in].

    I just thought I'd take some time out to make that point, and to say thanks to all of you who respect the above and make AoS the great community that it is

    Marco.
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    Lol - I'll have some of whatever you're smoking, dude!

    But yes, I agree....

    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!!!


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