Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
The Vaux brewery site was demolished years ago and a big supermarket chain bought it and have left it an eyesore,speculating on it,s value and also denying it to any rivals.I always found Camerons was a lot better in H'pool ie it did not travel. In my neck of the woods it was p--- poor ,the joke being if you missed the next day at work you must have been drinking it.
Nothin' I do don't seem to work ,it only seems to make matters worse!. Jagger/Richards
Maximus is a nice pint from the Maxim Brewery
Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
Maybe drinking in the old Riverside club and places like the Broken Doll in the town meant that a bottle of dump (Brown ale) was my tipple. Could never get away with any of that Cameron's stuff, or any of the Fed's various p##swater.
Had to knock it on the head though as whilst I've always been a mellow rather than an angry drunk, the Broon used to make me go a bit radge. The barmaids in the Telegraph, the Forth (where my Mrs used to work) and the Barley Mow all knew about this and would only let me have 2 bottles of dog in any one session. Funny stuff it was.
One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
Speaking about Brown Ale, I was in a "British Pub" in Columbia North Carolina last year, they had Newcastle Brown Ale on tap, i had to educate the colonials and explained that Newcastle Brown Ale is a bottle only beer, it doesn't come in draught and what they were serving was in fact Newcastle Exhibition.
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
All this talk makes me wonder if the new venue would be up for getting a few guest ales in for the weekend? Anyone for the world's first combined Beer Festival / Hifi Show?
Maybe even provide some lovely local fare? Stotties, pease pudding, pan heggarty and singin' hinnies come to mind
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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I was very surprised the last time i was in the States. Newcastle brown was everywhere. Never saw it on tap, just bottles. Every gas station, little type shop, big shops, from middle of nowhere in a desert, to the city. That and Bass beer. Then again , i assumed it would be just crap larger everywhere, like 'Bud'. How wrong was i , Ale, very good Ale, stouts etc. So many micro brewers ,almost every bar had a few good ales, so many bottles of the stuff too.
Kraken, Saturn, Emotion, Flying V Rocket, Planets.