don't think Keith Howard or John Atkinson could be considered flat-earthers. Linnies maybe.Originally Posted by Barry
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don't think Keith Howard or John Atkinson could be considered flat-earthers. Linnies maybe.
Hmmm... In my dim past I bought two items/gear based on J.A's (stereopiles'; "rave reviews/recomendations" thereby discovering he was an imposter.
Really pissed (at myself.. mostly) in that he Fooled me ...on TWO .. instances into buying his recommended 'Gear' which very quickly revealed itself as being genuinely inferior.
Performing Nothing like 'His' reviews/analysis claimed.
Caveat Emptor Kids... there IS earned reason that the few surviving Hi-Fi mags are hanging on by their advert dept's willpower alone.
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“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.”
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I'm Adam.
At a slight tangent, but on the subject of old magazines, if anyone has any copies of New Hi-Fi Sound from 1987-89 that they'd like to dispose of, please drop me a line!
Engineers: fixing problems you didn't know you had in ways you don't understand.
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I'm Martyn.
I have a copy of HFN from August 1978.
It's one of the most interesting copies I've seen, as it has a review of five
MC cartridges:
Sony XL-55
Technics EPC-300
Entre 1
Coral 777 EX
Ortofon MC 20
Absolutely fascinating.
I bought an Entre 1 in 1979 for £85 and still own it.
Expert Pickups have fitted many new styli over the years and
Wyndham Hodgson ( Expert Pickups Prop. ) told me it's still one of
his favourite cartridges.
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I'm givingyouaprettygoodclue.
I bought Hi-Fi Answers religiously in the late 70s when I couldn't afford the kit but wanted to dream. I bought a stack from the 80s a while back and my bedtime reading is up to 1985 now.
I still have a Practical Hi-Fi cartridge alignment protractor and screwdriver from that period.
If I need something for a long train journey I'll give Hi-Fi World a go.
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I'm Dave.
Unless it's a very short journey, you might need several of them because it never takes me more than ten minutes to read.
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I'm Adrian.
I also bought them religiously until I put together my dream system and never bought one again.
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects
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I stopped buying them when it all became DACs, streamers and multi-channel. once you skipped all that guff there was about 6 pages worth reading. For four quid a pop? No thanks.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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I'm Jez.
About the same here...
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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
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