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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe View Post
    Isn't this the off-topic room though?
    Yes of course, 'off-topic' in terms of discussions not about hi-fi. However in this instance, I'm referring to posts made NOT belonging to the thread topic ('About as much use as'), started by the OP, and which arguments deriving from fallouts from a phono stage bake-off, come under.

    And incidentally, it wasn't me who raised the subject of the now 'infamous' phono stage bake-off, on this thread, it was Petrat (Peter), here:

    http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...545#post888545

    I simply, subsequently, used the opportunity to have a (well-deserved) dig at a well-known idiot/balloon (highlighting his idiocy) , such is my privilege, which I choose to exercise here occasionally.

    Anyway, enough of that now. Let's get back to the THREAD TOPIC - ta!

    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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    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!”


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    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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    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 Macca View Post
    You mean you use it because some IT geek decided that is what it would nonsensically be called way back in the dim and distant world of dial up?
    Alas, I cannot reply, as this is a strictly on-topic thread. (It is not a real thread, of course). So, I will add in the spirit of the thread:

    metaphorical language.

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    Just to address this post by Jez, and make a couple of important points, before returning to the discussion in hand...

    Quote Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics View Post
    I'd ban anyone who is also a member of the forum personally...
    That's essentially the policy, however I should make it crystal clear that we have no issues whatsoever with any NVA user (whether they're a member of said forum or not) who behaves properly and respects the AoS ethos, doesn't involve themselves in forum politics and that which doesn't (or shouldn't) concern them, respects who makes the rules here, and crucially, doesn't diss/slag-off AoS, or any member of AoS or admin, on another forum, especially the banned one you're referring to.

    In effect, any NVA user who's normal and doesn't have a trolling agenda is very welcome here

    Unfortunately, we had to ban PalsHuffMor, for trolling, as he was also 'savvypaul', a known AoS detractor, from said banned forum, and clearly, whilst trying to act as normal as he could, had an issue against AoS and me, and how the forum was run. This became patently obvious in his last few posts earlier on this thread, together with him being a sympathiser of the owner of NVA, and his perpetual vilification/badmouthing of AoS and me.

    The true colours of HFS members, joining here 'in disguise', ultimately to cause trouble and be a PITA, always shine through in the end, and when they do, the inevitable result occurs! Therefore, to all other trolling HFS members, whom the above applies to, but as yet haven't been caught, understand that when you are eventually, you'll also be banned.

    You CANNOT realistically expect to be welcome here, whilst simultaneously slagging off the place elsewhere! Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in cloud-cuckoo land.

    Furthermore, to everyone, I shall reiterate: anyone caught badmouthing members of AoS or admin, or anything to do with AoS, on another forum, WILL NOT BE WELCOME HERE, and if discovered here, will be permanently banned.

    That's not quite the same as what PaisHuffMor, posting as savvypaul, has stated, on HFS, after having being banned precisely for the above:

    Quote Originally Posted by savvypaul
    The life expectancy of an NVA owner and HFS member posting on AOS (and not prepared to ignore hypocrisy and abuse)…is about the same as it was for an SOE wireless operator in Nazi occupied France...
    Nope, as I've already said, all normal, agenda-free NVA users (and members of HFS, who don't slag off AoS, or any members of AoS, on HFS) are very welcome here. In short, nice folks who simply want to chat about hi-fi, music and other permitted topics, respect admin decisions, and not be irritants.

    Otherwise, you're not wanted or welcome here, as quite simply, life's too short to share it with folk who resent and dislike you (and when that feeling is mutual). I only want to be surrounded here by friends.

    For the very definition of "hypocrisy and abuse", see your favourite forum, and in particular the mentalist behaviour of its creator.

    That's it! Now, back to the topic of the thread...

    **[It should be noted that no replies to this post are desired or required, and if any are given, they will be deleted immediately and the member responsible given a week's holiday]**

    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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