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  1. #61
    Join Date: Jan 2009

    Location: Essex

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    I'm openingabottleofwine.

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    No hardware (I have all the audio gear I need), so some 'software':



    Thelonius Monk - 'Brilliant Corners'

    Lesley Duncan - 'Sing Children Sing' and 'Earth Mother'

    Third Ear Band - 'Heloise and Abelard'

    Kronos Quartet - 'Plays Thelonious Monk'

    Kevin Ayers - 'Joy of a Toy', 'Whatever She Brings', 'Confessions of Dr Dream' and 'Yes We Have No Manyanas'

    Soft Machine - 'In a Deaf Corner'

    Beethoven - 'Triple Concerto'
    Barry

  2. #62
    Join Date: Apr 2012

    Location: N E Kent

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    I'm Geoff.

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    Interesting.

    Not heard anything by 'Third Ear Band' for many years. Even though I think I may still have an LP of theirs tucked away somewhere.

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    Santa has been good to a lot of people!!

    Sent from my EVA-L09 using Tapatalk

  4. #64
    Join Date: Apr 2008

    Location: Warrington

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    I'm Neil.

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    Bought myself a few bits, well, a few home upgrades for the family...

    * New ASRock J4205 motherboard for the media server + Windows 10
    * M.2 WiFi / Bluetooth Card & antennae for the media server, finally going wire-free in 2018, WiFi is stable enough for me now - as I use a USB front-end with a dedicated power supply am not paranoid about possible noise issues in the server.
    * BT Whole Home Wifi - now the daughter has full-speed broadband in her room, and we have range out to the back yard. You just connect it to your router
    * Spare TDA1541A chip as I finally found one of the 'Taiwan' editions that were made in the late 90s (better manufacturing)

    Look forward to setting it up.
    Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.

  5. #65
    Join Date: Apr 2016

    Location: Bishops Stortford

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    Treated myself by upgrading from the DAC I Signature to the DAC II Special from SW1X. I will stick up a review when I have time.

    As I said in an e mail to Slawa this morning "It’s like the pretty teenager (DAC 1 Signature) has blossomed into a beautiful lady."

    http://sw1xad.co.uk/product/sw1x-dac-2/
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    SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
    SW1X USB II
    SW1X DAC III Special
    Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
    Amps
    Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
    Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
    Speakers
    Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
    BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
    Cabling
    Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
    Headphones
    HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones

  6. #66
    Join Date: May 2015

    Location: St Leonard's on Sea

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    I'm Loz.

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    http://www.clashmusic.com/news/felt-...-on-cherry-red


    My official Christmas present but I won't actually get it until February. I've been hoping for these first five Felt albums to be repressed for many years. Surely I can hang on for another two months?

  7. #67
    Join Date: Jun 2011

    Location: cardiff

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    I'm Tristan.

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    OCS lp - formerly the oh sees
    New Calexico album (on order)
    New First Aid Kit album (on order)
    LCD Soundsystem
    Muddy Waters - Electric Mud - new 180g pressing
    Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - 180g reissue

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