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    I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.

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    What other (worksafe) websites do you visit and/or participate in as a member?

    The Virtual Pub, courtesy of our friends at Audioworks:

    http://www.theaudioworks.co.uk/forum/

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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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    http://www.xkcd.com/ but then again I am a scientist/computer geek

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    http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-forums/forum-3.html

    Been on this a lot recently re my piano research - good site for this kind of thing...
    Andy c! to those that know....

    Rig 1: LP12/Nima/17D2 - heed Quazar/hiline/252/250.2/SL2's, CDS3/hiline also - whole lot on Fraim. Fully monty 4 x 10mm2 spurs.

    Rig 2: Denon 2805/DVD2910/N-cent and b7w rears fed into unity gain on 252.

    Rig 3:
    Roland A90ex/Yamaha MG12/4 mixer, Fostex 0.5's & Ableton via M-Audio 192 sound card (soon to be appl'ed and prob Focusrite'd!)

    Loads of music, both written and recorded!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chance66 View Post
    Piano? WTF!!!
    Someone's got to make music.

    Lounge:
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    Echo Link streamer
    RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
    XMOS DSD Async
    Emotiva A2+ power amplifier
    Neat Motive SX1 speakers
    Van Damme 4.00mm tour grade speaker cable
    Nakamichi Fanlock banana plugs
    Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
    Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
    QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    What other (worksafe) websites do you visit and/or participate in as a member?

    The Virtual Pub, courtesy of our friends at Audioworks:

    http://www.theaudioworks.co.uk/forum/

    Marco.
    I admin a Tai-Chi Chuan forum on yahoogroups called energeticsart.

    It started with just members of my school (www.art-of-energetics.com) and in 5 years now has about 1500 members. But yahoogroups are just discussion lists, very simple compared with your effort.

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    From The Grave

    It wasn't really a big attraction, this thread, but maybe it could be, what do you reckon?

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    The Register (for IT nerds)
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/

    Planet F1 (for F1 enthusiasts)
    http://www.planetf1.com/

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    Boing Boing for all sorts of entertaining oddness: http://www.boingboing.net/

    Guido Fawkes and Stumbling & Mumbling for opposing takes on what's on in Politics.
    [SIZE="1"]Nick

    Follow AOS on Twitter: @AoS_Forum

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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

    Daily Torygraph - my cousin used to write a coulmn for them so I originally signed up order to be able to comment but it is still my online newspaper of choice (until it goes behind a paywall).

    Being a scouser I'm not allowed to read 'The Sun' any more...
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.

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