Hello from Hungerford, UK

[KevinF]

Good morning gents and gentlewomen -

TAoS newbie Kevin from Hungerford joining up.

My musical tastes are pretty catholic: opera, baroque, symphonic, modern jazz, fusion, rock and, as of yesterday, a new discovery - Yello!

For years I churned the upgrade wheel with ever more solid state horsepower and *revealing* components. Seven years ago I discovered SET amplification and have been settled since. It seems to suit my ears and my tastes rather better. Modest size listening room so AN-Es pressurise sufficiently and everything else is AN too, apart from the vinyl spinner and arm which are Origin Live...but hold an AN IO II cart. Most of it has been bought second-hand.

Am buying much more on vinyl these days than CD, but primarily because I am cheap (see above) and find better musical value there.

KevinF.

[prestonchipfryer]

Hi Kevin and welcome to the AoS.

[MartinT]

Hello Kevin and welcome to AoS. Yello are great! That AN Io cartridge is amazing but very low output - guess you must have a step-up to suit.

[KevinF]

... That AN Io cartridge is amazing but very low output - guess you must have a step-up to suit.

Aye. AN S3 onto an M5 phono, but I we heard a Kondo S6 into the M5 at my recent bake-off....now that was special.

Thanks for the welcome.

[halfjob]

Hi Kevin and welcome to AoS. Not far from you.

Regards john

[jandl100]

Good morning gents and gentlewomen -

TAoS newbie Kevin from Hungerford joining up.

My musical tastes are pretty catholic ....

So, a fair amount of church music, then? :eyebrows:

Welcome to the forum, Kevin, it's great to see you here. :thumbsup:

I met Kevin the other day at a mutual friend's place, and we both discovered the wall-flexing delights of Yello's Touch album. :hairmetal: I've a copy on order!

[MartinT]

Get Touch on double-disc vinyl, Jerry. It's absolutely superb!

EDIT: oh, and Flag is well worth pursuing on vinyl, too. Much better than the limp CD.

[MandoBear]

Yello's Pocket Universe is also well worth a listen.

[f1eng]

Get Touch on double-disc vinyl, Jerry. It's absolutely superb!

EDIT: oh, and Flag is well worth pursuing on vinyl, too. Much better than the limp CD.

Wow, must hear Flag on vinyl then! The CD is one of the most dynamic and the antithisis of loudness war CDs I own (other than most classical ones of course).
I have the volume turned up about 10dB higher than most pop CDs without clipping and get splendid dynamics.
Perhaps there is more than one CD mix available??

[MartinT]

It's possible, Frank. I have both the Flag LP and The Race on 12" vinyl and they have balls and power like few others. To my ears, the CD sounds somewhat flat in comparison.