Morning all

[plastic penguin]

Just quick hello.

My tastes in music is eclectic, ranging from Soul, Funk, Reggae, rock, pop to big band jazz music.

Purchased my first stereo in 1979 (Pioneer SA706 amp, Hitachi cassette deck, Garrard turntable, Marantz FM tuner and Wharfedale Linton speakers, replacing Solavox PR25 MKII)

I am an avid listener to FM and Freeview radio. Now have a shiny modern amp with nice knobs, wonderful CDP, good budget turntable, floorstanding speakers, sterling tuner and plethora of spaghetti to connect the whole lot together.

First and foremost I am a music lover, or as some say, a frustrated musician, therefore my hi-fi bridges my lack of musical ability.

No interest, at this juncture, in modern streaming methods. Scares the life from me.

Hope I can contribute at some point.

Thanks, PP.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi Richard,
Welcome to AoS - so why not tell us what the components in your system are?

[plastic penguin]

Okay. Enjoy of bit of suspense. If you must know my bundles consist of the following:

Leema Pulse MKII; Naim CD5i-2; Denon Tuner TU-260 MKII; Monitor Audio RS6; pro-ject Xpression 1 with upgraded MM cartridge.

[MartinT]

Hello Plastic . . err Richard and welcome to AoS! You know we'll be asking for pictures so get your camera out ;)

What kind of music do you like playing as a musician?

[Alex_UK]

Welcome from me too - hope you enjoy AoS. :)

[plastic penguin]

Hello Plastic . . err Richard and welcome to AoS! You know we'll be asking for pictures so get your camera out ;)

What kind of music do you like playing as a musician?

Don't really. Have a very cheap acoustic guitar which has collected dust for years. Had lessons about 23 years ago but decided, correctly, that my brain and fingers were lacking co-operation.

Love to upgrade every now and again (with bank balance a spousal approval)

Will exhibit some pics once I renew my camera. It's a very old digital jobbie so need to save pennies to find a decent new one.

[Thing Fish]

Hi Richard and a welcome from me as well...:wave:

We will accept phone pictures...;)

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Richard.

Looking forward to seeing the photos of your system.

Welcome again
Regards

[Puffin]

Hello and welcome. Where is Surrey are you?

[Audio Al]

Hi Richard

Welcome to our little part of the interweb


Will exhibit some pics once I renew my camera. It's a very old digital jobbie

Perfect , You only need 640 x 480 128KB files to post on here via something like Photobucket

;)

[plastic penguin]

Hello and welcome. Where is Surrey are you?

Thank you. Between Guildford and Leatherhead.

[Puffin]

Ah yes, know it reasonably well. I am in Haslemere.

[The Grand Wazoo]

So the penguin and puffin have similar habitat!

[Anti Meep]

Hi Richard. That's a pretty nice system you have there. I must admit though that I have little knowledge of Leema gear. Haven't seen any down these parts yet. Reviews well though.
Yup, pics usually get me going too.:)
What cartridge are you enjoying at the moment. I have a bit of a cartridge fetish happening at present. Love the little beaut's.

[plastic penguin]

Hi Richard. That's a pretty nice system you have there. I must admit though that I have little knowledge of Leema gear. Haven't seen any down these parts yet. Reviews well though.
Yup, pics usually get me going too.:)
What cartridge are you enjoying at the moment. I have a bit of a cartridge fetish happening at present. Love the little beaut's.

Sounds divine. The balance, with my room acoustics, is awesome for the money.

Yup, really good cartridge. It's a ClearAudio Classic Wood (MM).

[plastic penguin]

Ah yes, know it reasonably well. I am in Haslemere.
Know it well. How's the tunnel? My brother lives in Camberley and works a fair bit around your neck of the woods. One of my old clients lives in Cranleigh.

[plastic penguin]

So the penguin and puffin have similar habitat!

And we both frequent here: http://www.birdworld.co.uk/contact-us.html