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slate
25-03-2010, 20:26
yo mates

My given name is Jan Mortensen. A Dane by birth.

My nick "slate" has been in use since I was a kid playing "Donkey Kong", "Asteroid" and other classics at the local food joint.... I can't recall why I choose that... to many years have passed.

I like most kinds of music allthough most of my collection consists of albums from the 80-90's. I like classical music, but it is only lately that I have really started buying classical albums.

Equipment wise I have a tendency to stick to what I buy. Except from a couple of speakers that went to my brother, things stay until they go to the scrapyard.

For me streaming is the future, I spent the winter evenings converting my CD colletion to FLAC. Hmm that is 2 years ago now. The following summer I bought my first Squeezebox (Duet).

As someone stated: "buy a squeezebox and you will soon find that they multiply". So last summer I bought my second squeezebox receiver having it sent directly to Audiocom for modifications.

This winter a Caiman entered the house and I "leaned" my setup. My old trusty Luxman LV-107u and Carver pre-amp went down to the basement to join my CD collection.

The only thing that I consider, from time to time, is to replace my main amp. Sometimes I feel that the sound is a little muddy, but then I shift to the classical radio channel and turn up the volume and that is forgotten.
Yes those 704 needs a bit of volume to open up :)

Main: Duet (Audiocom) -> Caiman -> Carver A-500x -> B&W 704
Office: Duet -> Technics SU-V50 -> Stax SR84 Pro
Server: Zotac IONITX-A, 4 GB, 1 TB WD EADS, Win7 w. SBS 7.5e

In the basement the visual inputs are covered by:
Mitsubishi HC6000, Steward 92" screen, Toshiba XE1, Panasonic 35, Onkyo 875, JBL speakers + Velodyne sub

Stratmangler
25-03-2010, 20:49
Hi Jan

Welcome to the forum.
Good to see another Squeezebox/streaming user here - I went that way a few years ago, and would not consider going back to using CD in a CDP.
I too use my Caiman for volume duties. All I need is an analogue line in to connect my TT setup and I'm laughing.
Dig in and enjoy !

Spectral Morn
25-03-2010, 23:21
Hi Jan

Welcome to AOS.

Enjoy the forum and have fun.


Regards D S D L

slate
25-03-2010, 23:28
Thanks Chris
I saw in another thread that you have a thing for Jeff Beck; I only knew Beck by reputation and I have a few tracks on compilations. From a review I bought "Live at ronnie scotts" on Blu-ray last fall.... damn that is some sweaty s***
Very impressed how tight Vinnie Colaiuta play. And Tal Wilkenfeld... never heard about her before... thought in the beginning: hmm who is that schoolgirl ;-)

So I have now had friends over a couple of times and subjected them to the concert.

Themis
26-03-2010, 13:41
Welcome Jan. Still into video games ? ;)

slate
26-03-2010, 18:39
Welcome Jan. Still into video games ? ;)

After a couple of years break I was dragged in by a band of colleges and can now be found on the BattleField - BF1942, BF2, BFBC2

Cheers
Jan aka slate_dk

Beechwoods
26-03-2010, 18:42
Welcome, Jan!

Stratmangler
26-03-2010, 20:25
Glad you like the Jeff Beck stuff, Jan.
Vinnie Colaiuta played with Frank Zappa for a while, even got mentioned by name in the song "Catholic Girls" on the Joe's Garage album - he is a fantastic player.
Tal Wilkenfeld is a real find, isn't she ?
As for Jeff - he just pulls notes out of the guitar that no-one else can find.

Themis
26-03-2010, 21:10
After a couple of years break I was dragged in by a band of colleges and can now be found on the BattleField - BF1942, BF2, BFBC2

Cheers
Jan aka slate_dk
Ah, good. My son is on BF2 aca LE_GREC_, I use it sometimes.
Paused Aion, but still on WOW. ;)

We have a thread on games here : http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4530

Alex_UK
27-03-2010, 10:51
Hi Jan, welcome to AoS :)

More of a COD/MW2 addict myself.

I do stream, but I still prefer putting the actual CD in the player and pressing play - I know, I'm weird!

Anyway, enjoy the forum.