Hello my lovelies!

[JRS]

...And i hope you are all lovely here and not like those other horrid forums...
Anyway, that's enough about you. I'm here to talk about me.
My name is Jamie and I live in London and I've been a music lover all my life.For the last 20 years I've been enjoying music on my Marantz pm55 amp.
I used to have a nad 5120 tt but I got into mixing and bought a pair of technics 1210's which I still have.
I've only just recently got into proper hi-fi when my old Gale speakers died and I started looking into replacements on the web. I took the plunge and bought some Tannoy 8" DMT IIs (i know, they're NFM). That experience certainly opened my ears to other possibilities. I started looking into amps and went from valves to Quads to Arcam 5.1 systems (which I'm glad i avoided as I don't really like 5:1) to Naim and finally went full circle and purchased the mighty Croft Micro 25 Pre and S7 Power combo.
The day it arrived was a tad disappointing as the poweramp had a blown 3.15 amp fuse so I had to wait till morning to get a spare. A long wait.
It was totally worth it though. It sounds absolutely sublime and it isn't even run in yet.
Between me and the wife, we have about 15 feet of vinyl so I'm looking forward to lots of listening pleasure.
So, very nice to meet you all.

[Spectral Morn]

Hi Jamie

Welcome to AOS.

Have fun and enjoy the forum.


Regards D S D L

[Beechwoods]

Welcome Jamie, and we like to think of ourselves as a friendly old place, so I hope you enjoy yourself here. 15' of vinyl... oooh, you've got your priorities right! Get the software sorted and hardware can follow!

Have a good one, and see you around.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi Jamie & a warm welcome from me too.

[Alex_UK]

Hi Jamie, we are mainly a friendly bunch, a bit of leg pulling* and minor spats aside of course.

So what sort of music do you have on those 15 feet?

*By the way - if you're looking for an avatar... ;)

http://static.allbackgrounds.com/th2/jamie-and-the-magic-torch.jpg

[synsei]

:lol: Alex, that all depends whether Jamie has a magic torch :ner:

Hi Jamie and welcome to AoS. I hope you enjoy your stay with us, and I can honestly say that most of us don't bite (too many bare and flappy gums for that) :lol:

[JRS]

Thanks for the welcome. Within the 15 feet lies some treasures and some toss.
The wife has mostly soul on Kent, Motown and various labels and a fair bit of disco and house. Mine ranges from Electronic (lots of Detroit stuff) ,Jazz, Blues,
American Punk and New wave to 60's and 70's folk and rock etc etc.
There's an unusually high rate of Detroit offenders in both our collections.

Here are 5 that never leave the system for long.
Astral weeks Van Morrison
Computer world Kraftwerk
Tomato Yes
Decade Neil Young
Nation of Millions Public Enemy.
Everything by Jackson C Frank (i know, That's six)

And 5 new(to me)jewels .
In a Silent Way Miles Davis.
Heart Food Judee Sill
In My Own Time Karen Dalton
Return To Forever Chick Corea
Party Store The Dirtbombs

[ikaruga]

I knew a JRS from Ealing. Wonder if you're the same. He was a DJ. He, along with his good friends, booked me for a couple of nights he put on. If it's the same he, I wonder if he can have a stab who this he is.

Confused yet?! ;)

If you're the same one, how strangely coincidental we sign up within a day of each other. If you're not, ignore this. :doh:

[JRS]

Sorry, not me I'm afraid

[ikaruga]

Ok - I'll stand down and ignore the last post ;)

Would love to check out your detroit collection. Something severely lacking (i.e pretty much nil!) in my record collection, being a DJ at one stage that's a crime.

[ccaks]

Hi and welcome Jamie!

I've just joined too and have a large lp collection, but mine is exclusively classical.
Only about 11 feet long ;)

The problem is...not much time to listen to them :doh:

Warm regards,
Claudia