Barry
Fount Master & Moderator

As a Quad enthusiast my current post count is auspicious: 33,303. :lol:

What kind of tea do you like to drink?

Back to books on malt whisky - I picked these up in a boot sale recently for 50p each: The Classic Whisky Guide, by Jim Murray 1977 ISBN...

The early samples of the 'Improved' arms were fitted with steel knife edge bearings so as to use up existing stock. Later versions, which still...

11C and dull. Rained overnight and rain expected early evening.

We were at a boot sale this morning and by coincidence our neighbouring seller had some Chord bi-wire speaker cable and a lot of QED speaker cable...

In light of your revelation about listening to 'Stairway to Heaven', do you put on eye-liner before you listen to anything by Mark Almond (or Gary...

A "non improved" version of the SME 3009/II would be in keeping with the use of an SPU. The only worry is that with time the rubber decoupling bush...

Agreed - welcom back Dave (love the 'avatar')! :)

I've done a bit of research: "1877 Graphene OCC" hook up wire has an OD of 5.1mm. The use of graphene is questionable, but whether it was used...

Agreed on all counts. 'Spectacle' is a good description: the film does indeed look good.

That makes it a 'Scottish Breakfast'. :)

Some good stuff being played there guys.

If those fritters were replaced with 'bubble and squeak' it would, to my tastes, be THE PERFECT fried breakfast. Of course the sausages would be...

Yes it's not a bad film St all. :) Rebecca de Mournay is plus.

5C and fair. At another boot sale. My mobile is playing up - claiming no connection to the Internet, so have borrowed my partner's phone. At...

Good one Mike :)

How do you know they are OCC? Are they directional? What improvements have you heard? I'm genuinely interested.

Ah, "Hot Rats, part II". :) (See if you can listen to 'Chunga's Revenge' before Anita tells you to "turn that awful music off". ;) )

Agree Beefheart can be very self indulgent. His 'Trout Mask Replica' is, to my ears, unlistenable. Yet it appears in the top most influential...

Looks like the cord on an iron. Sadly it doesn't conform with Walker's 'Second Rule of Speaker Cable Selection': that the cable's outer covering...

No, I'm a mere Moderator and do not have the necessary permissions to do that sort of thing. Not that I would anyway. ;)

Zappa produced an enormous canon of work going through many directions. I find his 'vaudeville' period lyrically puerile, but put up with it for his...

Yes - I can see coaxial cable is used (don't know why you are quite so triumphant), and yes it does look like RG8. I have not seen the video...

11C and cloudy. We're at a boot-sale and I'm wearing a thick sweater under a body-warmer zipped into a windcheater, woolly hat and gloves!

When are they due to arrive - by the end of the month? :popcorn:

I'm always surprised by those that fall for the OCC label. When the billet of copper is cast and drawn by the OCC method, the crystals may well be up...

RG8/U is a coaxial cable, I would be surprised if Chord used it for their speaker cable, but you never know.

So change the café you normally frequent. That way you won't have to insult those who work there with four-letter names.

Then make your own and stop complaining, or we shall have to change your user name to "Mikeandmoan".