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  1. #1
    Join Date: Jan 2015

    Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

    Posts: 1
    I'm Glenn.

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    Hi All,

    Nice to be here!

    I'm a long term audio-nut, and 'ex-tweak' . I've spent most of my life working with audio or video in various capacities, and I'm one of those sad cases that seems to like the gear more than the music!

    I've just started getting ready for a house move and dug out my Rega P3 while shifting boxes around. I discovered that one channel isn't working, so I hit Google and found this forum... so here I am.

    Thanks for having me.

    Glenn.

    Edit: I missed the vital stuff! My System...

    Truth be told, it's in flux, as I'm about to move and some of it is in boxes. However, at the moment I'm managing with:

    Marantz 6005 CD player
    Audiolab 8000S integrated (old... Series 5 I think)
    EB Acoustics sealed standmounters
    Squeezebox 3 linked to a Linux based Media Server called "Alfie" (There have been 3 Alfies... ) loaded with FLAC and high bitrate Ogg files.
    A sick Rega P3 with Graham Slee pre-amp.

    In other parts of the house are relics from Creek, Yamaha, and Kef, plus a bunch of more modern stuff like more Squeezeboxes and Sonos boxes. I've also got a load of old, poor quality recording kit knocking about from my days in the sound engineering business, but most of it is junk!
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    Join Date: Jan 2015

    Location: New England, USA

    Posts: 21
    I'm Michael.

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    Welcome from another newbie!

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    Join Date: May 2011

    Location: Glasgow

    Posts: 7,733
    I'm Brian.

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    Welcome chaps . Enjoy the forum
    Regards
    Brian

    Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )


    Korus Computer Audio music server
    JustBoom DAC . HRT Musicstreamer 2
    Amplifier : Sony TA FB740R
    Speakers : Tannoy 637
    Interconnects : MS Audio / Klotz MC5000 .
    Speaker cables : Western Electric 16AG

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    Join Date: Apr 2012

    Location: N E Kent

    Posts: 51,626
    I'm Geoff.

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    Hello Glenn. Welcome to AOS.

    You sound like a bit of a collector. Plenty of them here, me included.

    I guess once you've moved house you'll be able to set your system up and start tinkering seriously.

    You find plenty to interest you here. Tell us what music you play.


    Enjoy the forum,
    Geoff.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Join Date: May 2012

    Location: Eastbourne UK

    Posts: 687
    I'm Geoffrey.

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    Hello and welcome Glenn.

    Geoff.

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    Join Date: Feb 2013

    Location: W Lothian

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    I'm Grant.

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    Hi Glenn, welcome to AoS. Hope you decide to get involved with the discussions. Plenty Rega boys around here.
    Cheers Grant.
    Regards,
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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    Join Date: Dec 2013

    Location: Lincoln UK

    Posts: 588
    I'm Mark.

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    Welcome Glenn
    Life long music lover and Hi-Fi enthusiast for over 40 years, avid live music supporter, dismayed by the current dynamic ticket pricing applied to so many events !!



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    Join Date: Jan 2009

    Location: Essex

    Posts: 32,322
    I'm openingabottleofwine.

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    Welcome to AoS Glenn,

    "Seem to to like the gear more tha nthe music"? Oh dear - but don't worry, help is on it's way. Just tell us what your tastes in music are and you will soon be on the road to recovery!

    Enjoy the Forum

    Regards
    Barry
    Barry

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    Join Date: Mar 2012

    Location: London and Somerset

    Posts: 2,097
    I'm Dave.

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    Hi Glenn, welcome to AOS.
    Kraken, Saturn, Emotion, Flying V Rocket, Planets.

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