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  1. #2101
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    Cool beans (no pun intended)!

    Keep it for me if you can, mate

    Btw, that new milk frother is great. Much more powerful than the last one. so makes a better froth, and it has a larger capacity. I reckon that once I get your grinder, it'll take a lot to convince me to invest in a professional coffee machine... Especially as most of the coffee I drink is cappuccinos.

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

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  2. #2102
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    still got a bottle of this too..
    its a very nice sippin' whiskey
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “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.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

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  3. #2103
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    Don't doubt it - just my kind of thing! Better come up with a fat wallet, then

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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  4. #2104
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    "Heavily peated"... Well, that's me out!

    Enjoy though, Timbo

    I could do with adding another Whisky to my collection, to replace the Lagavulin 16 I've got in a crystal decanter, which I'm trying to run down, as the smoke is putting me off, but not quite sure what to get...

    Need to get a nice vintage port too, for Christmas, but I'll pick that up tomorrow in Tanners, when I collect the Beaujolais Nouveau. Fancy some lunch tomorrow in Chester, whilst I'm there and do a spot of Christmas shopping, while the 'lower orders' are at work and the shops are quiet!

    Marco.
    If you want something interesting pal; go for one of these maybe?

    https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/...eney-navigator - salty, caramelly and a good depth of flavour

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balvenie-Wh...s%2C144&sr=8-2 - great depth, great flavours and very interesting. Makes you think of warm days on the beach with a cocktail or 3

    https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/...ld-sherry-cask - great flavours, only a 50cl bottle but when cut, it lasts you a good while. Amazing flavours, very dried fruit and dried apple

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aberfeldy-2...297241&sr=8-10 - if you want to spend a bit more, this is very much worth it
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  5. #2105
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    still got a bottle of this too..
    its a very nice sippin' whiskey
    That's a great whiskey, I do like that, but prefert the Silver Select TBH. Their Sinatra Select is stunning also, but pricey
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  6. #2106
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    My Fav, ive a bottle of this left too..

    Featured in the 1001 whiskies you must try before you die book

    The other Tennessee sour mash Whiskey that often gets overlooked by its more famous neighbour and made using the same "lincoln county process" of mellowing the whiskey through maple wood charcoal.

    84% Corn 8% Rye 8% Barley and for me not as sweet and syrupy as JD and if you fancy looking beyond all the JD marketing and try something different from Bourbon then this antique bottle of Dickel No12 is liquid mississipi mud pie and well worth seeking out.

    90.5 points Jim Murray's Whisky Bible.
    jim was who got me on to dickel.. likes air tho imo.. This old bottle is much nicer than the current..Proper whisky bottle lol
    Last edited by struth; 02-12-2019 at 14:53.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “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.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  7. #2107
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifilover View Post
    If you want something interesting pal; go for one of these maybe?

    https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/...eney-navigator - salty, caramelly and a good depth of flavour

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balvenie-Wh...s%2C144&sr=8-2 - great depth, great flavours and very interesting. Makes you think of warm days on the beach with a cocktail or 3

    https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/...ld-sherry-cask - great flavours, only a 50cl bottle but when cut, it lasts you a good while. Amazing flavours, very dried fruit and dried apple

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aberfeldy-2...297241&sr=8-10 - if you want to spend a bit more, this is very much worth it
    Cheers, Dan! I'll have a look through those

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


  8. #2108
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    heard good things on the Edradour.. i do like to keep finger on the pulse, having been a nut for whisky for all my life.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “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.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  9. #2109
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post


    My Fav, ive a bottle of this left too..

    Featured in the 1001 whiskies you must try before you die book

    The other Tennessee sour mash Whiskey that often gets overlooked by its more famous neighbour and made using the same "lincoln county process" of mellowing the whiskey through maple wood charcoal.

    84% Corn 8% Rye 8% Barley and for me not as sweet and syrupy as JD and if you fancy looking beyond all the JD marketing and try something different from Bourbon then this antique bottle of Dickel No12 is liquid mississipi mud pie and well worth seeking out.

    90.5 points Jim Murray's Whisky Bible.
    jim was who got me on to dickel.. likes air tho imo.. This old bottle is much nicer than the current..Proper whisky bottle lol
    That looks like something I should try.
    Regards
    Robin

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  10. #2110
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    heard good things on the Edradour.. i do like to keep finger on the pulse, having been a nut for whisky for all my life.
    Edradour is good, but "IMO they're losing their way currently. With their Bellechin range, they're going too peaty when really they need to stay on their Highland malt line and make their dark, tasty and complex whiskies without turning to the TCP dark side

    If you want a similar/as good whisky, blended or single malt, look at Aberfeldy/House of Dewar
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