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  1. #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Check it out, mate. They're usually folded up in big piles in the menswear section. I wouldn't buy anything else from Matalan, but I find their plain t-shirts pretty good, and mostly use them as 'vests' for underneath shirts or jumpers. They wash and hold their shape well, too.

    Marco.
    I'll have another look.

    I'm wearing a nasty grey 'Fruit of The Loom' example at the moment. It's been washed many times and is now nearly skin tight from shinkage and is about as thick as a fag paper. Useless.
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    Check the link in my previous post

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    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.

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  3. #43
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I'm wearing a nasty grey 'Fruit of The Loom' example at the moment. It's been washed many times and is now nearly skin tight from shinkage and is about as thick as a fag paper. Useless.
    They're cack. I've had them before. The ones in Matalan are at least twice as thick and more than half the price!

    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!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I'll have another look.

    I'm wearing a nasty grey 'Fruit of The Loom' example at the moment. It's been washed many times and is now nearly skin tight from shinkage and is about as thick as a fag paper. Useless.
    you made the obvious error of washing it
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  5. #45
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    Matalan. Can't believe it. Why not go the whole hog and buy your clothes from Ethel Austin? Do they still exist? My mother bought all our clothes from Ethel Austin and C&A. That was before Matalan. Then when I left home couldn't afford proper clothes so used to wear army surplus. Shirts for ten bob, keks for a quid. The shirts had name badges on, usually some bizarre German name. But you could unpick that.

    As a result I only wear designer gear now, sportswear mostly, like a proper chav; but I do it ironically so I think that is okay.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Matalan. Can't believe it. Why not go the whole hog and buy your clothes from Ethel Austin? Do they still exist? My mother bought all our clothes from Ethel Austin and C&A. That was before Matalan. Then when I left home couldn't afford proper clothes so used to wear army surplus. Shirts for ten bob, keks for a quid. The shirts had name badges on, usually some bizarre German name. But you could unpick that.

    As a result I only wear designer gear now, sportswear mostly, like a proper chav, but I do it ironically so I think that is okay.
    Lol... I wear all manner of t-shirts, some designer and some basic, such as those [shock, horror] from Matalan. If I'm working in the garden or just bumming about the house, why waste something 'fancy'?

    And when they're done, they make great dusters!

    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!!!


  7. #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    If I'm working in the garden or just bumming about the house, why waste something 'fancy'?

    And when they're done, they make great dusters!

    Marco.
    Exactly. I'm burning some garden rubbish later, and everything will end up stinky and need washing, so I'm wearing tat!
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  8. #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    . I'm burning some garden rubbish later, !
    The exciting lives we lead...
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    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    The exciting lives we lead...
    You haven't seen my bonfires mate.

    Couple of months ago, I filled the incinerator with dead branches, sprayed the whole lot with WD40 and a drop of cellulose thinners, stood well back and tossed a match in. The resulting 'BOOMPH' shook the whole neighbourhood.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Yeah, when I had the allotment the best bit was the fires.
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    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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