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    Join Date: Mar 2014

    Location: West Wales

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    I'm malcolm.

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    Audiophilia 1959 style

    https://youtu.be/T9o_eZGaaMk
    Audiophile Tosher

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    I'm John.

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    Enjoyed that, thanks for posting.

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    Join Date: Jan 2009

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    I'm openingabottleofwine.

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    Excellent! Typically gentle British teasing of the audio fanatic; the scene of the enthusiasts constantly moving their chairs to get the best sense of stereo were a good natured send up.

    It reminded me of the old Flanders and Swan 'A Song of Reproduction': https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...xXYMH0rnsy02wt

    I had a little gramaphone
    I wind it round and round
    And with a sharpish needle
    It made a cheerful sound

    And then they amplified it
    It was much louder then
    And to sharpened fibre needles
    to make it soft again

    Today for reproduction
    I'm as eager as can be
    Count me among the faithful fans
    of high-fi-de-li-ty
    High fidelity
    Hi-fi's the thing for me

    with an LP disc and an FM set
    and a corner reflex cabinet
    High frequency range
    Complete with autochange
    All the highest notes
    Like a sharp norflat
    The ear can't hear as high as that
    Still I ought to please any passing bat
    With my high fidelity

    "Who made this circuit up for you anyway?
    You bought it in a shop?!
    Ooh what a horrible shoddy job they fobbed you off with
    Surprised they let you have it in this room anyway
    the acoustics are all wrong
    If you raise the ceiling four feet
    Put the fireplace from that wall to that wall
    You'll still only get the sterophonic effect if you sit at the bottom of that cupboard
    I see you've got your negative feedback coupled in with you push-pull input/output
    Take that across through ya red-in pick-up to ya tweeter
    If you're modding more than 8
    You're gonna get 'wow' on ya top
    Try to bring that down through your preamp rumble filter through ya woofer
    What'll ya get?
    Flatter on ya bottom"

    High fidelity
    FFRR for me
    I've an opera here that you shan't escape
    on miles and miles of recording tape
    High decibel gain
    Is easy to obtain
    With the tone control at a single touch
    'Bel Canto' sounds like 'Double Dutch'
    Then I never did care for music much
    It's the High Fidelity


    Songwriters: MICHAEL FLANDERS / DONALD SWANN
    Song of Reproduction lyrics © MECHANICAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION SOCIETY LTD.

    Nice to see all those old Garrard and Collaro TTs, as well as the Quad amps and Tannoy Canterbury speakers.

    To be honest, the mid '60s was when I became interested in hi-fi and stereo. The father of a school chum of mine had all that sort of gear (actually it was Leak valve amplification and Wharfedale SFB speakers), but to my 12 year old ears it sounded fantastic, and much better than my parent's Philips radiogram.
    Barry

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