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  1. #11
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    Hear Ya.

    Used to come home from Work and just channel surf... ended up watching nothing.
    Feel Subscription TV is coming close to that point now, another £15 a month, Yeah sure why not?

    Might read a book instead.
    Think theres a Cull a comin.
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  2. #12
    Join Date: Oct 2008

    Location: Glasgowshire

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    I'm Gary.

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    Hear Ya.

    Used to come home from Work and just channel surf... ended up watching nothing.
    Feel Subscription TV is coming close to that point now for me?
    Another £15 a month, sure, why not?

    Think theres a Cull a comin... Might just read a book instead.
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Hear Ya.

    Used to come home from Work and just channel surf... ended up watching nothing.
    Feel Subscription TV is coming close to that point now, another £15 a month, Yeah sure why not?

    Might read a book instead.
    Think theres a Cull a comin.
    yes, I get the impression that no-one under 40 watches live to air TV anymore. I give it ten more years max.
    Current Lash Up:

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

  4. #14
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    That's exactly my Demographic, thanks Martin!


    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    yes, I get the impression that no-one under 40 watches live to air TV anymore. I give it ten more years max.
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    That's exactly my Demographic, thanks Martin!
    yeah you wish!
    Current Lash Up:

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

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    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    There might have been someone else in between those others, course we are going back more than twenty years.

    I don't know why I keep the cable telly now, I've got all the channels and it's wall to wall crap. Most of the channels I do watch are on Freeview anyway and I never watch anything that's on the BBC. But old habits die hard.
    Wasn't Telewest something to do with the earlier cable network?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawrence001 View Post
    Wasn't Telewest something to do with the earlier cable network?
    I had to look it up as Gaz jogged my memory. Telewest was a cable provider and was bought by NTL - so the order for my cable providers was NYNEX, Cable & Wireless, NTL, Virgin.

    NTL was the one I forgot. Telewest never operated in my area.
    Current Lash Up:

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

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    Finally got it installed 3 weeks ago today, odd coincidence that this is when I had issues with music stopping?
    I'll post about it elsewhere.
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    We are moving house on Monday, we have been with virgin since the ntl days, my email addresses are ntlworld.com. When I phoned to confirm that the engineer was coming to install everything in the new place, the staff member I was talking to thought we were paying too much , which we were going to address, but he offered us a new deal virtual half price of the current one with improved channels, includes Netflix and higher broadband speed, we will still use iptv on the fire stick for a few things though.
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