Well I would love to sample both the Glendronach and Glengoyne for sure but they will have to go into the notebook for now - there has been some indulgence on the hi-fi front and I don't want to take the proverbial too much ...
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Well I would love to sample both the Glendronach and Glengoyne for sure but they will have to go into the notebook for now - there has been some indulgence on the hi-fi front and I don't want to take the proverbial too much ...
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
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I noticed yesterday that some corporate sleazebags have increased the price of Aberlour a'Bunadh from around £48 to £80!! In the erudite words of one blogger - 'Fuck. That.'
What could possibly justify this? If the quality had increased it would help, but the last batch I bought was very rough indeed, and not a patch on earlier releases. Shame.
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yeah i saw tht.. it was originally overly cheap, so maybe they are consolidating the price now it has a following(it might backfire tho)Originally Posted by julesd68
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I've noticed prices creeping up over the last few years Jules, loads are collecting and flipping at auctions it seems. Was watching something recently where the commentator said during the 80's Scotland had a vast Loch of surplus whisky and many distilleries were either closing or being mothballed due to lack of demand.
Right now that surplus Loch is a puddle in comparison, distilleries are working at around 90% capacity, with new ones being opened and older sites being revived. There's a 3 year waiting list at Forsyths Ltd for new stills apparently. So I guess it's inevitable prices will rise.
Have you seen the new £140 million Macallan distillery, it's like something from a James Bond movie. The overall brand investment is £500 million!
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Interesting Tim!
I wonder how the recent US tariffs will affect the capacity you mention?
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Some place that.. fits in nicely.
Yes the usa duty hike may also have had a reason as may brexit to the price increase
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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.”
“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***
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I'm not a Macallan drinker myself, but the distillery is a thing a beauty - very tastefully designed and must be something to see up close. All those gleaming stills purring away, wonderful stuff.
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They don't do it anymore. Just asked this minute.Lol.... I'll be enjoying a bottle this rather nice Rioja later with Sunday lunch:
Plucked from my 'cellar specials', and should be ready for drinking now
Available from Waitrose: https://www.waitrosecellar.com/wine-...-arana-reserva
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Ah, that's a shame. Maybe an online wine retailer would have it?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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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