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Sounds like my kind of beer![]()
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Arcam Alpha 7 CD
Don't know about your local water authority, but ours has been emailing us about greatly reduced levels in our reservoirs. One call to the newspapers, and hey presto, panic buying of bottled water. Wouldn't surprise me.
When I was an apprentice, one of my duties was doing a weekly shop for the boss's sister. List always included PLJ (pure lemon juice) and Carr's Table Water biscuits. Forgot about them until now. I'll have to get some, make a nice change from Jacob's cream crackers. Might even get fifty boxes in case they run out.Sorry if that contributes to a shortage.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
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Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2,052
I'm guy.
Interesting about reduced levels in reservoir - my daily dog walk takes me around part of the edge of our local reservoir and I have been surprised how quickly it is going down.
Only two weeks ago it looked pretty damn full. Today it seems to have dropped significantly, about twenty foot of "beach"/sand exposed in a very short time.
We've not been enjoying incredibly hot weather/drought conditions - what on earth is going on
Don't feel guilty about the table water, now I have a full tank of diesel I intend to do a trawl of Suffolk supermarkets![]()
LP12, Ittok (black), DV10X5, Art Audio Vinyl 1 phono stage, NVAP50 SA, Art Audio Quintet 15w power amp, NVA LS5 cable, Rega Ela mk1's.
Arcam Alpha 7 CD
Tufty turned up this afternoon looking for his nuts
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I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009
Yes, in terms of the latter, things are definitely getting better. However, there are no shortages of water or any forms of foodstuffs here. Don't you buy things like mineral water in bulk packs?
We use a lot of it for drinks and other things, so buy it in shrink-wrapped packs of six 2-litre bottles, and don't let stocks run down
Marco.
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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.
I just placed an online order to Tesco for a grocery delivery (in three weeks) and a lot of 'regular' items are not available.
Last time I tried to visit the local store, I couldn't get to the car park due to the access road being blocked by the queue for fuel.
Good job I'm not running short of anything.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
When are you going to start getting out into the big bad world again, Geoff, and shopping physically?
You've been double-jabbed mate, and the numbers are going down, or are you planning on being a recluse all your life?
Marco.
Main System
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.