Love this and the LP in my previous post (listen to Deathbed Confession). Disclaimer: you probably won't![]()
Love this and the LP in my previous post (listen to Deathbed Confession). Disclaimer: you probably won't![]()
Last edited by Idlewithnodrive; 05-07-2026 at 20:15.
He with least money has most to sell
He with least money has most to sell
He with least money has most to sell
Sienna Spiro - Visitor (2026)
I posted one of her EPs a couple of weeks ago, this is her debut album released on Friday. It’s very good, not sure she had a USP though against so many other similarly gifted females artists (Olivia Dean, Laufey especially, and her voice is very much Adele in places, no bad thing I guess.) Will need a few more plays, and seeing her live next March so plenty of time.
Alex
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Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
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Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
Amplifier: Rega Brio R. Speakers: Spendor SP1. Cables: Various, mainly Mark Grant. Please see "about me" for the rest of my cr@p! Gallery
A.o.S. on Facebook - A.o.S. on Spotify - A.o.S. on Twitter
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing Aristotle
Had to start off with this one as today is...
New Speaker Day! well new to me anyway. They've spent two weeks in the back of my van while I agonised over what to do about the yet-to-be outgoing speakers and all the new oversize packaging. So that's 14 days of up and down the M6, over countless potholes, all the while they've had to share vanspace with all my tools. There's been a dark thought that's niggled at the back of my mind, whether or not they'll come out of this ordeal intact. I won't know until I get them unpacked. A bit like Schrodinger's cat.
I needn't have worried, they were fine. But I had a scary hour or two unboxing, assembling footers and spikes, and walking them into position.
Worth it? Definitely. More 'sparkle' at the top end, smoother mids, deeper but faster more tuneful bass. All the usual hifi cliches present and correctBetter in all the key areas than the outgoing speakers, but I wouldn't say the difference is 'night and day', more night and dawn. I suppose that's how it is with diminishing returns.
And that's it for a few more years, my next 'upgrade' will probably be my listening room. And maybe a hearing aid.
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.
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