Step Up to the Plate - Bent Audio Mu

[Barry]

.... folks will think I'm a pretentious arse!!

...........were you taught that in Latin, the letter 'v' is pronounced 'w'?

I think I have already gained a reputation for being a pedant. Some of my friends think I should have been christened 'Ped', Ped Hunt - get it? Groan! (Things could have been worse - I might have been christened Isaac, I'll leave it to you to work that one out!).

Yes, I was taught to pronounce Latin 'v' as 'w' and 'c' as 'k'. The Church changed the pronounciation, presumably it made chanting easier.

My particular pet hate is the creeping American use of nouns as verbs: as in to 'author' a book and then later to 'critique' it. Ugh!

Pedant first, pretentious arse? - well I'm working my way towards that one.

Regards
Barry

[The Grand Wazoo]

Yes, I was taught to pronounce Latin 'v' as 'w' and 'c' as 'k'.

Me too

My particular pet hate is the creeping American use of nouns as verbs: as in to 'author' a book and then later to 'critique' it. Ugh!

I'll be trialling that theory, & when I've finished we'll party.

[REM]

(Things could have been worse - I might have been christened Isaac, I'll leave it to you to work that one out!).

Or Mike

[Barry]

Regarding the comments about A.O.S. differing from other forums (not 'fora', according to my New O.E.D.), I couldn't agree more. I liken it to a gentleman's club, as opposed to Speaker's Corner (or the House of Commons?).

Nice idea Mike, though I would hope that AoS is not exclusive or elitist as some gentlemen's clubs can be.

Barry

[DSJR]

Back to topic and a grovelling request.

As even the Puresound T20 trannie at trade is going to be a bit more than I can afford right now, has anyone got something like an Ortofon T20 they have no use for? For this purpose I'd rather have an SUT and super-wide bandwidth isn't a necessity in my system - as long as the upper-bass to lower top is good...

[Mike Reed]

Hello, Dave,

I've got Ortofon in-line m/c transformers in my loft somewhere.

Nope, sorry, they're the T5s, still in their box with the price tag affixed, as I bought them in the early seventies.

You must be referring to an SUT, (silly me), but I wasn't aware that Ortofon made one.

Should get around to advertising them, as they punch well above their weight and I guess are ideal for a starter valve-based m/c system.