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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,546
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Haha, Rob beat me to it!
I only use the really well known ones like "IMO" "BTW", "LOL" etc, otherwise it just causes confusion.
Also, I hate dumbing-down the English language, as it encourages lazy writing. It's a pet hate of mine. And don't talk to me about bloody 'text lingo'!
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.
Co-Founder/Administrator
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 6,258
I'm BigBobJoylove.
To be honest I never use any acronyms that reflect phrases, it's all text speak which, as Marco has quite rightly said, dumbs down English into some kind of council estate dweller's shortcut language.
Horrible!
Lounge:
Samsung QE65QN80F 65" QLED TV
Echo Link streamer
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
XMOS DSD Async
Emotiva A2+ power amplifier
Neat Motive SX1 speakers
Van Damme 4.00mm tour grade speaker cable
Audiocrast Spreizbar banana plugs
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Studio:
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
SMSL SU-1 DAC
Modified Fosi P4 preamp
Adam Audio T5Vs
Fenton 10" active sub
Fosi V1.0G integrated amp
Roxel RBS 300s
Several small valve preamps
Co-Founder/Administrator
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 6,258
I'm BigBobJoylove.
Ok, so occasionally I uses 'LOL'.
BFWIW, ILTOUOA.
Lounge:
Samsung QE65QN80F 65" QLED TV
Echo Link streamer
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
XMOS DSD Async
Emotiva A2+ power amplifier
Neat Motive SX1 speakers
Van Damme 4.00mm tour grade speaker cable
Audiocrast Spreizbar banana plugs
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Studio:
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
SMSL SU-1 DAC
Modified Fosi P4 preamp
Adam Audio T5Vs
Fenton 10" active sub
Fosi V1.0G integrated amp
Roxel RBS 300s
Several small valve preamps
Banned
Posts: 424
Is your avatar the view of your "back yard", and what have you got against council estates ?Originally Posted by Filterlab
Are they full of "poor people" or some thing ?
Co-Founder/Administrator
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 6,258
I'm BigBobJoylove.
No, the avatar is the reflection of the yard at work in the side of my car.
If you worked on the industrial estate I work on, you'd understand why I dislike council estates (we're surrounded by one - they're all louts, menaces, criminals and vandals), and also why I choose to live in a damn nice and expensive area. It's called working hard, working smart, bettering oneself and not relying on government hand-outs.
Call me smug, but frankly I don't care, it's in everyone's capability to work and live to a decent standard but too many people think it's all about getting on a reality TV show and not enough believe in hard work.
Lounge:
Samsung QE65QN80F 65" QLED TV
Echo Link streamer
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
XMOS DSD Async
Emotiva A2+ power amplifier
Neat Motive SX1 speakers
Van Damme 4.00mm tour grade speaker cable
Audiocrast Spreizbar banana plugs
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Studio:
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
SMSL SU-1 DAC
Modified Fosi P4 preamp
Adam Audio T5Vs
Fenton 10" active sub
Fosi V1.0G integrated amp
Roxel RBS 300s
Several small valve preamps
Alien Entity
Location: North East UK
Posts: 6,358
I'm InSpace.
It's a good job there's all this waffle in this thread. It'd just be full of tumbleweeds and the sound of the wind blowing through otherwise!
Shian7
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Kudakutemo
kudakutemo
ari mizu-no tsuki
Though it be be broken -
broken again - still it's there:
the moon on the water.
- Choshu.
Co-Founder/Administrator
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 6,258
I'm BigBobJoylove.
Lounge:
Samsung QE65QN80F 65" QLED TV
Echo Link streamer
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
XMOS DSD Async
Emotiva A2+ power amplifier
Neat Motive SX1 speakers
Van Damme 4.00mm tour grade speaker cable
Audiocrast Spreizbar banana plugs
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Studio:
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
SMSL SU-1 DAC
Modified Fosi P4 preamp
Adam Audio T5Vs
Fenton 10" active sub
Fosi V1.0G integrated amp
Roxel RBS 300s
Several small valve preamps
Gone, but not forgotten
Location: Central England
Posts: 2,932
CSAS (coffee spat at screen)
Alien Entity
Location: North East UK
Posts: 6,358
I'm InSpace.
Shian7
--------------------------------------------------------
Kudakutemo
kudakutemo
ari mizu-no tsuki
Though it be be broken -
broken again - still it's there:
the moon on the water.
- Choshu.
Banned
Posts: 424
Yes, like it was before Ash and I started posting, with the four of you moderating Richard (not).It's a good job there's all this waffle in this thread. It'd just be full of tumbleweeds and the sound of the wind blowing through otherwise!
Looks like it's drifting back that way.
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