Recent content by 12th Monkey

I wonder if the clue is in one being satisfaction and the other reliability? Not necessarily the same thing to an enthusiastic driver.

Jus reading that the Giulia was one from bottom in the 2023 What Car? reliability survey ('executive car' section, whatever that might mean...). Clearly there's still work to do, but it's much more appealing in so many ways than the German triumvirate. Also a pity that the saloon has been in...

My other concern is that screen tech longevity isn't something that can be taken for granted, so buying from a company just starting making their own is an additional unknown. Personally, I wouldn't pay more for something that is unlikely to be better but which might (emphasis on 'might') not...

I think what BB means is that German engineering is very well-regarded, but that Loewe's prices are very high in comparison with most other sets.

I think people sometimes get hung up on speed - it's acceleration that counts in power terms. Mine has 434ps, and I use almost all of that pretty much every time I use it - just in 'short controlled bursts' as the quote has it. No points on my licence, either. It can be done, and safely.

The Giulia is still more than holding its own years after launch - I'd definitely prefer 4wd with that much grunt, but that says more about me than the Alfa. Probably truer to say it held 'a' (Rather than 'the') Nürburgring lap record - there are many categories, some of which it wouldn't be...

Any replies please post here instead, as the threads deal with the same issue: https://forums.whathifi.com/threads/help-dc-offset-on-yamaha-rs202d-normal-or-not.132207/

No comments about other users please - topic is CD vs vinyl, though it seems that everyone has said what they think already...

Try reading reviews of the Guilia and Stelvio. Alfa's in better shape than it has been for decades - at least in critical terms.

Interesting - as you can see, I loved it!

Reads like a bot too...

Be interesting to see what you make of it - I was pretty much continually seeing details I hadn't, and the contrast between light and dark was really marked. We always go with the director's cut - the robot sentry bits are good and the part where you find out what happened to Ripley's daughter...

View: https://youtu.be/-Kobdb37Cwc

Having seen how brilliantly DV enhances the 4k disc of Aliens, I would not want a TV that didn't support it.

Last night was Aliens on 4k. Not as good as the original, but a very good film in its own right. The transfer is stellar - the odd dodgy special effect still look dodgy, but in comparison with the blu ray it shows the gains in clarity and detail that the higher resolution offers as well as the...