Recent content by busb

Agreed. From the company who bought them out - Atacama.

Deeply unfashionable - Apple Music on an ancient Mac mini feeding a M-DAC+ via USB-A to USB-B. One reason is much of my music listening is new stuff & wasn't set in concrete when I got married! I'm sure there are other systems that show "similar" music. I did try a free 3 months of Tidal a good...

That was Linn's sales pitch when they were only selling turntables! My personal belief is to upgrade the weakest link whatever that might be & only if it improves the sound enough to justify the cost.

Expectation Bias rears its head in HiFi - thicker cable MUST sound better etc, etc. In. 1990s, I managed to cook the tweeters in my Celestion SL6s. I returned them for repair & was asked if I would like them fitted with an extra pair of terminals for a small extra fee. When I got them back, I...

Yes, recently in 2025. I've moved my system from Berks to Sussex & wanted 4 new feet. Contacted Atacama to be told their Hi Fi Racks version was incompatible. I just swapped legs & bypassed the problem. Feel disinclined to buy anything from them!

One of the most laughable I've seen on FB was small blocks of wood with angled spade connectors you plug into your speaker terminals - I didn't take them seriously enough to note price or supposed benefit. All this stuff is old hat - who remembers Peter Belt with croc clips etc?

Mine has dropped to a tad under 90 from 100kgs since 31/12/24. Have gone from pre-obese to overweight. Losing a further 9kg will put me in the |correct| BMI region. Must start early morning cycling again, despite my wife worrying about my safety.

The last item I bought was an Audiolab M-Dac+ soon after launch so about 9yrs ago. My old Mac Mini needs replacing with an M4 version, just not sure when I'll be able to afford one.

I generally use tracks that are well-recorded with decent bass. The other important requirement is I love them so the idea of asking others what to play very questionable! I'd never recommend particular tracks for the same reason.

Many here on this forum enjoy 4k & HDR content on their TVs but can't help but notice the comparatively poor quality of many over the air programs. Much stuff doesn't even compare to 720p (DVD quality, let alone 1080p. Not al lot can be done with sub 720p archival material - some upscaling might...

Good to know I'm not the only one with a comprehensive Hue system. I gave up on the no-battery tap switches. They've changed the design of the dimmers in the last few yrs.

My flat in Berkshire has motion sensors in all transit areas such as stairs hallways & landings including toilet, bathroom, kitchen & lounge spread over 2 bridges so 8 sensors, 12 dimmers, 1 1st gen tap switch & 20 lamps.

Back in 1974, my 1st stereo comprised a Technics DD turntable (an SL-110 with an SME 3009 & Shure V15MkIII). The SQ wasn't spectacular. I had both Technics rather tiny bookshelf speakers & a very basic technics amp. I thought back then & now that Linn were spinning what suited their many revenue...

The Pana plasma was very much better than any LCDs of that era - by a long way. Mine did need quite a bit of adjustment after about 5yrs, mainly contrast. Let's be clear, even OLEDs are flawed regarding crushed blacks (where near blacks just look completely black - no quite so bad with 4k...

There's an interesting thread "In another place" (Audio Karma) regarding the spat between Castle Engineering (Linn) & Ariston. Linn certainly refined the design.