Recent content by busb

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.

Linn didn't design the Sondek LP-12 anyway (adapted it, yes) but were great at managing expectations & myth - not cynicism in my book. "Conspiracy theory is another word for Educated" I'll remember that. The level of general intelligence in society is rather worrying.

"Garbage in garbage out!" was the propaganda from Linn. There's several approaches: 1. Reduce the impact of the weakest link. 2. A real bargain may need careful planning so as not to unbalance a system but is still too good to ignore. 3. if one component has supremacy - I'd say the speakers do...

As an aside regarding your Hue lighting - if you've gone the Hue Bridge route rather than just Bluetooth, you can add far more accessories than Philips say.

I went from a Panasonic plasma to an LG OLED55G1 - the PQ alone was a huge upgrade from 42" to 55" OLED. when you factor in the streaming - it was a complete no-brainer for me at least. The guy who collected the plasma insisted on giving me £10. The only thing I dislike about the LG OLEDs is you...

My Late 2014 iMac27" 5k with 32GB of RAM still runs Photoshop 2024, ACR & PhotomatixPro but my Brother label printers are no longer supported. When I bought a new laser printer end of '24, I chose a Xerox, not Brother because the latter doesn't do older OSs. I will probably buy an M4 Mac mini...

That was Windows 10. I suspect MS came under pressure from vendors to carry on making h/w obsolete by introducing new OSs periodically. Had they not incremented the OS number, we may have ended up with obsolescence anyway. We are lucky to get 7 to 9 years life out of either MACs or PCs before...