Recent content by Cricketbat70

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    Let's have a chuckle but please don't overwork the moderator!

    Eh what. Or dear lord.
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    Nostalgia

    I'd like this again my first dolby digital AV Receiver. Technics SA-DA 8. Too old for HDMI. Ended up in the cellar hooked up to my son's PC when I got my Yamaha receiver in 2008. It lasted a few years then went pop
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    Question Black, White, or Silver?

    Gunmetal gray. I love that colour. I had my alloy wheels redone in that colour when I had them refurbished. It would be a close run thing between gunmetal and the titanium of my Yamaha AV receiver if I was starting again. My current system is a right mix of colours. Titanium, champagne, black.
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    Room 101

    Heard/ read so many complaints about them I'm surprised they are still going.
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    Winter Heating

    I'm convinced the previous owners of our house had cavity wall insulation done. We live in a gable end Victorian terrace our previous house was a smaller mid terrace house but it was so cold compared to this house. Thermostat set to 18°
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    Winter Heating

    Yup just a couple of hours a day
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    Question What is your best HiFi Bargain

    Ive got a pair of MS10i pearl that were my dad's Richer Sounds special. I kept wondering whether to get them out and use them rather than my Eltax Monitor III
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    Question What is your best HiFi Bargain

    I have acquired from friends, to the annoyance of Rach, a few bits of hi-fi. An old Denon mini separates system from the late 90’s. I actually replaced my Sonos Amp in the dining room with the denon. A Teac Reference 300 system currently stored in a cupboard in the cellar. My favourite although...
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    Budget upgrade for PC audio.

    As Spotify is now hi-res I was thinking of upgrading my PC audio. It currently consists of a Sony Bluetooth speaker connected via 3.5mm cable to the PC built in audio out. I'm thinking of upgrading using an old TEAC reference 300 amp I acquired. I was considering using my Sony NWA55 as a USB DAC...
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    Room 101

    I'd like to nominate our warehouse roof for room 101. More holes then a colander. Picked a tumble dryer off the top of a double stack for delivery tomorrow and got drenched as I tipped it back, my mouth was open and everything 🤣🤣🪣🪣
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    Spotify Lossless

    I'll have a go later on the CCA in my main room, that's connected optically. The one in the dining room is connected via analogue.
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    Spotify Lossless

    Just playing Toyah, Chameleon on my dining room hifi and yep Spotify is locked at 320Kbs through CCA.
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    Room 101

    Yep now stuck in my head. While waiting for acetone soaked pads to hopefully dissolve the glue on my son's Cosplay outfit so we can try and ease a section apart line it up properly and reglue
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    Room 101

    My 30 year old son is a proper wimp when it comes to colds. I'm dying sniffle sniffle. Does my head in.
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    Spotify Lossless

    Right ok. I'll have to save up for some Wiim products then. I'm sure Rach will love me.