Recent content by DougK1

I think it's the T-Roc cabriolet. Stupid name, made even more ridiculous by the addition of a soft top. SUV's should never be soft tops, they look ridiculous.

I love Farleys rusks :)

I don't live far from Tiptree in Essex, some excellent aroma's when I drive past the jam factory :)

Porridge oats with a little bit of condensed milk, yummy 😋

Excellent song, Gray. An early Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte track, they went on to be the driving force behind Donna Summer.

Basically a Model 30 under the hood, both model's were trickle down tech from the Ruby, which I have, and is the best amp I've ever owned. I think the PM12SE was nearly £3K at launch so this is indeed an absolute steal.

Couldn't agree with you more. Been a huge Dune fan since reading Dune Trilogy back in the 80's, a book I found very difficult to put down. Villeneuve's offerings are as you've stated, wonderfully cinematic and visually stunning. However, from my recollections of the novel his interpretation...

I don't do YouTube for anything to do with hifi, except if it's an instructional video, like setting up my turntable up from scratch as the boxed instructions were as good as useless. YouTube is great is great for everything except hifi opinions, you can never be certain if the reviewer is in...

Aah, noted Jason, I hadn't considered that (y)

Maybe yes, maybe no. My last three systems have been Marantz, my previous amp+player was the predecessor of your current 8005 system. Unfortunately, as I bought both my current amp+player at the same time I can't comment on which box had the biggest impact on sound reproduction, but the...

SACDs do sound nice but not worth paying silly money for. I've got about a dozen or so SACDs and can say that a really well recorded CD can come very close. As is so often stated on here the most important aspect is the recording quality, not the format.

If you want SACD check out some Japanese websites, it did make some headway over there.

I've never owned the Focals but many on here have and I've seen zero complaints from users. So it's either you are unused to their sound signature or there's something wrong with them. My personal opinion is that a cable change will make zero difference.

Love F1, and he certainly was a character.

Really sorry to hear this, my sincere condolences to you sir. Lost my parents 20 and 25 years ago, and lost a dear brother in law last year to the final stages of vascular dementia. It wasn't a sad funeral in his case as we all believed he was in a far better place after suffering the horrid...