Recent content by FMIB

Thank you for the compliments. In terms of your definition, then yes, I am enthusiastic about high fidelity sound, so perhaps an audiophile after all, but it's not a hobby for me. For example, did I audition a single piece of my equipment, well actually no. I have made changes or upgraded...

No chance, that belongs to me on my Stressless recliner, an essential part of listening to music and dozing off.

Clearly I was wrong and I was not at the end of my journey. There have been a few further changes over the past year. The Roksan Caspian M2 started to show some occasional drop out in sound. It was only for a fraction of a second, but being unable to find a reason or solution, I put that away...

Sorry, difficult for me to answer that one for you as I went all in and did everything at one go without testing each individual item. All I can say is that I was very satisfied with the end result sound wise. I was using a Nagaoka MP-200 MM cartridge. If I was doing it again, stepwise, I...

I had a well modified RP3 a few years ago. The upgrades consisted of a Groovetracer delrin platter and subplatter, Rega TT-PSU and upgraded pulley belt. I eventually changed it for a Michell Orbe, mainly for the better vibration isolation which seemed a good idea(easy to test and confirmed)...

I just purchased an Audiolab CDT6000 with a SMSL D400EX to replace a Roksan Caspian M2 CD player which was giving problems and whilst I can't comment on the Chord, the CDT 6000 will be more than good enough for it going by my experience with the transport

So it arrived back this morning as promised, screwed the stand back on and its up and running. It is as stated, a new panel and although I cant say for sure with a side by side comparison, the new panel immediately looks significantly brighter. Can't fault the service from Curry's and very...

Have you looked at the various motion control settings? For me, my OLED has one of the least motion judder of any TV I have owned to date. I have the very first 4K TV Samsung TV released(LED) sitting in my garage, I changed to OLED because the motion judder was much better. For the LG I think I...

I will quantify for you......... This was early OLED days and a C8 LG version, so it was not cheap, just over £2k. Similar can be purchased today at below £1.5K I mentioned it has been heavily used, often on continuously for 16-20 hours on many days. The burn looks to be from a logo such as on...

No a flat panel. I don’t know why you see it as a bad buy, best TV I have ever owned and 4 years of enjoyment watching movies, sports, gaming etc. I am sure there are numerous TV’s that go wrong for all sorts of reasons, many well within 4 years, but in this case it looks to have been...

To update, the tracking says that the repair is completed and is due for delivery back to me this Saturday. In order to find out what the repair was, I called the repair centre who said that they ordered and replaced the screen due to a screen fault and it has gone through and passed the...

We do use the TV a lot, comes with the being retired territory and 2 years of Covid. However, I do try to minimise the burn risk by changing channels and minimising any channel with fixed images. Apart from the burn, the picture remains superb. I can't remember for sure, but I took the extended...

I have a LG OLED 65inch TV, that's just over 4 years old. It's been a fantastic TV, but this week I noticed a retained image/screen burn on the left bottom side of the panel. It is very noticeable when watching football with the green grass and when the screen has red colour. I have taken care...

I also beg to differ. Quality streamer and DAC(which I have) or not, on any decent hifi system the difference between Spotify and Tidal etc is clear. Until Spotify offer "HiFi' quality streaming, there is no argument.

I would suggest a change to an alternative streaming music supplier such as Tidal, ensuring you subscribe to min HiFi package. No question both CD's and Vinyl sound significantly better than Spotify, which in my opinion is best for car stereo or phone listening since there is no "CD' quality...