Recent content by Freddy58

Slightly off topic… I must admit I sometimes hanker after the GS401’s, the ones with the chrome end caps. I remember being quite impressed by them at the time, but it’s probably a case of nostalgia and rose-tinted glasses.

What’s that got to do with the price of eggs? 🙂

Noted. My apologies.

Maybe time to move on to a more informed clientele?

“I really don't care how people listen to their music,” And yet, you’re more than happy to insult them, hmm. And it’s ‘connections’, since you like your accuracy

“'I'm more than happy to get a worse experience and more than willing to pay more for it' Hmmm.” Who are you to say how we experience our music? That’s very presumptuous, and frankly, ignorant.

“I honestly wouldn't trust your opinion on any product designed to recreate the emotion and essence of any recording already available, or anything released in the future.” I’m ok with that. Is that the end of it? Or will you never accept other people’s choices?

“but if you enjoy LPs and won't consider any other method of music reproduction, you are 'set in your ways'. “ Who says I won’t consider other methods of music reproduction? I listen to CD’s and stream, I just happen to prefer vinyl. I’ve said before that CD’s offer a more accurate sound, imo...

“Are you suggesting I discard all my modern technology and start buying LPs and other stuff from the dark ages?” No, I’m suggesting that you enjoy music reproduced how you like it, and let others do the same without criticism. This apparently is beyond you, ie, set in your ways.

“Many people out there are set in their ways” That’s rich.

I think it’s nice to have nice kit, but at the end of the day, it’s all about the music, at least for me. I must admit that these last couple of years I find myself losing interest in music. I think it’s a combination of a certain amount of depression and the apparent lack of really good new...

I quite liked the remake of Bladerunner, but for me, the original was in a different league. I think remakes struggle to recreate the atmosphere that made the originals so good.

I really liked the original Dune movie. True, the SFX are quite wooden at times, but the story itself was very compelling, I thought. Good performances too. I haven’t seen pt1 of the remake, I’m holding off until both parts are available on DVD. I do think the original might be a hard act to...

I remember them. Nearly bought one instead of my Amstrad, but I think it was more expensive.

My first ‘stereo’ was in part self built, around ‘73. I made the turntable plinth out of mahogany (wasn’t exactly proper joinery 😕) and installed a Garrard SP 25 mk 3 into it. I bought some off the shelf cabinets into which I installed some 10” Goodmans twinaxiom speakers. To finish it off I...