Recent content by Horowitz

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    Headphone cables

    I have to use a 10m extension cable and really don't notice any degradation. My listening position is probably only 3m away from my Uniti Atom HE as the crow flies, but unfortunately can't run the cable under the carpet. I have to run it up the room, across the end and then back to me, taped to...
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    How to know where to drill

    Surely it's what the OP 'reckons' that is important here? :LOL:
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    B&W or Monitor Audio

    Sounds like a bargain price - they are excellent and highly regarded not just by me... (https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/306monitor/index.html). I have always had great results pairing my MA Silver RS6s with Arcam amps (doesn't really matter which one - I've had 4 and all play...
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    Question New integrated amp suggestions

    Like the Arcam Solo Movie 5.1 from 2017 - oomph and features to burn, built like a tank and fantastic performance purely as a stereo amp! Should also be £200 or so under budget if you can find one. It garnered 5-star reviews from many respected publications at launch, even at its £2,100...
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    The 10% cable spend

    Possibly not, but if you read my original post correctly you would understand that I was in no way claiming 'my difference' to be a fact! To most reasonable people it would be clearly be understood to be the subjective impression of 2 different sets of ears. Yes, if I were trying to sell you a...
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    The 10% cable spend

    Gray, I simply don't understand the relevance of this comment. I honestly couldn't give a monkey's precisely what was 'doing the jumping'. I happened to make this one minor change to the set-up and it sounded like a major improvement. And yes, it was my ears that noticed it (and also my wife's!)...
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    Correct pronunciation

    As in Robin Hood's weapon of choice ;) :cool:
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    Correct pronunciation

    And loads of so-called broadcasters get David Bowie wrong anyway! That is surely Bowie as in bow & arrow! But Fo-cal? Do you mean 'Fo-carl' PP? That's how the manufacturers pronounce it, isn't it?
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    Neil Young - Some suggestions please

    Live Rust, Mirror Ball, Harvest... and Unplugged is a wonderful surprise. The 2 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live albums are also excellent (Four Way Street is very nostalgic for me) :cool:
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    The 10% cable spend

    My experience too, in general WK (!)... but with one major exception. Against my better judgement, a mate at Superfi persuaded me to buy 4 speaker 'jumper' cables a few years ago. I said 'only if I can return them for a refund if I hear no significant improvement'. Remarkably this was agreed...
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    Directional speaker cable..

    It most certainly still is at my GP surgery (NHS) - had mine done 2 months ago!
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    Monitor Audio RS6 Review

    Totally agree, PP. I bought mine c. 2007 and have loved their all-round performance ever since. I will (honestly) only look to upgrade if anything catastrophic happens to them. They handle anything I throw at them (folk, folk-rock, heavy rock, choral, prog, jazz-rock, blues-rock... the lot) with...
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    Your most recent gig

    Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express at Metronome, Nottingham last Friday night. Incredibly tight band and CP is a phenomenal phront man with an amazing ability to play the crowd (who were brilliant, too)! Still got more UK dates to come: superb contemporary, bluesy rock 'n roll with a dash of...
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    Bright, neutral or smooth?

    Neutral for me, as long as that doesn’t mean sacrificing detailed treble and upper-mids! I know that when I first started listening seriously to music, I was blown away by the rich, smooth, bass-heavy sound of my mate’s dad’s sleek, teak stereogram (we’re talking early 1970s). But as my audio...
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    Room 101

    Maybe not so modern, Gray. I posted this mini-rant on my blog as a 'words consultant' in May, 2013 and it still drives me bonkers: Can anyone remember when the habit of interviewees launching into an answer with ‘so’ began to catch on? I don’t know if it’s just me, but when I hear people do...