Recent content by Muddywaterstones

Congratulations CNO. It's rare I find someone's purchases interesting but this has tweaked something within me. I like the spirit with which you have engaged this change and hope it all works out well. Maybe I've missed some detail along the way but what amp are you using with the Harbeth?

These cable type threads always end up talking b####x! Got my granny to knit some speaker jumpers. Maybe she used too heavy a gauge as the sound became all woolly. Removed them again and it was like a veil had lifted. FWIW I just pass the cable through the low connector, de-nuding enough cable...

Most of those "brass" jumpers are probably brass or cadmium plated steel. And since iron and steel have six times the resistivity of copper, not to mention the phase changes caused by the different reactances... From there on it gets really testical... These cable type threads always end up...

If this thread offers nothing else then at least it contains this image. Except I find myself listening to some tunes at the moment without any sensation of tickling in the gonad area. Maybe it's age, maybe it's just getting late in the evening but i'm just not feeling it. And the missus is...

Evening Benedict, The speakers were on the provided stands, tilted up at the listener. Now, it was an impromptu test and I know the dealer for a good while so we never actually sat down on the sofa in the designated sweet-spot but remained chatting and standing in the middle of the room. No...

meant to say, not convinced by some of the "poetry" but live this was left out.

https://www.allmusic.com/album/your-queen-is-a-reptile-mw0003139532 Think I've mentioned one of their albums here somewhere before. THis is out a couple of weeks. Saw them live last month. What an experience! Even had my two kids along. Had to buy my son a drum kit as a result!

Cheers for the link. The Heresy doesn't seem to come out all that well overall, though most of the opinions pre-date the current Mark III which was supposed to be quite an improvement on the II and I. Investigations are ongoing......

Thanks for the detailed reply. The bass has me flummoxed. For its supposedly limited range it really has some slam. I wonder how easily controlled it is or if it's always rather loose and boomy? Inferring from the above, possibly incorrectly, the bass shouldn't have sounded that way but been...

On the prowl for new speakers, a project which may take a couple of months unless an outright bargain falls in my lap. My dealer recommended these. I had my own preconceptions: shouty treble and mids added to limited bass despite the 12" woofer. He had them hooked up to a Sugden A21 signature...

Music steamers. Keep reading about people having success with Steamers. Tried to set one up with a couple of those Chinese bamboo jobbies. Lost an ear.

Inspired to have a little experiment. The missus came in and sighed with relief, "Finally I can hear myself think!" This is a most dangerous situation. Experiment cancelled. Speakers re-attached before she could get any "ideas".

Oxford......?

Not sure if its on the market yet but the new Marantz NA800? is a pretty potent streamer, Dac, Cd player all rolled into one box. Otherwise I'd be looking at Dac and just hook up a cheap cd player.

Usb-b cable around the back? Depends if it can reach from the PC.