Recent content by Sanglier

I'd never thought of that. I too have seen a great many private homes, mostly with very superior decor - I spent many years as a freelance photographer & writer, doing complete words/photos packages as features for the glossy home interest titles. Mostly in UK but a few in Continental Europe. I...

Good grief. I bought my first mobile 26 years ago and didn't require a magazine review to buy that Nokia or any subsequent phone... rgds S

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Interesting discussion. I've just been in my home gym (the garage, converted...) and I always listen to music - often Deep House on Dogglounge radio, but increasingly often material on Qobuz - I finally got into streaming early this year and settled on that. Today, it was pure bebop, Charlie...

Touché! I was responding to another's mention of cameras - equally worthy of mention here if telly - sorry, "home cinema" - is going to be discussed. rgds S

I shot the built environment (editorial domestic interiors the most important field) on Mamiya & Fuji MF SLRs plus a Cambo Wide with Horseman backs; subsequently I shot everything digitally on Canon DSLRs plus (later on) the wonderful little Fuji X-Pro2. The latter is the only camera I've kept...

I take your point, though turntables very much come under the heading of hi-fi. Re diversifying, if I bought a magazine called "What Cat" I would not expect it to cover dogs. rgds S

I ditched my licence so cannot use iPlayer even if I wanted to. My jest about "last century" had nothing to with technology: as a retired pro photographer/writer I transitioned successfully from film to digital so I'm acquainted with that sort of thing. My interest in hi-fi has been revived...

I ditched my TV licence years ago for the same "garbage" reason. I don't have time (other things to do) for watching DVDs more than occasionally, let alone streaming + Internet. And I spend half the year in France: our house doesn't have broadband, and any sort of streaming uses far too much...

Telly is so last century... rgds S

AV presumably includes film: I've been a cinema enthusiast all my life, served on the committees of three film societies. I watch the occasional film on DVD, though I don't feel the need for anything called "home cinema". Isn't there a "What TV" site or magazine for telly fans? rgds S

New to this site but not to hi-fi, since I assembled my first setup in the 1970s. It's disappointing but amusing to find TV and, god help us, "home cinema " regarded as being included in hi-fi... I ditched my TV licence years ago since most output is rubbish and I have better things to do; we...

I too am sceptical about reviews, but it was my experience with Røde mikes that inspired my purchase, on top of favourable reviews.

I have no idea about all this streamer/DAC stuff but I have two sets of headphones. The AKG noise-cancelling are great (from memory, around £200 from Richer Sounds a few years ago) but since they're Bluetooth wireless they can't provide max quality; more recently I bought Røde's first venture...

That's interesting; so you recommend them, naturally. They're on my newly assembled list to look into, and though I note your preference for not wall mounting them, stand mounting just isn't (I've decided, regretfully) a realistic proposition in my LR. I emailed Richer Sounds not long ago about...