Recent content by Wes Mason

“Our biggest grip”? Surely you mean ‘gripe’? Or is this some strange obsession with picking up the cheap TVs?

I am currently on the free month of the highest level of Tidal and I think it's pathetic to be honest. I will not be proceeding to payment next month. Yes, the quality isn't too bad but the interface is rubbish through Apple CarPlay.... Tracks start on an album downloaded and then when the...

Hi professorhat, Thanks for that. I had just read somewhere that you needed to go Apple to Apple - i.e. Airport Card in Laptop or Desktop to Airport Express but it seems that you can go from a router to the Airport Express. I will check this out with a Mac Forum I'm on and post the results...

Hi Again John and thanks again, I will probably start off with the old Receiver to begin with (Onkyo) but in the long run would you suggest Arcam, Rotel or similar? I'm thinking something entry level but UK design. As mentioned above, I have B&W in the other room but I am trying to move that...

Hi JW, That's great. I have two G4's and a MacBook Pro so I'm thinking of dedicating the second G4 as a Music and Movie 'Hub' or just filling it with HDD and locate my iTunes Library on it. I'm assuming I can network it to my other G4 with Firewire or similar and it should mount it as a...

Thanks Again John, I will look for the Apollo stands here in Oz. Good to hear the AirTunes option is a good one, I also have a X-24K and X-PSU that I'll probably use for the conversion into the receiver. Cheers, Wes ÿ

Hi All, Merry Xmas/NY and all that. I managed to pick up a new pair of D9.1's over the holidays, clearance stock and much cheaper than normal. I had been thinking about a second system in the lounge room using an old Onkyo Receiver (130 watts per channel) and these were too good to pass up...

Hi John, Thanks once again. Wes ÿ

Hi John Duncan and others! Just to follow up. I ended up borrowing the MF X-LPSv3 and the Cambridge 640p. I was impressed with the MF when I first listened it but not totally. I could not put my finger on what it was that I didn't like. When I connected up the Cambridge, I was more impressed...

Hi Again, Many thanks, that is a very kind offer but yes, it's probably going to work out around the same. Not sure what happens in the UK but if you buy a demo model here it is law that it must come with a full warranty (it's probably the same in the UK as our law is based on yours...

Yep... It's exorbitant I know. It's not unusual though. A lot of things like cars, etc. have very little tarriff on them into Australia but some items like hifi cop it. We also have GST on top of that and while fuel is not that expensive here (although climbing) at around $1.50c (AUD) per...

Thanks again. Yep. I had heard so much about the RPM5 when my local 'hi end' dealer (a Melbourne Institution, been in business since the 50's and still run by the same guy!). They have two stores and they couldn't renew the lease on the one here so I basically got the cartridge and the RPM5...

Many Thanks John, I appreciate your reply and getting straight to the point. I was also looking at the MF X-LPSv3 or 8 but I got stung with MF, getting the X-24K and X-PSU, then getting the X-10v3 and finding it didn't work with the PSU, now I hear the v8 stuff probably doesn't work with the...

Hi All, Some advice needed. I was fortunate enough just recently to have a store nearby that was closing down so was able to pick up an RPM-5 TT with the Carbon Fibre (9c) arm, and an Ortofon Salsa MC (low output), both for half the normal price here in Melbourne. I probably would have picked...