Recent content by Snufkin

Not necessarily, avoiding things because they are popular or have cult like traits is a perfectly sound defence mechanism. Take the Osmonds for example…..

Astonished to find that the tyres had only lost a few lbs pressure over the winter. I pumped them up, relubed the chains and its ready to go.

Yes, Dynavector L300 into an HX100 was much better with XLR's.

The T21 has a volume/output adjustment on the back, does the 80?

I always thought somebody must.

And dual voltage if your portable had valves.

Nice!

My best guess it’s a combination of power to weight, no need for a heavy set of poppet valves and the inlet/outlet ports are set up for a very limited rev range.

Whenever people mention the Skoda Yeti it’s usually to heap praise on it. It’s odd that Skoda (VW) ditched it (and the name) for a bunch of lookalike soft roaders with little character. I feel they may have missed a trick there and could have continued with the Yeti as significant sub brand of...

His playing was very much part of those early Caravan albums. RIP Jimmy.

Fire Escape In The Sky: The Godlike Genius Of Scott Walker is good if you can find a copy: https://www.discogs.com/release/1819440-Scott-Walker-Fire-Escape-In-The-Sky-The-Godlike-Genius-Of-Scott-Walker

Yes!

And we thought Brexit was why we lost our Polish plumbers.

I have one of their dipoles and it works well. Seems best in the vertical position and is currently propped up in the corner of the conservatory waiting for me to install it properly but it still pulls in a decent signal.

Myryad Zmini Series Z40 Headphone Amplifier. These are good preamps and happen to be excellent headphone amps as well: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285655483220?mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338728743&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1