Recent content by cheviot

Something like these these seem rather effective too and the price is tough to beat. Might be worth a try first...

Maple plinth.Friends don’t let friends buy ugly hi-fi.

Has anyone mentioned that P9s look really great?

IMO cassette decks can produce decent sound but aren't strictly relevant in this day and age. That said, it might be worthwhile to look for something with a bit of design flair rather than aiming for the most pristine sonics. These sound pretty good and I've seen them on display in design...

Or a Shmoo.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo#/media/File:Lifeshmoo.jpg

I'd actually like to see a comparison between these devices and the cheap ones you can get to isolate a large appliance like a dryer. I've tried them under my Spendor S8e floorstanders with floor protectors for the spikes seated in the round depression and it seems to improve things. They don't...

Agitated? Nope. Not even slightly. Just bewildered and disappointed. Suggest you take a look back at some of the stridency and name-calling within this thread which, after all, is about a niche hobby. My suggestions are just for a bit of civility and perhaps some wit, when something as trivial...

It wasn’t really about the cassettes. It was about the hysterical infantile stridency of the discourse. Some daisies need to calm down.

Wow. Some agitated audio anoraks sure abound around here. Sorry. Some MQA tracks sound quite outstanding to these ears, others not so much. Ditto for the stack of Deutsche Grammophon cassette tapes I still possess because, gasp, I quite enjoy the music, and even the sound quality. That format is...

This one could use a few tweaks. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/266156331922?mkcid=1&mkrid=706-53473-19255-0&siteid=0&customid=link&campid=5338728743&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

Yup. I been duped by a cheapy Audio Technica deck.

The pic above the headline. That’s a big platter and a long tonearm but it looks quite modern too. What is it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/64919126

1 Bryston 4bsst 1 Bryston b60 2 Linn Classiks I Rotel rb1070 (plus 2 Bluesound speakers) About covers it.

The works. Rega P9 Bryston Pre and Power NAD streamer Linn Ikemi CD and Pekin Tuner Yamaha cassette Cambridge Ipod dock (+ Spendor S8e speakers in matching maple.) 39E63750-6D84-40DA-BC67-F52443C4A7E6 by bmoon1635, on Flickr

Can it make a decent cappucinno?