Recent content by lovejoy

I've decided to move my Shahinian Arcs on.In the right room these are some of the most musically communicative and enjoyable speakers I've ever heard but sadly, I no longer own the right room, so I am moving them on. These are MK 1 units, serial numbers 1544 and 1545 so the slightly newer...

I bought a 1200MKII a few years back just to have a play around with to see how far it could be tweaked. Having never heard a DD deck before I was taken aback at how good it sounded in stock form, but having improved the platter bearing, dampened the platter, re-wired and dampened the arm...

I've just replaced my DV 20x2L with a SoundSmith Carmen MKII. Apart from the fact that it's proving to be a real bugger to get set up accurately, there are lots of things it does that the DV didn't do. The DV is a great cartridge but I found it could be a little clinical at times. If timing...

Thanks for the heads up on this. Never been before, but not too far away from me at all now that I'm in Telford. Looking forward to it...

Selling stuff on Ebay should be just like any other type of selling, so if you're not getting what amounts to good customer service, then walk away. I can understand having questions ignored when they're things like 'What's your buy it now price?' and 'I will offer you (insert value...

I have a pair of the Fostex T50RP which I've changed the stock cable and the foam pads for some Shure ones and they are phenomenally good. More than a pair of £100 headphones has any right to be. Open, punchy, dynamic, detailed and sweet. They're comfortable (especially with the Shure pads) and...

Sounds like I'm a lot closer to you James, as I'm based over in Telford. I'd love to hear a pair of these in my system if the offer is there to try them...

What a marvallous idea. I've got a fair bit of kit dotted around the country but I've only ever done it with friends and work colleagues. It's always nice to hear what other people think of the equipment having had plenty of time to get used to it though. I'd be fascinated to try the...

I went through a few Comply foam tips and although they are very good, they don't last long and for the amount they cost, you soon end up spending way too much on them. I found a very good cheap alternative is to buy some foam ear plugs - I use the ones from Boots the Chemist which are £4 for 3...

I have the NAD Masters M12/M22 Pre-Power amp combo that I bought last year from the Bristol branch of SSAV. I got the impression that they didn't really know how to sell the stuff because it wasn't the budget NAD range and it wasn't Naim or Meridian. It's the first piece of kit I've owned in...

The only album I've bought this year that's got me seriously hooked is: 'I romanticise' by H. Hawkline I love a bit of wonky psychadelic pop me.

I have a similarly aged Macbook Pro 17 as the OP which has been in use every day since it was purchased. It suddenly failed on me in November last year with the screen showing a completely corrupted image. A bit of Googling told me the GPU had probably failed. I booked an appointment with the...

Too late to the party I see, but I bought a Leesa mattress at the beginning of last year. I loved it for the first few months. Extremely comfortable, supportive, didn't get too warm like other memory foam mattresses I'd tried and I found that the back problems I'd been starting to get went...

I tried a set of Shawline XLRs between my Nad Masters M12 Pre and M22 power amps and bought them immediately. I'd made up some XLRs with some studio grade Van Damme cable thinking this would be good enough but the Shawlines made things much more enjoyable. Off the back of that I borrowed a set...

Not a cheap option, but I use Roon and have a number of Raspberry Pi's in different rooms as Roon endpoints. My Nad M12 pre also talks to Roon so for me, proper multi-room audio with a central library and the best interface I've ever seen has become a reality. It was a bit of a sting when I took...