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20230803_063350 by sfulxrlv95, on Flickr Really love my A @ R Cambridge T21 FM tuner brought years ago for £15 from a guy in the local paper. I was using a Creek 3040 tuner and wasn't expecting the T21 to be much better. It absolutely blew the Creek away just so detailed and simbilant free with...

I hate that show music which is so well recorded but so obscure.One girl and a guitar..plinky plonk piano jazz I once went to the Hi Fi News show at Windsor in 2018 and the Absolute Sounds room was playing nothing but that type of music. What really made me smile was Peter Mc Grath who was...

Steve I dip into it at work sometimes and if you have in their forum speak " Pulled the trigger " on say a 500 or 552 It's like an echo chamber of congratulations they sort of egg each other on and seek this approval from fellow members And speak in gushing tones of how their 282 preamp was...

The most over the top comment I read once over there was from some very high ranking member with great esteem and knowledge and he said that he moved his 552 preamp 2 m.m on the rack and he could hear a difference Then there is the cable dressing and cable massaging it really gets quite anal...

John thought I would chip in with your comments about the Symmetary system being your favourite. I didn't go to the show but one of the best show systems I have heard was at the HiFi News show at Windsor in 2018. It was again a Symmetry system this time with a Brinkmann turntable and Trilogy...

I always enjoy watching riffs.Its got a sat at a table in a pub sort of feel about it and I enjoy the background on the products they are talking about so find it educational as well.Always enjoyed Dave Prices magazine journalism and his taste in music. And he has been in the industry for a...

I had a 42 - HC - 250 about 1988 and my 42 went back for the 42.5 mods to NAIM and my dealer lent me a 12 and I was blown away how lovely it sounded. It had this sparking hf and detail and airy sound about it. Getting my 42.5 back it sounded really rolled off in the top end and just thought...

Have had an Aethos for 2 years and run it with old Focal Profil 77 floorstanders with great results also Magnepan 1.7 I which are 86 dB but it drives the Mags with no problems.I also have a friend with an Aethos who uses it with Focal 1028 BE' s with great result. I see you are in Worthing I am...

As there has been quite a few posts about AC DC and your upfront Colin I saw them at Wembely Arena in 1999 middle at the front.One of my all time favourite gigs. You could see the sweat coming off Angus by the 3rd song in the set.Although playing to 8000 it was like a pub gig. The sound was...

Also an Aethos user and concur about the remote and it's over reaction to volume. The funny thing I have an IO in a 2nd system and the IO remote works perfectly with the Aethos absolutely as it should Love my Aethos it's a lovely piece of kit. But why Rega launched it with the remote issue...

A mate had a home lone of the 252 integrated and brought it over to mine to hear it in my system to get a feel of it with my Focal floorstanders at the time.I really liked the sound .I think it had a valve preamp input stage. Sounded really sweet sounding and the soundstage seemed to be enormous...

Another big thumbs up for the Saturn - R .As Colin say its not the most detailed but more than makes up with its timing. It sounds like a well set up turnatable and has this really engaging sound.I could listen to mine all day. Rega will repair it if you have a fault.Its also got great...

A music loving mate a couple of years ago got a Project turntable maybe about £300. He's really happy with it and isn't a audiophile type. But what I thought was a great thing to do he's building up his collection of his top 50 albums of all time. And that's it. I have over 2500 and so many...

SJB I left in 1990 for Bryston and didn't hear any Naim except at shows.Statement and big Focals....so 33 years away It was good but TBH I enjoyed my mates ND5 XS2 a couple of weeks ago a lot more. It was probably that show environment.having said that the Naim people hosting were a lovely...

Yeah I know agree with what you say. A couple of weeks ago I visited a mate who has just got the bottom of the range Naim Streamer ND5 XS2 streaming off Roon. The amp was a Rega Aethos and speakers where some Focal 1028 BE . The Naim Streamer had the Naim sound as I remember it when I had my...