Recent content by starbuck

Thanks for all the suggestions, a few options to consider so that's great. I have a few ~8mm thick self adhesive cork tiles somewhere left over from a wall we covered, so I'll cut some small squares out of that to start with, to stick together to make up some feet of the correct thickness and...

Due to space constraints within a unit sited below the telly I need to sit the blu ray player on top of another component. The blu ray player will only be turned on when the other component is powered off, likewise the other component will only be on when the blu ray player is off, so no...

It has been a fair number of years since I owned my Michell Focus One, which when I got it s/hand was fitted with a Mission 774LC tonearm on a simple circular armboard. When I wanted to change the arm for something else, I opted for a lovely SME 3009 S2 Improved with damping trough fitted. A...

Advertised as Stands Unique stands, which they sort of are due to them being a collaboration between Les/Avondale and Stands Unique, they are Reference Music Systems "Tuned Speaker Supports". The tuned bit is due to the rear mounted, steel lined carbon fibre tube that the stands have fitted. At...

This CD set neatly collects (almost) all the early stuff in one 4 disc set: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleeping-Years-Studio-Recordings-1970-1974/dp/B075TV1SNQ/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

I have that one you link to and it sounds decent, though I don't have another vinyl copy to compare it to. My copy is quiet and flat, nicely done gatefold sleeve with separate booklet. I remember when reading about it on the Hoffman forum before purchase that it was pretty well regarded by those...

Spendor SR5 are a wall mount design (they come with dedicated mounting plates), I enjoyed them a lot when I had them.

I thought I had some but cannot find them at present, so I am on the look out for 6 (or a few more, though 6 minimum) carbon fibre pads of some sort, anything between about 10mm in diamater up to about 30mm maximum, and about 5mm minimum thickness. They don't have to be circular, just the sort...

I don't get to many s/hand record shops so any sourcing of used vinyl generally comes from charity shops. I have found a few this year but my two favourites have been first pressings of Nina Simone's 'I Put A Spell On You' (mono on Philips) and 'Anymore for Anymore' by Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance...

Listed as an Inspire Hi-Fi power supply, I believe this is a Heed Orbit 2 turntable power supply in all but name (in fact you can still see some of the Heed Audio name at the edge behind the Inspire label on the rear panel), so a great choice as a PSU for older Rega turntables (or Notts...

Yes, it is a very nicely laid out and well specified bit of kit, I hope you like it when you get a chance to listen.

One half of a Stereophile reference front end from yesteryear (the RDD 980 was the transport side of things), the RDP-980 is a fantastic sounding DAC, not as well known as the TDA-1541A types but a lovely sounding thing too. Lots of switchable inputs available but being late 90s vintage, only...

Just taken delivery on a pair of s/hand Reference Music Systems (RMS) 'Vivas' speaker stands, made by Les Wolstenholme and Stands Unique. Mixture of carbon fibre uprights with steel inserts and double layer steel base plates, to produce an interesting looking and fantastic performing set of...

Thanks for the replies. I hadn't seen the option to download before, only to play, but have found it now. So I can just download to my computer and then transfer files to the phone to play on the move? That's great, thank you.

I have a load of albums in the Amazon Music library due to various vinyl LPs and CDs I have bought over the years, which I have never made use of to listen to digitally. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I have to be a paid up member of Amazon Music in order to listen to the library...