Recent content by Tony L

For clarity: Mick is just shilling his Tory councillor son. I guess he’ll be out selling Braverman’s fascism, Truss’s conspiracy theories and Sunak’s multi-£bn corruption door to door. Have some sympathy for the guy! Can you imagine a more depressing life than having to defend that shit to make...

Remember the billionaire oligarchs are the real victims here.

There is no reality in which that statement could be true.

For the acoustic stuff I’d go with: The Prestige albums; Workin’ Cookin’ Relaxin’ etc. Cannonball Adderley’s Something Else KOB Someday My Prince Will Come Seven Steps ESP Nefertiti Miles Smiles For the electric stuff, which is where I gravitate more these days, I’d actually go for the...

I’ve got the Assai signed obi edition red/green copy of the first album in the mail to me right now. I hardly ever buy (non-jazz) reissues, but my copy of this one is a CD and being signed it should be a good investment. Hopefully it is a good mastering as I love this album. Should land later...

As a really simple clear example my remote doorbell buzzes very loudly if close to the little switch-mode PSU for my Panasonic wireless phone. Move it to another area and it is silent. To a much lesser extent the Chord DSX does create some noise in my system, a very low level ‘whine’ audible...

The other thing is you are getting a switch-mode power supply away from other kit that may be sensitive to it from an interference perspective, i.e. any improvement heard may actually be in the surrounding kit.

Likewise 99% isopropyl (I always have loads of it around for record cleaning solutions) sprayed on and brushed with a toothbrush (bought specially, not the one in use!) and then some more isopropyl on a cloth gets most of it off, though it takes a lot of time to get a really clean non-sticky...

Classic Tory/Farage “they won’t let me be a small-minded bigoted piece of shit” argument. As ever it is the white male public school millionaires who are the real victims here…

Anyone any idea where 3V as an acceptable line level came from? I don’t understand why anyone would want this high a level. It is far higher than most power amps could handle (typically 1-2V) so no advantage when using a passive preamp even into amps at the upper end of the range. The now...

He got there though. The Holocaust took many mentally and physically impaired as well as vast numbers of LGBTQ+ people. The mentally disabled were frequently subjected to truly brutal “medical experiments“ on the way to their inevitable murder.

Psychopaths manipulate their way to the top. Always have done, likely always will do. Probably true for all mammals, maybe most species, though humans have the resource and ability to be more destructive. As an allegedly intelligent species we have collectively proven exceptionally bad at...

This is a real risk IMO. I’m sure 3V is too hot for my kit, it leaves me with no room for adjustment on the volume knob (way too loud at 8 o‘clock when starting at 7) and I suspect actually starts driving my Verdier pre into valve compression mode like a Fender Princeton or something. Not harsh...

For a long while now I’ve been convinced (standard res) digital audio has been sorted for a very long time. This being why big heavy Sony ES, high-end Marantz, Naim, Meridian, DPA etc CD players and DACs remain so sought after. I remember listening to a CDS2 that passed through on a commission...

A superb album, I’ve only ever had the CD. It dates from the time I was contracting in That London and often had a lengthy commute that needed a CD Walkman to cope with.