Recent content by apanton1952

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    Hello from South Africa

    Thank you. Listening with a suitable tube amp is on my to-do list definitely.
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    Music is the most important.

    Oh yes, I like his writing and comments too; especially I like this excerpt because it demonstrates the subjects have an understanding of their market and are very focused on it: "...even disgraced televangelists show more integrity: They may have trash cans full of empty booze bottles, and...
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    FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

    Well, Brazil scraped past NK to win, a result which belies the quality of their game. Germany would have chewed them up and spat them out.
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    Hello from South Africa

    Thanks Brian Have responded to email. Regards Arthur
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    Reprint of John Atkinson's interview with James Boyk

    Thanks Myles. Cracking good read.
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    Hello from South Africa

    I will be living in Nairobi itself in the Ruaraka suburb where I have an apartment. It is right next to the Safari Park Hotel where my wife works as a database controller and purchasing officer. About 20k km from the city centre on the Thika road. The family is from the Meru district and they...
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    Music is the most important.

    If I could but find a vinyl shop in Africa... Here's a story. 2008/9 I was on a project in the Highlands of Kenya - huge tea estates. The town - Kericho - of more relevance to the USA as your prez comes from there. It's pronounced with the ch sounding like in China, not Jericho of collapsing...
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    FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

    Hi Brian Welcome to South Africa. It is my home country and I am proud of it although I too live globally. Heh, my wife is a Kenyan and I am heading there within a few weeks for an extended period. All my family in Kenya are probably more excited about the World Cup than me, but maybe I just...
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    FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

    No heat here today, snow bound over 30% of the country, which causes the other 70% to freeze... I like the look of the Germans, but it's too early to judge the form of everyone as not enough games have played yet.
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    What Cartridge(s) Is Everyone Using

    At my age (58) a little bright would be about as smooth as it gets.. :-) although surprisingly my hearing is way good. I have a theory that listening to music exercises the sonic muscles! That's probably in the category of saying PlayBoy exercises your eyesight... mind you, my mom and her...
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    Meatloaf! C'mon...you know you love it!

    Oh Lordy, me too!
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    What Cartridge(s) Is Everyone Using

    I have Linn Asaka, Ortofon MC1 Turbo and Shure V15 cartridges. The Linn is mounted in an Alphason HR100S arm on an LP12 and is seldom used. The Ortofon is mounted in an SME3009 on a TD125 and is used a lot. The V15 collects dust and it has been shelved for so long I don't recall it's...
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    Counted Out Way to Soon!

    I have to wonder at what happened to the turntable which used a laser to read the grooves? This would be a usefully wear free approach, admittedly removing all the technical fun but still. Also, what material other than vinyl could be used for lp's? Something more durable, less prone to wear...
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    Since when has McIntosh been considered Hi-End?

    ML's in Be Cool - Scripts I think but can't recall perfectly.
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    Creating a Audio Dartboard

    Fascinating. On the subject of live, lets consider a $100 Yamaha classical guitar. Not earth shattering in terms of brand cachet or even technical specification (at that price anyway). However, it is guaranteed that though there may be similarities in the sounds between a number of those...
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