OK, I’ve admitted it. And while I’m admitting my weakneses I’ll also admit to being a fan of Abba. That’s my excuse for watching Mamma Mia on Blu-ray this afternoon – it came free with the player.
Sound Quality
Now that the Neat MF9s have run in and stabilised it was time to spend some time moving them a few centimeters at a time to find a more ideal position.
Finally made the decision to experiment with Blu-ray and took advantage of Blockbuster’s deal to carry one home. It took about two hours in all to connect it to my Naim n-Vi and Panasonic Plasma via an Aten HDMI switcher and Chord Company HDMI cables. Actually possibly the most time consuming elements were reprogramming the Harmony 895 remote control and…
Friday was a busy day and my back is only just recovering. My older LP12 now has the Origin Live larger motor and power supply together with a comprehensive resetup. The newer LP12 is now fully Funk Vectored complete with K Drive. Both, after setup by my friend, bounce in a much more regular and controlled manner. The huge difference…
All the kit of parts of my new Funk Vector Link arrived on Friday. Fit and finish look good. Reading through the installation instructions it appears that there is a good deal of work to do in fitting it. Not being a LP12 guru I have asked a friend who is to assist with the setup. I’m expecting to carry…
The Naim Classical label, a division of The Naim Label has just launched two CD/Data DVD Multipacks including 24 Bit 88.2kHz copies of the original masters. More info and images www.thenaimlabel.com
Can’t take any credit for finding this station as it was a suggestion from Paul Messenger. FIP is a somewhat idiosyncratic radio station also available on the interweb. Only 128kbs mp3 but it doesn’t sound too bad at all. Good music without too much talking and not that distracting for me anyway, as I don’t understand French www.radiofrance.fr
The Chord Company has launched a improved version of its Indigo Cable called Indigo Plus. Click on the Chord Tab above for Images This cable is a significant improvement over Indigo. Existing owners can talk to Chord or their Chord retailer from March onward about getting their cables upgraded.
After much heavy breathing, carrying the Neat Acoustics MF9s up two flights of stairs, they are now in place and running in. They seem to work pretty well in roughly the same position as the ES30s, which is about 15cm closer to the back wall and about 20cm closer to the side walls than the MF7s. The bass in this…
Last night I visited a friend who was borrowing a Keith Monks Classic Record Cleaning Machine. I arrived to find a large pile of cleaned LPs and a man excitedly playing a track from a record, cleaning it and then playing it again. I know KM is a client and I’m therefore biased, but the results were shocking. The sound…