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by Ciaran
Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Get a cat, they said..
Replies: 22
Views: 1143

Re: Get a cat, they said..

Diapason wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:49 pm When we got the cat, the intention was that he'd be an "indoor" cat.

He is no longer an indoor cat.
They do love to explore. And kill things!
by Ciaran
Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Radio, 1949
Replies: 4
Views: 309

Radio, 1949

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Thirteen Guineas for a radio! You must be out of your mind!

Sheila's father was 22 and working as a stoker in CIE when he splashed out for this, 72 years ago.
by Ciaran
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Get a cat, they said..
Replies: 22
Views: 1143

Re: Get a cat, they said..

Diapason wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 am He's getting "fixed" on Monday, let's hope that calms him down a bit...
He won't calm down for a few years I'd say! But if you've got him before 6 months he'll probably stop "marking".
by Ciaran
Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is anyone still buying CDs on a regular basis?
Replies: 22
Views: 1167

Re: Is anyone still buying CDs on a regular basis?

Well if I'm not going to collect the Complete Sacred Works of Kuhnau, then who is?
by Ciaran
Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is anyone still buying CDs on a regular basis?
Replies: 22
Views: 1167

Re: Is anyone still buying CDs on a regular basis?

Not as much as I used to, but still some. Here's part of a recent order from jpc.de in Germany (Not Amazon! And also Brexit!!). They arrived in under a week. They charged for delivery (not much) but the total price was less than Amazon, so it worked out cheaper. It was great to hear about the Kuhnau...
by Ciaran
Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Get a cat, they said..
Replies: 22
Views: 1143

Re: Get a cat, they said..

Cats are great! But a cat jumping onto the turntable while it spins is always hair-raising! One might condone that as an expression of feline joie de vivre but casual vandalism is harder to take! Enjoy your cat!
by Ciaran
Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: I did something tonight I haven't done in years....
Replies: 6
Views: 311

Re: I did something tonight I haven't done in years....

I do it quite often. Two years ago I would have played CDs almost every evening. Last year I was without my big system for a long time and I was using a personal digital player. I ripped lots of CDs to put on it, but it introduced me to streaming, and I was using Tidal, Qobuz and Idagio. The conveni...
by Ciaran
Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
Replies: 57
Views: 3159

Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?

This discussion has been helpful to you then: you know what to do now!

I would also be very interested in a Pass Int 250, or possibly some other Pass power or integrated.
by Ciaran
Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Quiet competence or occasional magic?
Replies: 57
Views: 3159

Re: Quiet competence or occasional magic?

I had the question of whether I wanted a bit of tasty distortion or not a few years ago. I didn't have a headphone socket on my pre-amp (Airtight ATC 2) and I'd read an enthusiastic review of the Pass Labs HPA 1 headphone amp in Stereophile . It seemed that it was a pretty capable pre-amp as well if...
by Ciaran
Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Interest check
Replies: 15
Views: 1382

Re: Interest check

If I had the room for them...