Tír Na HiFi

It looks like my fine hi-fi is going to be in boxes for some time, as it has been since September. I thought maybe quality Personal Audio Player might dull the pain a little. Does anyone have experience of them? There seem to be nice ones at all the prices from Astell & Kern, my instinct is to g...

I remember him arriving at Stereophile , though I can't believe how long ago that was! His pieces seemed like a breath of fresh air and escaped from the usual parameters. I can remember a review where he listed dust bunnies and abandoned cat toys under "Room Treatments". But in recent year...

I'd like to join in the congratulations to Fran on keeping this very friendly and interesting forum going!

I heard them last week too, and I was very impressed. Timbres were beautiful, every instrument independent of every other, very solid tuneful bass perfectly integrated into the sound. Lots of air between the instruments. But a bigger room might suit them better, I did have the feeling that I was too...

Sounds hellish! I did a 90 minute drive earlier which should have taken 40, which was bad enough, but five hours sounds intolerable!

I doubt that the Latin the Christian Brothers were trying to beat into you was a juicy bit of the Old Testament!

I had to look up "osculated" It's French. Sorta. More your Latin, try this: Osculetur me osculo oris sui, quia meliora sunt ubera tua vino, fragrantia unguentis optimis. Oleum effusum nomen tuum, ideo adulescentulae dilexerunt te. or in English: Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth:...

Technics SL-PG100A CD player I'm offering this old CD player free on behalf of a friend who doesn't want it any more. She got it around 1989 and it worked when last used. It can be collected in Phibsborough, Tallaght or Dun Laoghaire. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7922/33437092638_2be975b0e0_c.jpg ...

JVC T-GX2L Tuner I'm offering this old tuner free on behalf of a friend who doesn't want it any more. She got it around 1983 and it worked when last used. It can be collected in Phibsborough, Tallaght or Dun Laoghaire. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7801/47260414322_4ec5ca13e4_c.jpg https://farm8.st...

I was in Cloney's on Saturday and had a very brief listen to the Elipsas: very impressive. Huge deep soundstage, and powerful deep very clean bass. Wow! Very dynamic and musical, though I have the sense that they like a very powerful amp. I must try and hear them again!

Thank you Ivor, Simon and Derek! I will pass on your good wishes to Rosamund and Milena... if I think they won't be too freaked out to have been mentioned here!

It was a moving ceremony in a fantastic venue, they chose it well!