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I think I'm done with buying vinyl
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'Audiophile' re-issue cash grabs can do one. My local is selling it for a tenner less, but it's still a hard pass from me. I picked up the OJC CD for about £3 a year ago.

I had both a buyer and seller email from Discogs. The seller email hinted that you might want to increase prices, and showed you how to use a new tool to do just that across the board of your inventory. The buyer email said lol we can't help it if sellers pass on the price rise.

Random musings - is Audiophilia for those who live in big spaces and/or can turn the volume up? At 9 o'clock on the volume knob on my 30wpc amp is giving 70db in my listening position... which makes me wonder if actually all I need is a pair of Apple HomePod Mini's and some headphones.

It seems like most trad hi-fi is geared towards the older listener who lives in a bigger space; whilst the newer stuff perhaps reflects modern living conditions better?

Are Tao confirmed as fastest up the climb and gets KOM jersey after a timing error.

Not been down in a while but going to be DJing there again in May.

If it's still open... Mr Bongo, Across the Tracks. Borderline had a small but nice selection... but I seem to remember that one closed?

Cheers! Went to Across the Tracks, which is great for used stuff; and Resident for new stuff.

Probably not quite the right thread - however! Any record shop recommendations in Brighton? Preference for CDs, both used and new, and mostly electronic and/or jazz.

Sony WI-C100, Sennheiser CX350BT? No tried them myself, but they're cheap enough to try and return on Amazon if crap. Both work with their respective apps, so should be able to customise their sound to your liking.

Undoubtedly. They have some real weight to the bottom end when cranked. They are good at low listening volumes, but really do wake up when they're a bit louder. I tend to do most of my listening at 55-60dbs from my listening position because I'm in an apartment. If I crank turn go up to about 65, they sound really alive.

There are lots of reviews out there that I feel sum them up really well. Once you've bought quality stands, its much of muchness cost wise anyway. I'd buy the tower's over the bookshelves, but I'm obviously biased.

Oh - they really don't like poor recordings. Like at all.

I was going to ask people's listening volumes. I'm in a terrace, with a shared wall with a neighbour. 70db sounds really nice to me, however, I'm conscious my neighbour might not appreciate that. Am I worrying unnecessarily, alternatively, is there any reasonably priced treatments I can put on the wall to mitigate that? I tend to use headphones post 10pm.

and in what seems to be a theme, I finally picked up the Moritz Von Oswald Trio album (with Laurel Halo), which I'm liking a lot on it's first spin.

After my local record shop mentioned it to me every time I went in, finally picked up The Necks - Travel, and like it a lot. Dat bassline on the first track is fantastic. He also pushed a couple of used CDs on me, Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Holon and Stoa, which kinda remind me of minimal techno done in an acoustic jazz stylee.

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What seems strange is the continuing easy ride that Starmer is getting from the press, and Tory central office. I can only presume either Starmer has been anointed for Buggins turn at the next GE, or the Tories are saving an avalanche of shit that will make that ad look tame for the next GE.

Good choice. I have a late 70s Planar 2, and it's great.

Luckily My Bloody Valentine seems to be soothing Geoff at the moment.

What is Aperture like for selling cameras too, reasonable prices offered? I'm thinking of thinning down my collection due to the cost/availability of colour film. Most have sat around untouched for a couple of years now.

Couple of albums out on Friday. London Brew - Nubiya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Theon Cross, Tom Skinner and a big bunch of others attempting an album in the spirit of Bitches Brew. Also new Rob Mazurek; loved Dimensional Stardust, so looking forward to that.

I quite fancy a silver top loading CD player, and a used second gen Rega Planet or first gen Apollo look like they'd fit the bill. Does anyone have any experience of these, anything I need to be aware of ?

Latest in a long line of artists pushed by their record companies through the BBC, that no one actually likes, but seem to get a load of plays. Laura Mvula's Green Garden did my head in when that was on rotation.

Shabaka’s Afrikan Culture, out on streaming last year, is out on vinyl this Friday.

The Rega io doesn't have any tone controls at all. Unless I had a lot of money and could tailor a system to my room/listening preferences, I'd always opt for tone controls.

Edit - Personally though, I'd pay to get your Technics receiver re-caped. I'd don't think I'd ever get rid of my AKAI. It was my Dad's from new in the 70s, sounds great, and has bunch of stuff that just isn't available on some modern amps - mono and loudness buttons, tone controls, 2x phono inputs, 2x speaker outs. Plus silver and 'wood' wins.

Denon, Marantz, Yamaha and Cambridge Audio all have amps around that price point and should be fine. Depends on the features you need - some have phono stages, sub-out, built in dacs, Bluetooth etc

Also a bunch of Chinese amps on Amazon, again, depends on the features you need.

Caveat - his presenting style is exciteable Aussie. This may/may note grate.

Dankpods on YouTube is always good for comparisons of sound from mics. He’s done a fake AirPods Max vs the real thing recently.
The fake one obviously sounds appalling, however, the real thing doesn’t sound that good either. Wired is so much better.

I'm amazed they're still going. I live in Brum where we have the 'Vault' and despite having the best Jazz selection in the city, I don't buy anything there, 'cos lol at their vinyl prices. Rinsed them of all their £3.99 RVG Blue Note CDs though.

Ouch. Apologies for mentioning the offer!