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F Murtz
Guest
Phil Allison wrote:
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~misfit~
Guest
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs is a pet
peeve of mine.
Oh well.
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs is a pet
peeve of mine.
Oh well.
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
C
Computer Nerd Kev
Guest
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
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I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
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F Murtz
Guest
axolotyl wrote:
She seems to like that soddering.
I have only watched 10 minute so far but will get back to it.
Thought she was going to wear the table and the bottom of the radio out.
She seems to like that soddering.
I have only watched 10 minute so far but will get back to it.
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axolotyl
Guest
On 27-Aug-16 8:37 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
Perhaps this guy
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/restoring-a-1949-tv-set/
Perhaps this guy
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/restoring-a-1949-tv-set/
Guest
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
(Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
I'm off to listen to some L.E.D Zeppelin.
(Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs is a pet
peeve of mine.
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
I'm off to listen to some L.E.D Zeppelin.
C
Clocky
Guest
On 29/08/2016 11:13 AM, axolotyl wrote:
Crikey... not what I expected at all.
Crikey... not what I expected at all.
A
axolotyl
Guest
On 30-Aug-16 5:56 AM, Clocky wrote:
Nor me.
check out his other videos, he's a very clued up bloke.
Nor me.
check out his other videos, he's a very clued up bloke.
M
~misfit~
Guest
Once upon a time on usenet Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
Yeah we have - I didn't realise it was the same guy until he said 'leds'
then I realised ...
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:
While I am not sure just what Dave is trying to prove, some of
his assertions are very dubious.
Indeed. For a while I managed to put up with his really annoying
voice and watched several of his videos trying to educate myself
further. However he talks so much shite and makes so many
mistakes (sometimes fixing them with text overlays afterwards or
conceeding points in the comments section) that I decided not to
carry on torturing myself with his whine.
** Yes - unscripted presentations on video are usually tedious and
often
painful to watch. In that respect, Dave is not much worse than
many others.
It's simply that his presentation style is more love or hate than
most. I always suspected that it appealed more to Americans, as
they more often tend towards exaggeration more than other major
English speaking cultures. For me the result is that I can quite
enjoy similar videos by Mike Harrison (mikes electric stuff), but
I just can't hang in there with D. Jones.
It's similar to that American show on 7two called "Mysteries of the
Underworld" or something equally ridiculous. The places shown are
often (though not always) very interesting and historically
informative, but the hyped up presentation
is so bad that I've never been able to sit through a whole one. At
the same time it's been going for a while now, so obviously a lot
of people are drawn in by the hype.
Give it a calm monotone commentary and excessively long cuts and
I'd find it most enjoyable, while 90% of the audience falls asleep.
It sounds like we have quite a bit in common then. I could have
written that. Thanks for the heads up on Mike's Electric Stuff, I'm
heading off to check him out now.
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs is
a pet peeve of mine.
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
Yeah we have - I didn't realise it was the same guy until he said 'leds'
then I realised ...
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
M
~misfit~
Guest
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
Was just thinking about finding my Zepplin CDs last night actually when I
upgraded the amplification on my stereo. Funny how an improvement in sound
quality makes you want to listen to old favourites.
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
(Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs
is a pet peeve of mine.
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
I'm off to listen to some L.E.D Zeppelin.
Was just thinking about finding my Zepplin CDs last night actually when I
upgraded the amplification on my stereo. Funny how an improvement in sound
quality makes you want to listen to old favourites.
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
M
~misfit~
Guest
Once upon a time on usenet F Murtz wrote:
After hearing about him talking about the 'toob' and 'tooner' I knew it was
only a matter of time until he got to 'soddering'. :-/
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
After hearing about him talking about the 'toob' and 'tooner' I knew it was
only a matter of time until he got to 'soddering'. :-/
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
C
Chris
Guest
On 29/08/2016 1:13 PM, axolotyl wrote:
What, are you all misogynists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmotkjMSKnI
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Cheers,
Chris.
What, are you all misogynists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmotkjMSKnI
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Cheers,
Chris.
T
Trevor Wilson
Guest
On 30/08/2016 1:00 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
**Depends. Many older recordings were so badly mastered, that
improvements in playback equipment reveals more flaws. Almost any
pop/rock recordings fall into this category. Things improved in the
1970s. Particularly with bands like Toto, Supertramp, ELO, Pink Floyd
and others, where much care was taken with mastering.
[Anecdote] Back in the early 1980s, I was asked to supply an amplifier
to CBS for their cassette tape duplicating plant. Rather unwisely, they
purchased a pair of these for their QC lab:
http://bobbyshred.baberuthband.co.uk/infinity/rs1.5.html
A very nice speaker for it's time, but with a sting in the tail. The
impedance at bass frequencies fell below 2 Ohms. I supplied a suitable
amplifier that could deal with the speaker (which I knew very well) for
evaluation. It was rejected. Apparently, their system revealed far too
many flaws in their cassette tapes. A month later, I had a call
requesting that I supply CBS with the amplifier. They had tried a dozen
of so amps and none could deal with the Infinity speakers.
--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
(Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs
is a pet peeve of mine.
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
I'm off to listen to some L.E.D Zeppelin.
Was just thinking about finding my Zepplin CDs last night actually when I
upgraded the amplification on my stereo. Funny how an improvement in sound
quality makes you want to listen to old favourites.
**Depends. Many older recordings were so badly mastered, that
improvements in playback equipment reveals more flaws. Almost any
pop/rock recordings fall into this category. Things improved in the
1970s. Particularly with bands like Toto, Supertramp, ELO, Pink Floyd
and others, where much care was taken with mastering.
[Anecdote] Back in the early 1980s, I was asked to supply an amplifier
to CBS for their cassette tape duplicating plant. Rather unwisely, they
purchased a pair of these for their QC lab:
http://bobbyshred.baberuthband.co.uk/infinity/rs1.5.html
A very nice speaker for it's time, but with a sting in the tail. The
impedance at bass frequencies fell below 2 Ohms. I supplied a suitable
amplifier that could deal with the speaker (which I knew very well) for
evaluation. It was rejected. Apparently, their system revealed far too
many flaws in their cassette tapes. A month later, I had a call
requesting that I supply CBS with the amplifier. They had tried a dozen
of so amps and none could deal with the Infinity speakers.
--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
R
Rheilly Phoull
Guest
On 30/08/2016 9:20 AM, axolotyl wrote:
Do ya think he gets the fashion sense from "The Sound of Music" ??
Do ya think he gets the fashion sense from "The Sound of Music" ??
A
axolotyl
Guest
On 30-Aug-16 1:12 PM, Rheilly Phoull wrote:
I was leaning toward The Wizard of Oz.
I was leaning toward The Wizard of Oz.
C
Clocky
Guest
On 30/08/2016 11:38 AM, Chris wrote:
I've been following her on and off since her Commodore days.
I've been following her on and off since her Commodore days.
Guest
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:00:13 +1200, "~misfit~"
<shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
There are pros and cons to doing that, but I generally agree. I was
never particularly impressed with the sound quality of Led Zepp's
recordings though, TBH. Page's guitar in particular sounds thin and
reedy. OTOH, my go-to LZ album is Physical Graffiti... love it.
What gives me the shits with many modern recordings is that they're so
bass-heavy, which on my system has me running for the tone controls
because the house is about to shake apart... a lot of music (new and
old) actually sucks on a good system.
<shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
(Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs
is a pet peeve of mine.
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
I'm off to listen to some L.E.D Zeppelin.
Was just thinking about finding my Zepplin CDs last night actually when I
upgraded the amplification on my stereo. Funny how an improvement in sound
quality makes you want to listen to old favourites.
There are pros and cons to doing that, but I generally agree. I was
never particularly impressed with the sound quality of Led Zepp's
recordings though, TBH. Page's guitar in particular sounds thin and
reedy. OTOH, my go-to LZ album is Physical Graffiti... love it.
What gives me the shits with many modern recordings is that they're so
bass-heavy, which on my system has me running for the tone controls
because the house is about to shake apart... a lot of music (new and
old) actually sucks on a good system.
C
Chris Jones
Guest
On 30/08/2016 13:06, ~misfit~ wrote:
I am disappointed that they don't make the same mistake when pronouncing
"flux".
I am disappointed that they don't make the same mistake when pronouncing
"flux".
C
Clocky
Guest
On 31/08/2016 9:31 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
This Canadian expresses himself in a unique kind of way in terms of the
language he uses at times (I think anyway).
https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil
This Canadian expresses himself in a unique kind of way in terms of the
language he uses at times (I think anyway).
https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil
M
~misfit~
Guest
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
Yeah, see my previous reply in this thread. I've been dissapointed with a
couple of CDs lately that I've always really liked but, with mostly
transapent playback gear and plenty of power sound lacking.
Physical Graffiti *is* great. (Damn now I'm going to have to dig that out
and have a listen. ;-) )
I freakin' hate that too! Especially as I've been mostly listening using my
'new' amplification using a very basic preamp that only has a volume
control. Luckilly there are very few albums that I like that were made later
than the early 90s so I've just been ignoring those for now.
I'm pleased though that at least now it *is* the house and wondows that
suffer rather than my speakers. I recently bought a pair of Sony SSK70EDs
that handle pretty much everything I can throw at them, sound clean and
clear and image like nothing I've heard costing under $10K. Now I just wish
I'd managed to get some SSK90EDs. These are very under-rated speakers. Sony
made them in a vain effort to illustrate to the public the improvements that
SACDs bought to the table over standard CDs. Unfortunately for Sony the
public were moving in the opposite direction, going for pocket-sized music
and 'fidelity' so the speakers were discontinued (except in Japan where they
still make a piano finish version of the SSK range).
Cheers,
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:00:13 +1200, "~misfit~"
shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:37:55 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
(Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
Mike's vids seem quite good. Shame though, saying 'leds' for LEDs
is a pet peeve of mine.
I'm pretty sure we've been here before.
I'm off to listen to some L.E.D Zeppelin.
Was just thinking about finding my Zepplin CDs last night actually
when I upgraded the amplification on my stereo. Funny how an
improvement in sound quality makes you want to listen to old
favourites.
There are pros and cons to doing that,
Yeah, see my previous reply in this thread. I've been dissapointed with a
couple of CDs lately that I've always really liked but, with mostly
transapent playback gear and plenty of power sound lacking.
Physical Graffiti *is* great. (Damn now I'm going to have to dig that out
and have a listen. ;-) )
I freakin' hate that too! Especially as I've been mostly listening using my
'new' amplification using a very basic preamp that only has a volume
control. Luckilly there are very few albums that I like that were made later
than the early 90s so I've just been ignoring those for now.
I'm pleased though that at least now it *is* the house and wondows that
suffer rather than my speakers. I recently bought a pair of Sony SSK70EDs
that handle pretty much everything I can throw at them, sound clean and
clear and image like nothing I've heard costing under $10K. Now I just wish
I'd managed to get some SSK90EDs. These are very under-rated speakers. Sony
made them in a vain effort to illustrate to the public the improvements that
SACDs bought to the table over standard CDs. Unfortunately for Sony the
public were moving in the opposite direction, going for pocket-sized music
and 'fidelity' so the speakers were discontinued (except in Japan where they
still make a piano finish version of the SSK range).
Cheers,
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)