"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote


OK Trevor, thanks for that - most interesing, but 'few more'..? Bugger,
the 1500AE is over *double* what I paid for the 655!!

**It's well worth it. In fact, you might find yourself selling off some of
your glass things to pay for it. It is a very good amp.


What will it give me that I don't already have with the 655?


And I tell you summat - listening askance, with my back turned and eyes
shut at midnight on a foggy day and somebody else working the throttle, I
couldn't tell 'em apart!! The '30W' Argos amp weighs 5.3 kg and costs 60
quid, the '50W' Denon weighs 7.0 kg and costs 250 quid (list)!! (Where do
they get these bloody power output figures from? - I got an 8 watt 300B
SET that will blow *both* of them into the weeds!!)

**Yeah, sure.


Believe it/don't believe it - it matters not a jot to I....

(That's polite for 'who gives a ****?' - I've had a number of people here
who have been amazed at the sound levels from the SETs, including one or two
from here!! ;-)




Go figure (as they say)...!!

(OK, The Denon sits at 50% volume while the Argos amp is at 90% into the
stubborn little horns....)

Incidentally, I can see why SS users might not like horns - there is a
tendancy to a little 'honkiness' with them that you don't get with
valves...??!! But, contrary to what one or two here would have you
believe, us 'valvies' are not so bigotted - I love these amps and for a
few weeks in every year, it's nice to run an SS amp and soft top car!!
(Well, the days of me having a nice little soft top in the barn are long
gone, but I can still afford an SS amp or two!! :-)

**Then choose a decent SS amp.


What amps are not 'decent' - you saying the Denon 655 isn't? How about the
Argos amp? Ever heard either one...??

No, I thought not.....




Here's my last bit of Show N Tell for the day - the kid (my oldest) in
this car is 30 now!!

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/softtop.JPG

**Oh dear. I was hoping for a Morgan, at least. MGs are so passe'.


Sure, that was 15 years or more ago.....


They
always sounded better than they went.


Yep. That one was 1.5 litres in a kiddicart - far too much power for the
wooden brakes it had!!


Back in the day, one of my mates owned
and MGB and the other a Datsun Princess. The Datsun could easily pull
120MPH


Yeah, sure....


and the MG, well...... Not so fast. Let's not even get started on oil
leaks. Did Pommy car builders ever manage to build oil seals which, well,
sealed? And this is from one who has owned four Escorts. Not one of them
could keep the oil where it belonged.


Oil leaks (within reason) are like surface noise (within reason) on vinyl -
bothers the crap out of some people, others not at all....



http://www.easyflow.com.au/

Better than clever, actually. It's brilliant. FIFTEEN GRAND!!!! Yikes!
Nice product, but jeez. Maybe I'll keep climbing ladders for a bit longer.


Keep it real. In the UK you can get a 'squashed' plastic mesh tube (creates
an oval cross section) for *coppers* which will do the same job....