Just to drive poor old Jim Read nuts, here's an *open mic* recording from me
Needles which is 'boggier' than usual due to there being (temporarily) more
space than usual in me room and mono due to the mic being a bit Uncle Dick:


See them he

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...esandpinks.jpg


Marvel at the size of the drivers:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/tinydriver.jpg


Srill to the ferzzy, merzzy (and occasionally very berzzy)*/** sound of the
delectable (and almost very good) Ms. D Krall:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needle01.mp3



* Mai Breetish Shooms... ;-)

** CD - what do you expect....?

Keith G wiffled:
Just to drive poor old Jim Read nuts, here's an *open mic* recording from
me Needles which is 'boggier' than usual due to there being (temporarily)
more space than usual in me room and mono due to the mic being a bit
Uncle Dick:


See them he

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...esandpinks.jpg


Marvel at the size of the drivers:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/tinydriver.jpg


Srill to the ferzzy, merzzy (and occasionally very berzzy)*/** sound of
the delectable (and almost very good) Ms. D Krall:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needle01.mp3



* Mai Breetish Shooms... ;-)

** CD - what do you expect....?

I had a hobby once. Cost me a lot of money. Then came ebay...

"Triffid" wrote


I had a hobby once. Cost me a lot of money. Then came ebay...


Which costs me even more money... :-)

Keith G wiffled:
"Triffid" wrote


I had a hobby once. Cost me a lot of money. Then came ebay...


Which costs me even more money... :-)

Natch.

IMO the British bike industry died because Joe Public behaved exactly as the
Yanks still do toward Hardly Capable. The factories saw no reason to develop
until the Road To Damascus conversion caused by the CB750 and Z1, which the
Yanks were and are patriotically oblivious to.

Yeah I know, but that other thread is sooooo long :8

"Triffid" wrote in message
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Keith G wiffled:
"Triffid" wrote


I had a hobby once. Cost me a lot of money. Then came ebay...


Which costs me even more money... :-)

Natch.

IMO the British bike industry died because Joe Public behaved exactly as
the
Yanks still do toward Hardly Capable. The factories saw no reason to
develop
until the Road To Damascus conversion caused by the CB750 and Z1, which
the
Yanks were and are patriotically oblivious to.


By the time the Z1 was on the scene (OK, in the shops) the Japs had wiped
both the Brit and Yank bike industries off its boots - the only countries
left in the frame were Germany with its evergreen Boxers (and a few wacky
little cheapo ringadingding strokers) and the Eyeties who had (sensibly)
banned the import of, I believe, bikes over 400cc and below 50cc (...???
Have I got that right?) thus preserving their own industry.


Yeah I know, but that other thread is sooooo long :8


:-)

Keith G wiffled:
"Triffid" wrote in message
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Keith G wiffled:
"Triffid" wrote

IMO the British bike industry died because Joe Public behaved exactly as
the Yanks still do toward Hardly Capable. The factories saw no reason to
develop until the Road To Damascus conversion caused by the CB750 and Z1,
which
the Yanks were and are patriotically oblivious to.


By the time the Z1 was on the scene (OK, in the shops) the Japs had wiped
both the Brit and Yank bike industries off its boots - the only countries
left in the frame were Germany with its evergreen Boxers (and a few wacky
little cheapo ringadingding strokers) and the Eyeties who had (sensibly)
banned the import of, I believe, bikes over 400cc and below 50cc (...???
Have I got that right?) thus preserving their own industry.


You may have the edge of experience (age - never!) there, but looking back
at how advanced stuff like the C72 /et al/ were, I always had the impression
that we just didn't buy them regardless. Alloy? OHC? Christ they had
electric start in 1962! If there was a good reason to buy a Bantam over a
C90 I'm buggered if I know what it was.

Anyhow, back on topic, surely the likes of NAD and Arcam, perhaps even Naim,
are not being quite so backward? Just wish NAD would employ a stylist just
the once.

Reminds me sonically of the old acoustic transfer (source: a Mullard 5-10
feeding a Vitavox? horn stood on a couple of raided beer-bottle crates as
Exciter and a couple of ST&C apple-and-biscuit mics on stands, about 4 and 9
ft away, as Pick-ups to line-sending preamps feeding lines patchbay) in our
echo room about 10' x 15' x slanted 5'-9' high with a reinforced ceiling -
that space was purpose-made, hewn in limestone 30' down, under the Studios
we had in Malta, 40 years ago.
The "floor" was always damp because of the porous calcium (sometimes in
winter a deep puddle formed, which altered the sonics). And a couple of 400W
space heaters were always left on.
Access and power, lines, comms was via a hewn narrow, ramped 7' high walkway
from the surface entrance room lobby, and there was a 4"
breather/evaporation pipe ending 10' above the surface. I suspect the
equipment died of rust.
Can't ever beat line-out to line in copying methodology !!
Jim

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

Just to drive poor old Jim Read nuts, here's an *open mic* recording from
me Needles which is 'boggier' than usual due to there being (temporarily)
more space than usual in me room and mono due to the mic being a bit Uncle
Dick:


See them he

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...esandpinks.jpg


Marvel at the size of the drivers:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/tinydriver.jpg


Srill to the ferzzy, merzzy (and occasionally very berzzy)*/** sound of
the delectable (and almost very good) Ms. D Krall:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needle01.mp3



* Mai Breetish Shooms... ;-)

** CD - what do you expect....?

Except when you are trying to demonstrate the *speakers*.....

(Top posted to show just how stupid it is - now you got to *work out* what
I'm referring to...)



"Jim Gregory" wrote in message
...
Reminds me sonically of the old acoustic transfer (source: a Mullard 5-10
feeding a Vitavox? horn stood on a couple of raided beer-bottle crates as
Exciter and a couple of ST&C apple-and-biscuit mics on stands, about 4 and
9 ft away, as Pick-ups to line-sending preamps feeding lines patchbay) in
our echo room about 10' x 15' x slanted 5'-9' high with a reinforced
ceiling - that space was purpose-made, hewn in limestone 30' down, under
the Studios we had in Malta, 40 years ago.
The "floor" was always damp because of the porous calcium (sometimes in
winter a deep puddle formed, which altered the sonics). And a couple of
400W space heaters were always left on.
Access and power, lines, comms was via a hewn narrow, ramped 7' high
walkway from the surface entrance room lobby, and there was a 4"
breather/evaporation pipe ending 10' above the surface. I suspect the
equipment died of rust.
Can't ever beat line-out to line in copying methodology !!
Jim

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

Just to drive poor old Jim Read nuts, here's an *open mic* recording from
me Needles which is 'boggier' than usual due to there being (temporarily)
more space than usual in me room and mono due to the mic being a bit
Uncle Dick:


See them he

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show...esandpinks.jpg


Marvel at the size of the drivers:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/tinydriver.jpg


Srill to the ferzzy, merzzy (and occasionally very berzzy)*/** sound of
the delectable (and almost very good) Ms. D Krall:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needle01.mp3



* Mai Breetish Shooms... ;-)

** CD - what do you expect....?

On 2005-08-16, Keith G wrote:

Just to drive poor old Jim Read nuts, here's an *open mic* recording from me
Needles which is 'boggier' than usual due to there being (temporarily) more
space than usual in me room and mono due to the mic being a bit Uncle Dick:
...
Srill to the ferzzy, merzzy (and occasionally very berzzy)*/** sound of the
delectable (and almost very good) Ms. D Krall:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needle01.mp3

Err... isn't that one hitting the endstops just a tiny little bit*?

* British understatement.

--
John Phillips

"John Phillips" wrote in message
...
On 2005-08-16, Keith G wrote:

Just to drive poor old Jim Read nuts, here's an *open mic* recording from
me
Needles which is 'boggier' than usual due to there being (temporarily)
more
space than usual in me room and mono due to the mic being a bit Uncle
Dick:
...
Srill to the ferzzy, merzzy (and occasionally very berzzy)*/** sound of
the
delectable (and almost very good) Ms. D Krall:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needle01.mp3

Err... isn't that one hitting the endstops just a tiny little bit*?



Hardly:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/needlewave.jpg

(Wouldn't know that was a CD, would you....??!!)



* British understatement.


Sure....