SM Audiophiles?

[Bebs]

I'm in a similar boat.
My wife thinks all speakers are ugly, and should not be allowed in the drawing room (except maybe for small hidden in-wall or in-ceiling jobs).
The ones we have (Linn) are simply the ones she dislikes the least, so I'm stuck with them.

It is generally referred to as WAF.
Wife acceptance factor.
Clearly your Linn’s have a medium to high WAF

 

[CatmanV2]

It is generally referred to as WAF.
Wife acceptance factor.
Clearly your Linn’s have a medium to high WAF

WAF is critical and should be listed on any spec sheet

C

 

[Alan Surrey]

Come on chaps. You know it makes sense.

 

[Alan Surrey]

I think he might be living in the shed.

 

[Wack61]

Just picked up another pair of active speakers, these were the price of a bag of werthers

Rich people

A student had them at uni, one stopped working, no power, so rather than get them fixed he sold them to me for £150 and got daddy to buy the latest version for £2300

Mum one of my speakers is broken, send £2300, what a life

. Found out they weren't £2300, they were £4300


The ones he sold me haven't turned out to be the bargain I'd hoped, my electronics guy said the psu is blown, beyond repair, a new part is £400 but it is a 5 minute job and replaces everything, amp & psu

They're still a bargain and I'll be keeping them, just not the bargain I was hoping for

 

[Wack61]

He was about 20, I had a nose through his Facebook profile, when he was 14, he posted a picture titled my new ride to school

It was a Mclaren

 

[Wack61]

Just picked up another pair of active speakers, these were the price of a bag of werthers

Rich people

A student had them at uni, one stopped working, no power, so rather than get them fixed he sold them to me for £150 and got daddy to buy the latest version for £2300

Mum one of my speakers is broken, send £2300, what a life

An update to my 'bargain' dynaudio purchase

All fixed and sounding great but not the cheap fix I was hoping for

My repair guy couldn't find any diagrams at all so asked amongst his contacts, found a guy that used to work for them, they never repaired anything, just swapped boards complete then binned them

So they're still a bargain at £650 fixed but not the replace a blown fuse bargain I was hoping for

 

[CatmanV2]

Still a good deal. Well done

C

 

[Ewan]

I visited Michell Audio in Stevenage last week, to drop off my old Michell turntables for servicing.
The boss, Johnathan, showed me their full range and talked me through the technical differences. What a great guy, and it was lovely to see a British engineering company doing well.

They only have 7 employees, but create a product renowned around the World. Wonderfull to see.

Obviously I now want to upgrade to a full Orbe, with their top tone arm (an adapted Rega, I think) and cartridge. But given that costs about the same as a 3200/4200/QP, it’ll not be happening anytime soon.

But maybe a second-hand GyroDec, with a lesser arm and cartridge, is viable from EBay. Decisions, decisions.

 

[Ebenezer]

And how many records have you actually played on it in the last year?
Eb

 

[MarkMas]

And how many records have you actually played on it in the last year?
Eb

Play records??? Are you mad?!? That would wear out the components!!

 

[Ewan]

And how many records have you actually played on it in the last year?
Eb

Mentioning no names, there are people on this forum who do less miles per year in their Maserati's than the number of records I play. Probably.

But of course, when my decks come back from being serviced I'll be using them all the time...

 

[Felonious Crud]

... when my decks come back from being serviced I'll be using them all the time...

 

[Zep]

But of course, when my decks come back from being serviced I'll be using them all the time...

 

[zagatoes30]

Since having my turntable back I buy and listen to more vinyl than I ever did CDs, when at home I hardly ever stream music anymore.

 

[Wack61]

Since having my turntable back I buy and listen to more vinyl than I ever did CDs, when at home I hardly ever stream music anymore.

I've discovered so much new music through streaming

 

[zagatoes30]

I've discovered so much new music through streaming

I stream when I'm away from home and agree found lots of new stuff some of it good but a lot less so

 

[Alan Surrey]

And how many records have you actually played on it in the last year?
Eb

Its like a Maserati. So much enjoyment from simply looking at it.

 

[Alan Surrey]

I visited Michell Audio in Stevenage last week, to drop off my old Michell turntables for servicing.
The boss, Johnathan, showed me their full range and talked me through the technical differences. What a great guy, and it was lovely to see a British engineering company doing well.

They only have 7 employees, but create a product renowned around the World. Wonderfull to see.

Obviously I now want to upgrade to a full Orbe, with their top tone arm (an adapted Rega, I think) and cartridge. But given that costs about the same as a 3200/4200/QP, it’ll not be happening anytime soon.

But maybe a second-hand GyroDec, with a lesser arm and cartridge, is viable from EBay. Decisions, decisions.

Visited Mitchell Audio eh? That sounds good already.
I quite like the idea of showing up there in a Maserati. The two sort of go together, don't they?

 

[CatmanV2]

Since we've been a bit quiet...

C