All the kit of parts of my new Funk Vector Link arrived on Friday. Fit and finish look good. Reading through the installation instructions it appears that there is a good deal of work to do in fitting it. Not being a LP12 guru I have asked a friend who is to assist with the setup. I’m expecting to carry…
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The Naim Classical label, a division of The Naim Label has just launched two CD/Data DVD Multipacks including 24 Bit 88.2kHz copies of the original masters. More info and images www.thenaimlabel.com
Can’t take any credit for finding this station as it was a suggestion from Paul Messenger. FIP is a somewhat idiosyncratic radio station also available on the interweb. Only 128kbs mp3 but it doesn’t sound too bad at all. Good music without too much talking and not that distracting for me anyway, as I don’t understand French www.radiofrance.fr
The Chord Company has launched a improved version of its Indigo Cable called Indigo Plus. Click on the Chord Tab above for Images This cable is a significant improvement over Indigo. Existing owners can talk to Chord or their Chord retailer from March onward about getting their cables upgraded.
After much heavy breathing, carrying the Neat Acoustics MF9s up two flights of stairs, they are now in place and running in. They seem to work pretty well in roughly the same position as the ES30s, which is about 15cm closer to the back wall and about 20cm closer to the side walls than the MF7s. The bass in this…
Sort of sad to see a pair of loudspeakers go that I have been listening to and enjoying for around 10 years. Strangely, looking back, it seems I change speakers around every decade. The Epos’ have a wonderful way of communicating music but having recently had the Neat MF7s here for a month or so the ES30s just had to…
I’ve become a bit obsessed with Internet radio station Radio Paradise www.radioparadise.com recently. It seems to be a smallish operation, almost family run. What they do well besides play great music is have style. Go visit their website and have a look around. See how the playlist links so well to Amazon in whichever country flavour you fancy. It’s a…