Were you naughty or nice? What did Santa bring you! Audio related only please!
I guess my wife and daughter paid more attention than I thought to the many emails I sent them saying " this would be cool" etc.
Full Ultrasonic cleaning system cw rotisserie style record rack holding 5 albums at a time to clean. Looks to be well built and already cleaned 20 so time to play them and see what changes.
Hifiman HE-4XX headphones from Drop ( one of their Drop only specials). Sounds way better than my old Meze Audio cans from a quick listen this morning.
What did YOU get?
Full Ultrasonic cleaning system cw rotisserie style record rack holding 5 albums at a time to clean. Looks to be well built and already cleaned 20 so time to play them and see what changes.
Hifiman HE-4XX headphones from Drop ( one of their Drop only specials). Sounds way better than my old Meze Audio cans from a quick listen this morning.
What did YOU get?
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Oh sure, you laugh now. Real easy to do. Until you open the box, see its satin gleam. Lift it out, feel its silky smoothness. Hold it and appreciate its heft and balance. Finally out comes the ice cream and only now the elegance and ingenious engineering sinks in, just as the scoop itself sinks in, as you push instead of scoop getting more ice cream more easily and with greater satisfaction and pleasure than you ever thought possible. Yes people, an ice cream scoop review! No fuse, power cord, or even heater required! Ice cream from other scoops comes out flat and grainy. Ice cream with the Midnight Scoop is rich and creamy with a fully developed harmonic, er I mean gastronomic, oh never mind just get one! |
Miller. Now we are same wavelength. My daughter bought me both Yellow brick Rd and brown dirt cowboy too. Just 180g remasters. Just to add to the huge pile of albums I need find time to listen too. Oh and two near front row tickets to Elton John final tour here in Jacksonville in June 2020. Do not ask the price...... |
You know I’m only messing with you Boxer. Back in blighty I had one of the little x19. It was a riot to drive until it rotted away.☹️☹️. Noromance, great gifts there, can not go wrong with record store gift cards. I did get $100 eBay gift card too, they know me too well, already spent $27 of it , lol. |
An Orren Ellis geometric lighted doorbell (the doorbell not the push-button). Damn thing won't light up even after installing a required resistor. Oh, Audio related? a sweet Polk 12 inch subwoofer to fill out the bottom on my home-theater system. $330 delivered. Saved at least $1000 not buying the high-priced spread. |
Folks, I should say, I got pretty luck this year! I have a friend who has finally decided to take a lunge into this wonderful hobby. He went around a couple of shops and listened to a few speakers from Revel and Paradigms. I got him in touch with my dealer to discuss further. Triangles, Totems and Martin Logans were added to the list. My friend has 0 CD/LPs and is practically starting from scratch. I have suggested that he should go with the Marantz PM700M for amplification and streaming. Looking at either Audio Envy or Signal Cables for speaker cables. I think I am more exited about his future system than he is :-) |
I spend a lot of time sitting and listening and after 3-4 years now, my Barcelona Chair just wasn't cutting it any more. On a lark, on the 24th, I went to Scandinaviandesigns.com and tried out some recliners for a good hour or so, ignoring everyone and just settling in for some serious sitting. I went in with a set price in mind and while talking to store rep, he told me that everything was 20% off (until 12/30), even the mark downs and clearance sales. With that in mind, I scouted for bigger game and ended up with this: https://scandinaviandesigns.com/products/rullar-medium-manual-recliner Not only does it recline, it swivels and it's a glider-rocker as well that can be locked into place, but I love that it does all three. It doesn't look as plush as a Stressless, which they have in store as well, but it's just as comfortable and half the price. Plus, its a manual and not a power recliner so it's lighter and more reliable as well. Of the two color choices, I went for the cognac. 👍 And, if anyone thinks I'm crazy for spending that much on a chair, I was going to buy a power conditioner and was ready to spend that much on one until I raised my cables and then I was going to buy a new watch or something equally useless but my rear end won out over my wrist. All the best, Nonoise |
Nonoise I am in the market for a new chair as my old sofa is now exactly that .... Old! $1500 is not outrageous at all for everything it does and non power is my preference.... If powered I would likely have to tweak it with a fuse...... And I got a cabinet full of watchs already. I use my phone all the time ( sic). |
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