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Atom Bomb Baby - The Five Stars

A bit like with basses I’d always suggest buying used (unless the new car smell/first owner vibe is an important part of the experience for you), but unlike basses I’d be wary of going too vintage unless you are buying from somewhere that offers a guarantee and/or will fix it if it goes wrong. For example, I still have my Ariston Q Deck II which I bought in 1992 for around £200 (which is getting on for £500 in 2026). Great deck, but the plastic in the tower supporting the arm bearings has become brittle, meaning it’s now held together with glue and hope. Works great for spinning the occasional album in my office, but its days as the main deck are past. I replaced it in 2022 with an Audio-Technica LP5 (now superseded by the LP5X), for all of €185 from the local classifieds. It’s a great thing - really solid construction and it has a built in phono stage, which is good for me as the phono stage in my 1992-vintage Marantz PM35 amp has become very noisy (maybe needs recapping?). Both the LP5 and LP5X had rave reviews from What Hifi, so with that and my personal experience I’d say it’s a solid recommendation. Main downside is that it’s fully manual, so you need to be around to lift the arm at the end of the record. But, hey!, you’re listening to vinyl because you want to concentrate on the music without other distractions, so that won’t be a hardship, right? Anyway, HTH - I’m sure another opinion will be along shortly!

Cheers guys. It’ll mostly be albums that we play. I’ve got a couple of 45s, but chances are, they’ll rarely get played. Not got any 78s. The turntable will be going on a floor standing sideboard style cabinet, so would a suspended plinth be the better option?

Little Fear

Cyclists who keep their helmet on while sat in a cafe. Are they expecting something to fall on their head? They do look a bit "special". Maybe its a mating thing, maybe the female cyclist sees your S-Works helmet and is attracted by it while the man in the Giro helmet gets no action. Its only lycra wearing road cyclist, Ive never seen mountain bikers or leisure cyclists leave their helmets on in cafes. Im a mountain biker, my helmet and gloves come off as soon as I've stopped.

Big one is Mahoosive and Cool

Congrats on the bass, it’s a looker! Sounds like a match made in heaven.

You didn't bother to check the other neg reviews @ TP of Ali then ? guess not........Also prior to ****ing me over for £14 return postage id spent about £5k with aliexpress in the previous 3 years (i built x2 CNC machines with parts from Ali seller) so if that's how they treat what they themselves consider to be a "Premium" Customer well as they say...pay your money make your choice....

I wonder if a corn plaster might work, what with them having a hole in the middle. Might not be small enough though. Another thought is a small, Compeed blister plaster as they are very cushioned and very discreet.

One case of poor handling and that condemns AliExpress entirely?

Christmas Day was forced on me, I didn't want to spoil Mrs Zero 2's Christmas as I'm not a particularly cruel man. As for her dad insisting - another not-so-irrational prejudice of mine, I hate inverted snobs, which was exactly what he was. I was middle class and worked in a service industry, he wanted a horny-handed son of toil for his daughter, which was the boyfriend after me. Who ripped her off and screwed around, but a few years later, got his come-uppance: https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/solihull-man-jailed-after-kidnapping-and-sexually-assaulting-teenage-girl/

Within my tolerance range, Many Thanks ...I still can not understand why NO reviewers or retailers have what is BASSic imformation like this on their videos/sites....poss incoming Z7

Only problem is I'm now looking at Ampeg Venture head units! 🫣

The Hole in the Ground - Bernard Cribbins

Happy new year all. I originally used black tape around the edges of the grill as there were little sharp bits, I did take the Dremel to them but I then ended up with silver bits on a black grill and I didn't fancy spraying it all to match so put the tape on. To be honest it looked like cr4p and I was never happy with it. The original split tubing around the original circular grill didn't look much better either, so I looked and looked for a better idea and didn't really find anything that I liked, so as per normal, if I can't find it, I look to make my own. So pulled out Fusion 360 and the digital callipers and tried to see if I design something, I wasn't sure how it would look. This is the Fusion 360 view and this is what it looks like close up. and far away I can't make the two long sides in one print as they are 376mm long and the maximum diagonal I can print is around 330mm so its in two pieces. I need to do small adjustments to minimise the gaps but I'll work on that. As its black on a black grille on top of a matt black baffle board, small gaps won't be noticeable. Somewhat surprisingly its a nice tight fit and the holes I was going to put in the back and put hot glue in aren't needed. However in the process of printing these, one version went wrong and I managed to destroy the Y-Axis belt on my Prusa MK4, which was a bit of a surprise, as the belts are supposed to be pretty indestructible. I have a box full of spares but guess what I don't have? Oh well, 5M of 6mm GT2 is on the way and should be here tomorrow but I then have to reprint some broken bits and retune the 3D printer. Thankfully I can use the other printer to make the spares (or I hope I can ) The temperature here is still so cold that I still haven't managed to get the Armacab on the sodding cabinet. We are forecasting snow tomorrow as well, which actually should be warmer than it is today. We got down to -4.5C.

Base price + delivery charge + import duty & VAT?

Small one has soft touch switching and assorted circuit, big one not