taunton-hobbit

B&Q sell cheap ali padded cases............

I said earlier that I'm running KT120s, but I've two all Partridge Matamps and one Sowter heavy prototype chassis. The 120s draw more power, and it may be that some amps struggle with this, which might cause the 'unreliable' tag? Certainly mine seem very good so far, one set is twelve months down the line, and all is well. For 'modern' amplifiers, KT88s would probably be about as high as I would go........

---just write 'deceased' on the envelope & repost - works with Saga.............

....Which brings me on to Horn wattage....a long time back I bought two Vitavox 3cell horns (direct from the factory) and a couple of S2 pressure drivers (you can still buy them, currently around 3k a driver) - the man told me that the drivers would take about 45watts, which worried me, because I was using 200 Ormats....he grinned and assured me that through the Vitavox crossovers, the horns would last forever....twenty years later, I sold them on............. Before I forget - the 'approved' factory muting was a pair of rolled-up socks placed in the unwanted cell aperture......I only ever had the centre cells unmuted..........

Issue 2 is 9.99 future issues are 14.99 I may be wrong, but I'm guessing that these are digitally remastered, so I can't see the point? As somebody already said, cd is probably better quality............

I'm probably off-beam on this, but club djs were buying heavy duty pressings to maximise their quality? Now Tesco & magazines are punching vynil out....Embassy & Golden Guinea back with us?

Could this be a polite way of saying 'we can't ruddy hear you' ?

I used to take a kids 'etch a sketch' - ideal for noting requests & easy to rub 'em out when you decide 'nah, ain't goin' there'.......

It took the Beeb years to start to get it almost right. When it first started it was a rehash of the Light programme with insufficient needle time (no-one had considered this...!), programming running twinned with the 'new' radio 2, and generally abysmal. I was sure that the whole thing was thrown together at the behest of Harold Wilson (PM) who was frightened witless by the prospect of a yoof uprising in protest at the outlawing of the (far more professional) Pirates....

I recall (with a grin) that he played Peter Sarstedts 'take off your clothes' in error (I was there, I did hear it). Thus propelling said artist off the airwaves almost indefinitely......... Terry will be greatly missed, he was an icon.

I'm using KT120.on all my Matamp kit.......they're very fast and should last longer than 88s, as they are intrinsically more (design) powerful. As always, valve amp output rms is dictated by the output transformer.

sorry, I must have fallen asleep around post #8......

Eighteen replies, and no-one has mentioned Barefaced? Oh the shame........

Oh goody, even less choice for the 'presenters'.............

I once sold a Volvo Amazon Estate (look it up?) to a mad Australian who paid with travellers cheques....(!)

Shame the OP took the original down......... I think the gist of this is a bit like internet dating.... you never get what (you think) you want... 'oldies' have a lifetime of mistakes (sorry, experience) to impart...........

I had a mate who wanted to win the Pools so he could buy 'a brand-new Rolls Royce finished in primer with 154 dents'.... No I never understood it either.....

Nooooo ..........leave the valves alone..........!!!!!!!!

The Off Topic area keeps me on here....the diversity of stuff that crops up is amazing, and there are some very educated peeps on here, far more so than some 'places' I've been, where the mental age struggled to reach double figures..............

I promoted a 50's rock 'n' roll venue in the early 1970's. No problem getting punters, but they all seemed to want admission & drinks at 1950's prices.......... ........nothing changes............

Orange re-invent the graphic equaliser?

It's dark in here and I'm lost - is this the way to the sausages and custard thread?

Clotted cream goes with everything...though sausages are a bit of a struggle.....

I've done 'mates' favours before - it's always been severely underpaid, I got severely underfed and watered, and frequently slagged off for wanting to go home at some ungodly hour 'because there's still people dancing' ...two, at one memorable gig, and they were pis*ed....no more.....I'm busy.

I use Roqsolid - fast, well made, good prices.....