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by giant haystacks
Thu May 02, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bring Back the Edison (sic) wax (sic) cylinder!
Replies: 7
Views: 10238

Re: Bring Back the Edison (sic) wax (sic) cylinder!

There is an Irish man who is an authority on John mc cormack called gordan ledbettet he was on a programme playing a cylinder he was recently on RTE in a stately garden I think there is a John mc cormack museum in athlone they would have a lot of the older 78s . The library of congress in Washington...
by giant haystacks
Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:10 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: NOT AVAILABLE Graaf GM50B Mk1 tube amplifier
Replies: 6
Views: 1798

Re: Graaf GM50B Mk1 tube amplifier 2.500 euro

I remember a kt88 amp in black in the late 1980s when I first got into HiFi it was the black classic style .this is a more modern style.the Graff amps seem dependable there are a lot still working well
by giant haystacks
Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Threshold 400a, Mytek Brooklyn Bridge, Ditton 66's
Replies: 4
Views: 1390

Re: Threshold 400a, Mytek Brooklyn Bridge, Ditton 66's

I have a friend in Monahan who has the monoblock version of your amp and recently got a set of Allison 1 speakers from England I have to go to hear lemmy in all his glory soon .the threshold were the fore runner of pass labs .well done
by giant haystacks
Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:54 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Wanted, cassette tape player
Replies: 5
Views: 1112

Re: Wanted, cassette tape player

Dear rocker I have a nakamichi 250 cassette player this is small shoebox size this was the very first high quality car player and the play only version of the newspaper reporters 550 model It has volume control i have this for my vintage car which is years of being ready so you are very welcome to t...
by giant haystacks
Thu Jan 02, 2020 10:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cassette Tape
Replies: 2
Views: 666

Re: Cassette Tape

the most valuable cassette is maxell metal vertex some that were rare like nakamichi chrome and maxell i think model was xl1s are valuable teac made metal reel tapes -toshiba because of rarity -denon and thats are good but were not sold much in ireland -quite a lot of good 2nd hand tape in usa which...
by giant haystacks
Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:41 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Wanted: books on Irish railways and canals
Replies: 9
Views: 1625

Re: Wanted: books on Irish railways and canals

hello rocker there is a man called tarka king who is really big into canal preservation or re generation re opening of canal routes he is the son of one of the leslie family where i work i will try to get you an e mail or tel no or maybe you can find something on the internet chat soon
by giant haystacks
Thu May 30, 2019 11:25 am
Forum: The Hi-End Bar
Topic: Coffee supplies
Replies: 49
Views: 30749

Re: Coffee supplies

i havent had a good coffee in so long i will probably have to roast a few beans in my popcorn roaster i will have to read the link and maybe get your opinion kind regards
by giant haystacks
Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Small Office Speaker Recommendation
Replies: 7
Views: 2262

Re: Small Office Speaker Recommendation

triangle titus e which are getting old now .newer titus but it has metal dome tweeter. system audio aura 1 a real bookshelf speaker also you should consider nva speakers which are semi omi i have saw them go 2nd hand for 100-200 uk pounds reciently they use the room rather than fight it.also the set...
by giant haystacks
Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: High-End Munich 2019
Replies: 36
Views: 9183

Re: High-End Munich 2019

i have heard that there is a bus from munich airport to show event on saturday -can anyone who has been before tell about travel from show venue back to airport options times of travel i may get for a day which would be perfect but a start. any advice but my main question would be saturday evening t...
by giant haystacks
Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Advice on turntable shelf please
Replies: 5
Views: 1660

Re: Advice on turntable shelf please

hi i would have a black quadraspire q4 shelf -the arcrylic quadraspire q4 shelf which has an oval shaped hole is recognised as being the best for sprung suspension record player. higher again is the musicworks shelf for q4 rack and turntable shelf that is like shape of guitar body with arcrylic feet...