Tír Na HiFi

There's no fear that my wallet will let me go overboard.

My curiosity was piqued during the move out of our cottage. The day after we moved the back wall of books from the old office, it sounded noticeably terrible.

This current room feels noticeably still.

So, Just for the craic...

I've ordered a umik1 and a pair of knockdown Overnight Sensations.

Here's to amateur science.

Oh my. This is thought provoking.

And this is why I came back.

It's only fair that I pick up a umik and run a test on REW before asking for advice. More data is needed for a nuanced opinion.

I shall report back, most likely with questions about REW rather than data.

Hi Good Folks, Long time, no speak. I pretty much disappeared ten years ago after I moved into a new house with a new lady, neither of which were willing to play nice with speaker placement. As they say, "And this too shall change". I now have, or will have once I get the upstairs office s...

Whereabouts in the country are you?

TNT Audio review of the JK SPDIF Mk 3USB

http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/jk_us ... ter_e.html

Gewürztraminer..... Oh Jesus! The most mental dinner party ever.. The last time, oh the last time... Quail poached in a wasabi and brandy infusion as a starter, served at about 2.00am with a bottle of Gewurztraminer. The main went out at about 3.00am, sous-vide venison and a few spuds with a few bot...

Deep Purple Machine Head €3
Horslips Belfast Gigs €3
Supertramp Breakfast In America €3
Boston Boston €3
AC/DC Highway to Hell €3
AC/DC High Voltage €3
AC/DC If you Want Blood you Got It €3
Tears of Fears Songs from the Big Chair €3

If still there

I've being doing some quite attentive listening recently. And now that I'm listening for it I think I'm hearing it a lot. It sounds like a weird modulation in the quiet parts of a recording. But at moderate volume it seems to be a mist that the sound is traveling through I love my analogue and all t...

Day 1. Dear diary, The box is on the couch. I've examined its contents. I hope I'm paying more for the design than the quantity of bits in the box. Gott in Himmel! There's no manual for the fecking thing! just some sort of shiny disk with the word "Crack" inscribed. I have an optical drive...