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davek said:

Um... come to think of it, maybe Classic FM is the
only station on the commercial multiplex that
broadcasts in stereo.

Perhaps that's why I have never noticed; apart from Classic
FM I listen to: BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 7. And no
other stations.

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davek wrote:

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Um... come to think of it, maybe Classic FM is the only
station on the commercial multiplex that broadcasts in
stereo.

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Perhaps that's why I have never noticed; apart from
Classic FM I listen to: BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 7.
And no other stations.

You are me &ICMFP ;-)

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

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davek wrote:

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Um... come to think of it, maybe Classic FM is the only
station on the commercial multiplex that broadcasts in
stereo.

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Perhaps that's why I have never noticed; apart from
Classic FM I listen to: BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 7.
And no other stations.

You are me &ICMFP ;-)

And me, except that I don't listen to Classic FM, Radio
3 or BBC 7.

Colin
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Those who write reviews in Hi-Fi mags can hear the
difference between different alloys used for component
connection cables, so they say. The=

mind

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boggles.

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So they say, but they find all sorts of risible excuses
why a=20 double-blind test will prevent them from hearing
these obvious difference=

s.
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I'm prepared to believe in the possibility of the existence
of a few=20 golden-eared individuals who can discern
differences which the rest of=20 us can't; but I've never
seen the point of letting them spec sound=20 equipment for
the rest of us.

Somewhere at work I have a print-out of a page from an
online audio=20 catalogue, which offered a pair of XLR sound
cables for over =A31000. =20 The same site was selling an
IEC mains cable - a 13A plug to kettle- lead socket - for a
couple of hundred, IIRC. I'm sure they're very=20 nice
cables. Probably hand-polished with rhino horn, or
something.

--=20 Mark, UK. We hope to hear him swear, we love to
hear him squeak, We like to see him biting fingers in his
horny beak.

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Somewhere at work I have a print-out of a page from an
online audio catalogue, which offered a pair of XLR sound
cables for over £1000. The same site was selling an IEC
mains cable - a 13A plug to kettle- lead socket - for a
couple of hundred, IIRC. I'm sure they're very nice cables.
Probably hand-polished with rhino horn, or something.

I think the cables are a sideline; their main business is
proving old saws (in this case "a fool and his money are
soon parted"😉.

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I'm ashamed to say I didn't do them justice: for the truly
discerning,=20 audiophileclub.co.ukaudiophileclub.co.ukOpen ↗ will knock up
a *proper* kettle lead=20 for a bargain-basement =A31,375.00

Ah, well, I suppose they'd giggle at the thought of spending
a couple=20 of grand on a pushbike...

--=20 Mark, UK. We hope to hear him swear, we love to
hear him squeak, We like to see him biting fingers in his
horny beak.

Mark McN said:

I'm prepared to believe in the possibility of the
existence of a few golden-eared individuals who can
discern differences which the rest of us can't;

So am I, but I get sceptical when high-tech meaurements can
only detect the most insignificant differences which are way
below the threshold of reasonable human ability (and swamped
by other factors), and the "golden ears" cannot pass a blind
test. The analogy with expensive bicycles is pretty bogus
IMO, even if the rider cannot "feel" a lighter bike, he will
still go faster up hills! But perhaps direction arrows on
road tyres are analogous to directional cables.

James
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Reply to Just zis Guy, you know?
=20
I'm ashamed to say I didn't do them justice: for the truly
discerning,=20 audiophileclub.co.ukaudiophileclub.co.ukOpen ↗ will knock
up a *proper* kettle lead=20 for a bargain-basement
=A31,375.00
=20
Ah, well, I suppose they'd giggle at the thought of
spending a couple=20 of grand on a pushbike...
=20 20

To extend the anaogu, you would need to spend =A31k plus on
peddals and=20 cranks, rather than a whole bike!

I spent =A31k5 on a hifi once. That was a complete set up
though. Was a=20 total waste of money though, as Sarah
didn't like the look of the=20 speakers, so they are
langushing in the attic. i've just spent a bit more than
that on a bicycle, but it fdoesn't=20 matter if Sarah
doesn't like the look as I don't want to use it in the=20
sitting room 🙂

--=20 .paul

If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not
the sport for you.

"Mark McN"
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I'm prepared to believe in the possibility of the
existence of a few golden-eared individuals who can
discern differences which the rest of us can't; but I've
never seen the point of letting them spec sound equipment
for the rest of us.

Somewhere at work I have a print-out of a page from an
online audio catalogue, which offered a pair of XLR sound
cables for over £1000. The same site was selling an IEC
mains cable - a 13A plug to kettle- lead socket - for a
couple of hundred, IIRC. I'm sure they're very nice
cables. Probably hand-polished with rhino horn, or
something.

I once worked for a firm who had a copy of the same
catalogue. A friend of mine who is a hi-fi enthusiast
reckons that the mains cable is probably gold connectors,
and braided & shielded. That way it can "reduce the amount
of interference on the mains".

Still, what else are the rich kids gonna do with their
pennies?

Jon

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A friend of mine who is a hi-fi enthusiast reckons that
the mains cable is probably gold connectors, and braided &
shielded. That way it can "reduce the amount of
interference on the mains".

According to the website, the local peasants have travelled
even further into the mountains to bring you only the finest
hand-woven - sorry, *sorry*, wrong page. No, this one's
apparently silver for the
live/neutral, with boring old copper for earth. It *has* got
two separate shields, though, and the silver is
99.9997% pure; I suppose the guys who make mains cables
from cheapskate 99.9995% silver must be sick as dogs in
comparison.

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Mark, UK. We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him
squeak, We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak.

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So now on the rare occasions when I drive I can enjoy
leather upholstered, climate controlled luxury,
electrically adjustable seat, traction control, and of
course cruise control, which makes it even easier to
keep within the speed limit :-)

Oh no - you of all people in a MDG ;-) Would the last one
not assimilated by the Borg please turn the light off?

has anyone else seen that bizarre story supposedly true
about 32 Swedes who walked independently into their local
Volvo dealer and ordered an s40 on the same day? (normally
that is a year's trade for the dealer)

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has anyone else seen that bizarre story supposedly true
about 32 Swedes who walked independently into their local
Volvo dealer and ordered an s40 on the same day? (normally
that is a year's trade for the dealer)

The Volvo s40 advert you mean?

Jon

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No DAB though, until I fit the stereo out of the old car.

How do you find DAB Guy? The impression I've been given is
that with the exception of R3 the quality is inferior to
FM as a result of trying to squeeze as much as poss from
the available bandwidth, true or exaggerated?

The real problem with DAB, to my mind, is that one can no
longer rely on the Greenwich time signal. Whereas with
analogue tranmission WYHIWYG, with DAB everything is delayed
by as much as two seconds [1] while the receiver carefully
reassembles the deliberately time-separated packets, making
the accuracy of the timing of the sixth pip totally
pointless ...

So don't set your Omega by the Greenwich time signal on DAB!

Philip Taylor
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Philip TAYLOR PC87S/O-XP said:

The real problem with DAB, to my mind, is that one can no
longer rely on the Greenwich time signal.

I set my watch by my clock which synchronises with Rugby or
by my PC clock which synchronises with the US Naval
Observatory's time servers.

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Philip TAYLOR [PC87S/O-XP] wrote:

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The real problem with DAB, to my mind, is that one can
no longer rely on the Greenwich time signal.

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I set my watch by my clock which synchronises with Rugby
or by my PC clock which synchronises with the US Naval
Observatory's time servers.

You *really* are me, aren't you? My clocks synchronise with
Rugby (though some do with Frankfurt - that's what you get
when you shop at Tchibo)

A problem with DAB is that it's out of synch with the
numerous, simple, serviceable FM radios around the house
(at least one in every room, all tuned to Radio 4) arranged
so I have no interruptions while I wander round the house
doing chores.

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davek said:

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Impossible - it's a Volvo ;-)

rolf

"Non Humber sed Volvo."

(Is Robert Robinson still alive?)

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has anyone else seen that bizarre story supposedly true
about 32 Swedes who walked independently into their
local Volvo dealer and ordered an s40 on the same day?
(normally that is a year's trade for the dealer)

The Volvo s40 advert you mean?

err yes, feel a bit of a plonker here; it was a free DVD
in the cinema, watched it and then found out today it
was a spoof!

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davek wrote:

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Um... come to think of it, maybe Classic FM is the only
station on the commercial multiplex that broadcasts in
stereo.

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Perhaps that's why I have never noticed; apart from
Classic FM I listen to: BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 7.
And no other stations.

You are me &ICMFP ;-)

Write yourself a cheque, then 🙂