Recent content by David
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Tea-Fi?
All that is good about tea..............https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA- David
- Post #720
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Not much could tempt me into a cinema. I prefer comfort, DVDs and being well behind the times... Robocop. Nose. Clothespeg. Guaranteed to make you go and get the original to flush your brain out with non-antiseptic violence. Seriously, for modern TV and films, where are all these kung-fu...- David
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THE best female vocals? (your favorite female singers)
Christina Vidal. (But to be honest it's mostly for Lady Haden-Guest's solo... Exactly the right amount of shred without overdoing it.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMg5v-qWOtI -
THE best female vocals? (your favorite female singers)
(Crossover from Guitar- / Ukulele-Fi) Hester Goodman. Even dropping down to a whisper, rules the Albert Hall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw8ZDwdyHJQ&list=RDFw8ZDwdyHJQ#t=22 This is a genuinely beautiful rendition... -
Guitar-fi anyone?
Peers, eh? Always a problem until you staple their eylids open and make them watch every other YT of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Harsh, I know, but they will be better people afterwards. It sems like you may not be able to get a Korala Explore in America. However, I saw...- David
- Post #634
- Forum: Gear-Fi: Non-Audio Gear and Gadgets
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Guitar-fi anyone?
Uke-Fi. Followng a work team building ukulele lesson evening, I got (after nerding out on the research) a black plastic Korala Explore Concert. Astounding example of cheapness done well. Injection moulded fingerboard and frets trumps wires hammered in haphazardly. Action and intonation is...- David
- Post #631
- Forum: Gear-Fi: Non-Audio Gear and Gadgets
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Reply to review by 'david' on item 'SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 8 GB MP3 Player (Black)'
Thanks, KJ. I had migrated to Windows 7 quite a while ago, and have not has a moment's trouble from it from then on. (It's still going very well :) ) (I will keep RB in mind for when Microsoft inevitably pulls the W7 rug from under me. Not fancying W8 at all... )- David
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
My wife still gives me grief about us passing on the premiere of "Love Actually" here, because I can't stand Hugh "Action! floppy fringe, hesitancy, Cut! That's a wrap" Grant. Still can't, but I do have to admit that he was great that time in an actually great film. (Apart from the...- David
- Post #12,655
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Ah, lens flares... They were the business (in Babylon 5). Bit overused since, though. I prefer Duane Dibbley's sideways-ironed flares...- David
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Does the latest iPod Classic sound similar to Clip+?
Could be they went off to do something more rewarding? Anyway, all audiophiles take care of their hearing. Banging one's head against a brick wall has long been a thoroughly proven contraindication.- David
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Does the latest iPod Classic sound similar to Clip+?
My claims are entirely hollow too, and I certainly can't be bothered unrolling loads of charts. However, I like listening to stuff on my Clip. I can get tons of detail and volume out of it, and it sounds good to me, which is all that is important. I am sort of attached to it, and would...- David
- Post #27
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Shaving, gents
Just to resurrect the "size" issue. The big handle stuff seems to just be a foible of modern life. What used to be mid-size or compact cars now seem a lot bloatier in later versions of the same model. And I doubt many people can park in garages built before the early 1970s. Same*...- David
- Post #653
- Forum: Gear-Fi: Non-Audio Gear and Gadgets
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Shaving, gents
Quote: Wuss. :) Since I got bored with HALO skydiving, I like to start my day (early, while it's still dark) with a straight razor wet shave in the co-driver's seat of an (it's decidedly not a Geo) Metro 6R4 in the Kielder Forest. . ...and telling lies...- David
- Post #613
- Forum: Gear-Fi: Non-Audio Gear and Gadgets
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Just rewatched "Get Carter" 1970s England. Another world... Being fair-minded, I have looked at a bit of the remake just to make sure I didn't think it was terrible on reflex... Nope. It was definitely out of condition and Michael Caine did that for a living. Lead me to Harry Brown...- David
- Post #11,346
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Iron Sky - from the cheapo pile in the supermarket. While "Nazis On The Moon" is a great pitchline, you sort of know it will not be quite as good as you hope. Surprisingly good, though. The cinematographer really knows his stuff, and it had a great Valvepunk look. And there was more...- David
- Post #11,104
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)