[AndrewH13]

On the contrary i thought it was very accessible. Just my kind of new wave style music. I hope you get to do some more original stuff

​Thanks. We are learning and playing covers for our gigs, 70s - 00s, everything from Creedence Clearwater Revival to Cranberries, but hope Steve (our bass player) can come up with another song!

 

[smial1966]

COMPETITION UPDATE - IT'S VOTING TIME!
 
I've listened to every competition submission and have drawn up a shortlist of 3 artistes/albums that I found to be the most musically enjoyable - which is a highly subjective and unscientific methodology but nevermind. There'll also be a fourth wildcard entry because I like the track and he's a head-fier!  

 
 
Robert Reed - Sanctuary II               Entered by Takeanidea  in post#333
 
Foy Vance - The Wild Swan               Entered by Jackpot77    in post#343
 
Shearwater - Jet Plane & Oxbow      Entered by Ithilstone     in post#390 
 
Wildcard entry:
 
Risky Notes - I'm Gonna Cry            Entered by AndrewH13   in post#412
 
 
To vote rank the entries in order of preference assigning a 4 to your favourite choice and so on. Submit your votes publically in this thread or send me a P.M. if you're more the Secret Squirrel type. Obviously competition finalists cannot vote for their own submissions.
 
Voting example:    1st choice/favourite is Risky Notes so it receives 4 points
                               2nd choice is Foy Vance so it receives 3 points
                               3rd choice is Shearwater so it receives 2 points
                               4th choice is Robert Reed so it receives 1 point
 
 
I hope that the voting process is straightforward enough. The artiste/group to accrue the most points wins. Voting will end on Sunday 19th March at 20:00 GMT. 
Thanks to all the competition entrants for their eclectic submissions. 

 

[Takeanidea]

Risky Notes 4
Foy Vance 3
Shearwater 2

 

[Takeanidea]

The IMS Hybrid Headphone DAC/Amp is now in my hands. I have been using it on OTG. It's working and looking beautiful. More to come

 

[Jackpot77]

The IMS Hybrid Headphone DAC/Amp is now in my hands. I have been using it on OTG. It's working and looking beautiful. More to come

Where did you get that from, Trev? Was tracking the amp only version on eBay recently but didn't pull the trigger in time.

 

[smial1966]

It was a prize in an earlier meet thread competition. Please refer to post#251.

Where did you get that from, Trev? Was tracking the amp only version on eBay recently but didn't pull the trigger in time.

 

[digitaldave]

As the gear list is being updated soon, I thought I'd add what I'll be bringing along...
 
Sennheiser HD600
Massdrop x Fostex TH-X00
 
Schiit Fulla 2
Schiit Vali 2
Schiit Modi Multibit
Schiit Valhalla 2
Schiit Bifrost (4490 version)
 
Dave.

 

[ElectroMod]

Hi Dave,
 
You are not leaving a lot for me to bring, might be able to bring the bike. Nuts forgot about Rag and Yggy..never mind..
 
See you soon,
 
Mark

 

[AndrewH13]

  COMPETITION UPDATE - IT'S VOTING TIME!
 
There'll also be a fourth wildcard entry because I like the track and he's a head-fier!  

 
 
 

 
You've made my day by entering us! Rest of 'Risky Notes' chuffed as well.

 

[Takeanidea]

IMS Hybrid Valve Headphone Amplifier inc Dac module

 

 
This thing is great! 
 

 
As I put it through it's paces I find to my surprise it powers some of my slightly posher headphones
 

 
Yes the HD800 with my neutrik minijack is being powered on low gain with 2/3rds volume and the volume at -6.7dB on  Audivarna+. Crazy! I'm not entirely sure I'm getting much more from my Mojo. Another picture.
 

 
Military grade valves, and a FLAC 384 DSD 128 capable DAC. What's not to like? 
 

 
Give me a few minutes and I'll get a Stranglers / Risky Business comparison up for you. I'll put a minute of I'm Gonna Cry and a minute of a bit of No More Heroes recorded on the headphone outs of the Fostex HPA4 BL Dac/Amp and the IMS Hybrid Valave Dac/Amp. 

 

[AndrewH13]

RIP Chuck Berry

 

[glassmonkey]

RIP Chuck Berry

One of the all time most influential. Truly a monolith of rock & roll. I bet he performed to the end.

 

[AndrewH13]

One of the all time most influential. Truly a monolith of rock & roll. I bet he performed to the end.

He recently announced his first album in 38 years. Sadly not to be. Loved You Never Can Tell / Teenage Wedding from Pulp Fiction.

Gave up learning intro to Johnny B Goode, just too hard! Very underated guitarist.

 

[NevilleM]

The problem with the competition was I couldn't decide a top one/three or ten to recommend in time.
And once I started confirming 2016/7 releases on Bandcamp I kept getting distracted. I did finish up with another 17 albums today
 
My musical tastes dont suit everyone but after stripping out the black, death and doom metal I did find three that others might enjoy
Post-metal band Caspian are a recent discovery. Dust and Disquiet was however a late 2015 release https://caspiantheband.bandcamp.com/track/arcs-of-command
Nova Collective's new album The Further Side came out this week - progressive rock/jazz fusion https://novacollectivefusion.bandcamp.com/track/dancing-machines
For jazz piano you cant beat Tigran Hamasyan - his new album An Ancient Observer is out at end of this month - looking forward to his London concert
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7YArQsDFY
 
I'll listen to the 4 finalists again and try not the get distracted before voting

 

[glassmonkey]

Username​	Selection​	Rank​	Points​
Takeanidea​	Robert Reed - Sanctuary II​	4​	1​
Jackpot77​	Foy Vance - The Wild Swan​	2​	3​
Ithilstone​	Shearwater - Jet Plane & Oxbow​	1​	4​
AndrewH13​	Risky Notes - I'm Gonna Cry​	3​	2​

 
I'm keeping a spreadsheet of votes. My votes make it a 3 way tie for tops! Better get your vote on.