An open letter to the forums non naim representatives.

Talk about something else you muppets.

:MILD:

 

LOL @ garyi! :ffrc:

Fair play!

I'm just off to sit in on a Dom's dem at Audio Excellence. CDP's are the order of the day. *Might* get a listen to a 5i, if not it'll be the standard 5 against the current Rega Planet.

So there we go!

 

Good luck Henry, and don't forget the industrial grade earplugs (for the sales man pitch ) Blag a listen to a sonneeter like Side shows, for the cash miles better than most in that sector

 

Suggestions Gary?

And please don't say Larwence Llewelyn Bowen because this is a hifi forum

 

Lets talk about rubber

 

I'm into leather.

Actually Merlin we have just purchased a rather nice beech table with stainless steel top, going to pick it up now, this should complete our transition from Ikea furniture to real furniture.

On a hifi front, its a lot more heavy and solid, should do the bass wonders, etc.

 

Gary,

I look forward to seeing the pictures (in all seriousness your living room looks great BTW)

Now you've got the real furniture, all you need is the real.......no no new year and all

 

Leather is OK:MILD:

 

bunch of wusses.... candle wax!
cheers


julian

 

Ah now yer talkin

with sandpaper and axle grease??

 

only on birthdays
cheers


julian

 

Arr a visit to Audio Snobs to play count the customers a?

That's about all they sell isn't is, Naim and Rega, yarn.

 

Isn't that saw dust and grease?

 

has to be axle grease, more sticktion ya know

sawdust would be OK as an introduction

 

Well we lugged our new table home. We went to see Lord of the Rings first. I have to say being a person who hasn't read the book, I found it dragged a bit to begin with. I didn't understand the relevence of the caretaker guy trying to burn his son, becuase in the film they don't give it context, I had to get that from Sheila afterwards, apparently in the book the caretaker had an all seeing eye.

Anyhoo, we also bought this lovely stainless steel table from John Lewis. I was actually in there for a mathmos light www.mathmos.co.uk (Another great british company) But alas John Lewis didn't have it.

ON the way out we spotted this table which had a few scratches and dents and we got it well cheap.

Its a bit large for the room, but we don't intend on being here for ever, and it does make a great geek station.

 

Why did I just know you'd have a Mac

Looks great BTW, tart!!!!

 

Ohh yes Merlin, I have not had a PC in my house ever, I have used macs since practically their inception in 1984 and had one of the near orginal mac 512ks.

Now I covert the G5, but alas have blown all my money on colurful remote controls and shieny tables

 

garyi,
:beer:

 

gary,
how are you finding the kamelion? i've been wondering about one of these as the pronto is just too expensive.
cheers


julian

 

In a word fantastic Julian. They have a newer one out now but I think it pushed it beyond what I wanted to pay as well.

This one is 60 quid from comet. It recognises all the naim models, however my 52 is an old one so I had to programme it (you can point other devices at it for learning)

At the bottom is 4 buttons you can programme to do a multi function. Number 1 is set to turn the TV on, put NTL onto SKY and turn the amp over to the TV imput all in one hit, its an excellent idea.

THe only niggles would be having to guess some functions becuase the icons don't always tally. For instance the NTL controler has stuff for getting info on TV programes, but the info button on the kameleon takes you to interactive.

However these are reprogramable, which I havn't got round too, but it sure is nice getting shot of five controllers for this one, I havn't needed to pull the other controllers out for any reason.

So yes, well recommended.

I would suggest the few extra bob for the 6in1 though I think the 4in1 has less facilities for learning.