Gosh……i think had a demo of the Solstice a year ago……still no record?
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Did it stipulate if it used digital or analogue mastering? …………. I’ll get my coat!
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It’s on Qobuz……
I’ve asked Naim label manager James for an update.
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Is that the July record store playlist or another one Mike ?
So I had a chat with Naim’s label Manager James about the Solstice LP. It seems to have been something of a trial, with at least three sounds of test pressings all being rejected due to issues, and at one point necessitating a change in pressing plant. Eventually it was found that there was an issue with the metalwork so the LP had to be re-cut. The good news is that the latest TP from the re-cut has been approved and production is underway with an expected delivery sometime within the next few months. Reading between the lines I would guess that those of you who have bought a Solstice from a UK dealer will probably hear from them soon…
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Richard. Please don’t start a sentence with “So”.
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Shep, sorry if it offends you but just because it tends to be overused these days does not mean it’s entirely inappropriate. As I was returning to follow up on my post above, and the backstory turned out to be rather more complex that first imagined, it seemed quite ok. Of course, my real sin may very well have been not to put in a comma after the “so”…
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Mrs HH is always telling me off for using a comma before ‘and’. I believe there are times when it’s ok though, rather like your ‘so’.
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Indeed it is.
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It certainly is, and I do it a lot. I think it’s referred as the Oxford comma - not that I have any associations with Oxford.
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It’s fingernails down blackboard for me. Would you have considered starting with “therefore”? I think that’s a similar meaning in context. Better still, leave it out entirely because it’s meaningless. Anyway, back to the Solstice.
What an obnoxious post.
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And completely disrespectful given Richard’s role here.
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I think there are some in this thread and the other one who need to grab a coffee and go for a lie down.
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Is it a full moon tonight or something!? Threads kicking off everywhere.
I’m going to whack something soothing on my TT or do some gentle gardening 
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Yep, it’s all kicking off here and a few other threads.
What we need is a few new items from Naim to distract us.
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It may be to you but ‘So’ here, or better ‘So,’ as @Richard.Dane has acknowledged, is being used as a discourse marker^ and, in the context of the matter under discussion, an expression of consequence.
^generally defined as a new part of a conversation, noting the newly provided explanation for the delays.
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Shep - please take note that “Richard.” is not a sentence. Tut tut.
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