That looks as a great car Pete. How many kangaroos or more importantly shopping bags would fit in?
Kangaroos, Iām just hoping I donāt hit any of them. They do make a habit of jumping out in front of you at night.
As for the car Iām hoping itāll keep Mrs Pete safe on our less than perfect country roads. She travels to Sydney regularly to babysit.
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@Bevo sorry brought you rather than bore folk with the same post. They sound fantastic straight out of the box, thereās a bigger sound stage and their a lot faster than my old Royds. They can only get better.
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Good to hear Pete - happy for you
Yes, itās really ice when a plan comes together, especially with the challenges we have with demos. Iām always amazed with what a great pair of smaller two-way speakers can achieve,
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I didnāt get a chance to listen to these before and because Harry ordered them in especially for me I was worried I wouldnāt like them. I felt I couldnāt return them, but youād have to fight me to get them out of my room.
It is nice when it works out.
Whatās the CD player like in the Star.
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Iāve only tried it once and it was fine. Iāll run an A/B with streaming a rip of the same CD.
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We had kids staying at our place this weekend. No second silence. Now Iāve headache.
Waiting for colleagues to do their work all day difficult to stay calm.
Lunch break.
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Good to see people still working, someone has to hold up the economy.
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Late to topic but my contribution is this: brine your bird overnight. Take out of brine first thing, put back into fridge for a couple hours to dry the skin. Remove from fridge to come to room temp, then cook at 80 degrees for 5 hours. This is one of Mathew Fortās recipes, whose a big fan of low and slow.
No problems with bacteria, toxins should not be a problem if the bird is properly sourced, and the brining imparts terrific flavour. My stock brine has garlic, lemon and herbs to flavour with brown sugar to aid browning.
Do you add any fat or oil to the baking dish?
(Sorry to butt in but Iām curious).
No, not necessary. But if you like you can rub the skin with olive oil or butter.
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and the bird?
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Chicken, turkeys, Guinea fowl, etc.
I also brine pork and cook low and slow.
Yes, Iām really pleased with them thanks, sound way better than you would think for the small size with surprisingly deep and tight bass, and the usual Totem strength of imaging and natural presentation. Iāve left them running to play in, so they have about 25 hrs on them. They need 70 - 100 hrs supposedly. Got told off by Mrs Mike for wasting powerā¦
Iāve moved them slightly and then centred the pool table between them, as I wasnāt happy with the right speaker firing into the table. I had thought of getting higher stands to raise them above the table, but then you hit them with the pool cues. I did a test and couldnāt hear much different with the two height options (stands are 51 cm and I tried the 80 cm shelves). I think Iāll leave them on the stands now:
I set up the Star in the Fraim to try running it off the 250 DR only to discover that I didnāt have the right cable for it, and have moved it back now. Iāll be playing records on the 252 until the NDX2 come back. But I did discover that I have a Powerline on my sub, so I might swap that onto the Star.
You sound really happy with the neats too?
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Yep, and theyāre connected to my 27 year old original speaker cables as my SLās arenāt long enough. Hoping the new Spectreās that Iāve ordered will be here soon. Between a better cable and running them in they will just get better.
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Let me know how you go with the Spectre cable Pete as may well suit system here in highlands - only need 3.5 metre lengths
If better than A5 then will need 6 metre lengths in Balmain
Cheers
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@Bevo will be proud, Iām going the crackle and pop, 1980ās Rega Planar 3 smashing it through a 252/250.
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