RE: was Oh Bugger!now Meridian

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Sod the bank manager ... can anyone give me a line to feed to the missus
that's plausible.

I think she's worked out that when I say "nah ... I've had it for ages
it
was just up in the loft" it's not always true...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2001 23:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] was Oh Bugger!now Meridian
>
>
> Can someone give me a line to feed to the bank manager that is
> plausible and
> he will reckon this is a good thing to do? :o)
>
> K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2001 11:30
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
>
> Yeah - £2.8k new.
>
> Personally, I'm after a Chord Power Amp next, then a processor as the
> following step.
>
> I have a "mix" of components, in various systems, since I've
never sold a
> component when upgrading. The odd one has broken, mind, normally
> CD players,
> particularly in my student days when they would get moved long
distances
> every couple of months in the ongoing return journey that is
> college to/from
> parents.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2001 11:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
>
>
>
> I think they'reabout £2.8k new are they not...
>
> ...the "problem" is that being upgradeale then they tend to
> remain current.
> Unfortunately this means that their second hand availability is
> pretty much
> negligable at the moment.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 17 April 2001 11:15
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> >
> >
> > I don't know what you consider "decently priced", but
there
> > are increasingly
> > 561s coming up at about £2k in either the classified or
> > dealer-secondhand
> > ads in Hi Fi News (the one that used to be ...& Record
Review).
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 17 April 2001 10:36
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> >
> >
> >
> > Ahh Tim ... I asked you to turn it down so that it didn't
> > distract me from
> > the job in hand - which was checking out the plasma. Tim
> > knows that I have a
> > long standing love of the Meridian digital theatre kit and should
be
> > thankful that he "only" has the Meridian processor. If
he'd
> > have had the
> > full MDT setup then I'd probably have offered to be his slave!
> >
> > I don't think I've even claimed that the amps in the Yam are
> > world beaters
> > ... in fact Tim and I were both discussing someones previous
> > claims that the
> > DSP-A1 amps are of Krell class and I certainly don't think
> > they are but it
> > is one hell of a good processor and running a set of external
> > power amps on
> > it is a good upgrade to make ... plus it also gives me my
analogue
> > amplification stages that I'll need when I find a decently
> > priced secondhand
> > Meridian 561! (Tim?)
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 17 April 2001 00:49
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> > >
> > >
> > > When Phil gets his finger out, he'll tell you that he asked
> > > me to turn the
> > > volume down when he was looking at the panel - the sound
> > > coming out of my
> > > Meridian 561 was distracting him - and I haven't even got
the
> > > 96kHz upgrade
> > > board yet :)
> > >
> > > And what he has done is upgrade by adding an off board 5 ch
> > > amp. The A1 is a
> > > great processor, but the built in amps aren't the best in
> > the world :(
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 17 April 2001 00:34
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At least that brought a Vodka induced smile to my lips
after
> > > > frying 58 quids
> > > > worth of hardware, thanks for that Phil :o)
> > > >
> > > > BTW, good choice on the DSP-A1, bought one myself, I
really
> > > want/need a
> > > > Meridan system but the bank manager doesn't agree with
me :o(
> > > >
> > > > K.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 16 April 2001 23:42
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > As someone has as his signature on the ePods groups...
> > > >
> > > > "Electronics run on smoke ... if you let the smoke
out they
> > > don't work."
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Eamon O'Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
> > > > > Sent: 17 April 2001 00:16
> > > > > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ditto!!!, Did just the same today, if you get a
fix let me know
> > > > please!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Eamon
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Kenneth Watt [SMTP:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 11:26 PM
> > > > > To:   UKHA
> > > > > Subject:      [ukha_d] Oh Bugger!
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry guys, I'm looking for a bit of help!
> > > > >
> > > > > I wired up a Xantech hidden link IR receiver and
inadvertently
> > > > > reversed the
> > > > > power +/- the wrong way and it went pop! Does
anyone knoe
> > > if they can be
> > > > > repaired and if so how?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ta
> > > > >
> > > > > K.
> > > > >
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