this month's HFC issue

[SSM]

Can't find last month's (that's this month for non-Blighters:?) issue of HFC, which has the piccies of someNADs on the front. Seems sold out : are NAD that popular?

Anyway, would someone tell me which unit won the £600 cdp supertest? Rega Apollo I can accept, but please don't tell me its that Marantz 7001 KI with its crap transport!

SS

 

[Brown Bottle]

Solid - IIRCthe Rega, the Evo and the CAAzur 640 were given Best Buy, with the Rega getting the nod overall on sound quality.

Evo was given credit for build quality and the Azur for price

Others in the test were Marantz, Denon and Shangling.

Cheers BB

 

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OIC

Ta BB.

 

[notaclue]

Well, well, well. So all the British companies got a best buy. I guess that makes life easier for the CD reviewer.

"Is it British?"

"Yes"

"OK. Let's make it a best buy"

:Not Sure:

 

[SSM]

The voice of a frustrated, downtrodden Marxist (with a japcrap amp) in royalist England.

SS:green:

 

[notaclue]

Soif something is British then that makes it great? Who cares if it is dangerous, for example?

What if some dodgy bit of Britishelectrical kitis being used in a child's nursery and has a loose wire?

I suppose as long as it is British then that makes it all OK? :Upset:

 

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notaclue wrote:

I suppose as long as it is British then that makes it all OK? :Upset:

Considering that most wammers read patriotic zines like WHF, HFC or HFW when sitting on the crapper.... ... ... YES.:sw:

"Just close your eyes and Do It for England!":fluch:

 

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notaclue wrote:

Well, well, well. So all the British companies got a best buy. I guess that makes life easier for the CD reviewer."Is it British?"

"Yes"

"OK. Let's make it a best buy"

:Not Sure:

:sw:but dead right notaclue.

 

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rudolph hucker wrote:

notaclue wrote:

Well, well, well. So all the British companies got a best buy. I guess that makes life easier for the CD reviewer."Is it British?"

"Yes"

"OK. Let's make it a best buy"

:Not Sure:

:sw:but dead right notaclue.

The joke's on you. Look in the mirror. Who bought the legendary Quad 11Ls blind based on a rave WHF review?

 

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solidstateman wrote:

rudolph hucker wrote:

notaclue wrote:

Well, well, well. So all the British companies got a best buy. I guess that makes life easier for the CD reviewer."Is it British?"

"Yes"

"OK. Let's make it a best buy"

:Not Sure:

:sw:but dead right notaclue.

The joke's on you. Look in the mirror. Who bought the legendary Quad 11Ls blind based on a rave WHF review?

i was in a rush bought them 2 weeks before i emmigrated and the boys at audio- said they are great. they knew how fussy with hifi i was. i think they mugged me off in a big way, and probably pleased i left the uk as i gave them nothing but grief for years.

 

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solidstateman wrote:

rudolph hucker wrote:

notaclue wrote:

Well, well, well. So all the British companies got a best buy. I guess that makes life easier for the CD reviewer."Is it British?"

"Yes"

"OK. Let's make it a best buy"

:Not Sure:

:sw:but dead right notaclue.

The joke's on you. Look in the mirror. Who bought the legendary Quad 11Ls blind based on a rave WHF review?

That would be a the Quads you also owned the Solid:doh:

 

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HiFiWigWam wrote:

That would be a the Quads you also owned the Solid:doh:

Those were the 12Ls. They are in a totally different league to the 11L, because they quacked less.

OK, since I'm here. Can someone tell me the percentages the Apollo, EVO and CA 640C(what the hell is it doing here?) scored for sound?

SS

 

[dudywoxer]

cambridge audio 87%

creek evo 86

denon dcd 1500 ae 82

marantz sa7001 84

rega apollp 91

shanling T80 76

solid- if your in such need pm me your e-mail addy and I'll scan them and send thm as a pdf

unusually friendly woxer

 

[meninblack]

Cambridge 79%

Creek 83% (NB Marantz 82%!)

Rega 87%

NB Dudy's figures above are the overall score, mine are just sound.

 

[notaclue]

How daft are those scores!

Rega 87% for sound?

As if. The Rega is a definite 86%. No way is it a 87%. Never.

DoHRC still do the blind panel testing or isnow just single reviewertesting?

 

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dudywoxer wrote:

cambridge audio 87%creek evo 86

denon dcd 1500 ae 82

marantz sa7001 84

rega apollp 91

shanling T80 76

solid- if your in such need pm me your e-mail addy and I'll scan them and send thm as a pdf

unusually friendly woxer

This is so touching.

I promise to sledge ya Poms less when I next meet up with fellow Roos at the pub crawl.:nerd:

Well, I'd just like the EVO and the Apollo reviews, but... ... ... if its not too much trouble and you're having one your insomniac nites, HEY, why not scan the entire Supertest pages and send them to me? You can leave out the Shanning becoz I don't do tubes.

Oh, and make the pages out in crisp jpg format and have each page not more than 1024 x 1024, so that it reads easily on my PC monitor. And try to keep the size below 120kb each.

Give me an inch and i'll take more inches.:green:

Ta, really!

SS

 

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meninblack wrote:

Cambridge 79%Creek 83% (NB Marantz 82%!)

Rega 87%

NB Dudy's figures above are the overall score, mine are just sound.

OIC. Was about to start a diatribe about how thehell could that CA Azzuriuke:score more for sound than the EVO.

Ta MIB, you've proven yourself more anal-retentive than dudywoxer.:sw:

SS

 

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sst froget about that tripe they write, just borrow some cd players from your friendly dealer.

 

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notaclue wrote:

How daft are those scores!Rega 87% for sound?

As if. The Rega is a definite 86%. No way is it a 87%. Never.

DoHRC still do the blind panel testing or isnow just single reviewertesting?

I'd guess they still do the gag test. Given the results, I don't need my crystal ball to know that the blind panel had reps fromCambridge Audio, Rega and Creek as guest judges!

SS