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Tangent Tuner II
I was so impressed with the Tangent Ampster BT II I ordered the Tangent Tuner II. This tuner is DAB+/DAB/FM with stereo phono and Toslink optical output and F-connector aerial input. It didn’t take long to get the Tangent plugged in and switched on, at which point it did a scan of the available channels…
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Tangent Ampster BT II
After the update to the PMC 25.23’s the PMC 25.21’s were moved into the “office”, but with nothing to drive them they stood on the shelf gathering dust. Not wanting to spend a lot of money I came across the Tangent Ampster BT II at £159, I thought why not and ordered one. Specification:2 X…
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PMC Twenty5.23
Acquired these floor standing speakers second hand at less than half the price of a new pair of Twenty5.23i’s. I’ve had these speakers 3 months now and have no regrets in purchasing them. How to describe how good these speakers are, they add nothing and subtract nothing of note, the best window on the music…
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NAD T778 AV Receiver
Recently (22/07/21) obtained the NAD T778 AV Surround Receiver to replace the ageing Cambridge Audio CXR200. I have only ever used these two AV Receivers in stereo mode (have a centre speaker now, much better for video with surround sound ), the reasons being the greater flexibility in connecting the TV, CATV, Blu-Ray, AppleTV and…
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After 10 Years, A New PC Build
After 10 years having an iMac then a Mac Pro (trashcan) late 2013 the frustrations with the Apple universe were building up, cost being top of the list. Increasingly I found that a lot of the software I wanted to run was windows only, if there was a Mac version it was either very good…
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Installing Geneweb on the Raspberry Pi
If you need more information on geneweb First a little house keeping on the Raspberry pi; sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade or if the system has not been upgraded in a while: sudo apt-get dist-update Now lets install geneweb: sudo apt-get install geneweb sudo apt-get install gwtp sudo apt-get install gwsetup Now we going…
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The biggest Human gathering on Earth
After visiting the Kumbh Mela of 1895, Mark Twain wrote: “ It is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining. It is…
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Latest Book
I have just finished Ian M Banks latest SF novel “The Hydrogen Sonata”, as ever an awesome read.
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Hello world!
This will be the revamped Cyberweaver site, handcrafting html was fun but it meant I was tied to my main computer, using WordPress means I can update the site from any device connected to the internet. With the greater flexibility and ease of use hopefully it will encourage me to add more content and update…