Comments for Patrick James

Comment on Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cable by Chris

Chris — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:34:55 +0000

Found these on the Lindy page for anyone looking for such a cable in the UK.

http://www.lindy.co.uk/3m-mini-displayport-to-displayport-cable-hd-1080p/41058.html

Comment on R. I. P. Captain Beefheart by William Boal

William Boal — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:34:12 +0000

Hi Patrick,
Ventured onto your site today and was saddened to hear about Beefheart.I never got into him as much as Rundgren, Derringer and Zappa (despite your best efforts in and around 1979-81 ), but he still held a special place in my heart.
Will get out Troutmask when get home and give it a ‘whirl’ in memory of his genius.

William.

Comment on Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cable by Phil Weyman

Phil Weyman — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:30:15 +0000

Hi Patrick,
I have a new MacBook Pro on order which has the MDP, and a Dell monitor which has the DP. So, after looking at adapters for every conceivable combination I thought “Why isn’t there just a straight forward cable?”. Put that in to Google and came across this page and ordered immediately!!

From all the reviews on their site looks like a good purchase. It’s just a race to see what will get here first – the cable or my new laptop!

Thanks for posting the info…
Phil

Comment on Sugden Bijou System by admin

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:44:24 +0000

Hi Chris

Yes I do like my Reference Golds. I have in the last fortnight bought a pair of AKG 702 headphones. These I bought new. I will say that I am greatly enjoying listening to music with them. They are still “breaking in” but sounding very good. I too would love a pair of Sennheiser HD800s but I can’t spend any more on audio now!

The HeadMaster is indeed natural and neutral. I love it! I think it is the single best piece of audio equipment I’ve owned.

Comment on Sugden Bijou System by Chris French

Chris French — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:15:51 +0000

Hi Patrick.

You’re a lucky man owning a pair of Reference Golds. I use my HeadMaster to drive a set of HD650′s. The logical upgrade would be the new HD800′s but money doesn’t grow on trees for me I’m afraid. My source is an old Rotel965BX with some upgrades including the clock. I’m aware of how much better vinyl can sound depending on the type of music you listen to, however I was born a little too late to develop a worthwhile collection or records that would merit the purchase of a decent turntable, so I make do.
I must confess, like yourself, I spend too much time reading what other people say on the internet. I think we probably both know how subjective peoples opinions are and ultimately, the best way, is to experience it for ourselves.
Regardless, I’m glad you used words like nuetral in your review. I’d also say it’s a very natural sounding amp. I hope the Bijou system gives you many hours of entertainment, I’m sure it will. Going through your whole music collection each time the setup changes is a wondeful thing, enjoy!

Comment on Fairwell GyroDec by admin

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:14:31 +0000

Yes Sean I have a good hi fi

I’m just changing the old one for a new one. The old one, which you knew, is being sold on eBay and the new one is being partially bought on eBay.

The new one is going to be oriented towards headphone listening because I have found I love to listen to music on headphones now. Also I can have the headphone one in my study and keep my living room free from hi fi.

Comment on Fairwell GyroDec by Sean McCann

Sean McCann — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:11:08 +0000

You still have a good Hi-Fi then? Always loved bringing my records around to yours to hear things in them that I never heard before x

Comment on Roberts Revival RD60 DAB/FM Radio by Robin Greenwood

Robin Greenwood — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:17:17 +0000

Yes, I have an RD-60 Revival, one of the special editions and it cost about £250. There have been terrible problems with the sound. The volume swings high and low, and randomly cuts out, and as with Mr Donaghey I have been told that I can return it and pay £67 for the Radio to be repaired. No apologies, and when I asked they said they have not had problems with this model.

I bought a friend a ‘cheap & cheerful’ DAB for about £40, and everything about it (bar looks) is much better than the Roberts. Which is sad . . . I feel that Roberts trade on the stylish looks of the products, and their past reputation, but the build & radio quality are not good enough for the price.

Comment on Roberts Revival RD60 DAB/FM Radio by HARRY DONAGHEY

HARRY DONAGHEY — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:18 +0000

I bought a roberts dab digital radio less than 2 years ago .now the sound is badly distorted.i contacted roberts and all they could tell me, was to send it back to them, and they will repair it for £67 WHAT A RIPOFF!I BOUGHT IT NEW FOR £145 I’VE GOT AN OLD ROBERTS RADIO, BOUGHT BACK IN THE 60′S-NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM,STILL WORKS GREAT.
WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE.

Comment on Romanian <-> English Dictionaries by admin

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:44:53 +0000

Hi Danielle

I have now got Teora’s englez-roman and roman-englez dictionaries by Andrei Bantaș. A friend sent me these from Romania.

I will certainly check out your recommendation for the Levitchi.

I’m finding Dex Online to be very useful. I go there for conjugations etc. I’ll have to check out dictionare.com.

Learning Romanian is hugely enjoyable for me as it is such a beautiful language.