Probably my favourite riff of all time; a real Mike&David video with such insight in history and historic banter that I'm riveted. You guys purely as a friends duo with literally shared history are such fun to watch, it takes me back to my own teen years every time you make a vid such as this one, thank you for that!
Thank you... It's funny, I really enjoyed watching it back myself when uploading to RUclips... that probably sounds a bit weird, but it definitely has something nice about it. Mike
@@Hi-FiRiff It really does and not weird at all; it is just great to share fond and interesting memories like that and such moments are great to watch.
I still have my very first CD player, a Philips CD104 in mint condition with original fixed phono lead, original box, packing materials, Philips CD cleaning cloth, plastic bags, manuals, leaflets etc. I bought it in Lasky's, Tottenham Court Road, London.
What a great riff! You two are a joy to watch with your good-natured banter, ribbing and lifetime friendship. While I have long known of the TDA 1541A S2, I wasn't sure in which specific products it was implemented. The Philips CD960 looks to have been extremely well-manufactured, and IMO its quirky outward design only add to its charm 37 years later. FWIW, if you can find this unit for sale anywhere, you can still find the rubber belts on ebay which need to be replaced from time to time. Love your channel and thank you!
Late to the CD game, I bought one of these new in 1990 as my first CD player. If I had not found a dealer offering them on sale, I likely would have bought a Philips-made Magnavox unit instead. All these years (and a few belt changes) later, the CD960 still going strong. Unlike all of my friends I elected to hang on to my vinyl (my CD player purchase was actually delayed by a turntable upgrade). These days I still enjoy both LPs and CDs in addition to my other sources.
I still have my 1989 Sony Cdp 605 esd $1k back in 89 but with the Sony BU1 mech 3 beam laser and Philips TDA 1541 dac chip still love it ! Thanks for thr video
Thank you gents - another great episode and very nostalgic for me. I’d forgotten about those selected 1541A chips, a big marketing ploy at the time. I bought a Cambridge Audio CD2 around then which had 4 standard 1541A chips (16x16 oversampling). Replaced that with a Quad 67 which is now 30+ years old but still in my system today.
I have the DAC sort-of equivalent with the Marantz PM 75 which came out two years later in 1989 and a Silver crown TDA 1541A chip. Also sounds fabulous and not that expensive
In 1987 I had a Philips CD350 player (14 bit ) and Keff Carlton 3 speakers with a Philips class A amp as my first stereo, it probably would stand up to modern audiophiles in sound quality
I still use a marantz cd94 with a marantz cda94 matching dac with the same chip and an up rated power supply and output stage ( as standard). It really does sound good and still works perfectly after all this time. I also use a chord hugo which I love but the marantz is just so musical and enjoyable. Thanks dudes.
Over 40 years of CD development (as well as Grace Jones' bad mood) and somehow some of the earliest ones (Marantz, Aiwa, Philips) still sound the best. Unlike Gerry Rafferty very few CD players got it (tone and texture) right next time. Interesting that bitstream is now seen as a backwards step. It was all the rage back then.
I have one but it’s currently plagued with a few mechanical issues with the tray. I did replace the belts a few years ago but the mechanics need an overhaul. Still a masterpiece of design.
Hi I had a Suzuki TC100 two stroke in the early seventies. I also have a Phillips CDP-CD620 which has the TDA1541A DAC chip in it and the CDM4 transport. It is an R1 and not an S1 chip, however I had this modified with a Tricord clock and updated power supplies and filter by Joe Rasmussen in Sydney Australia when it was purchased and it still sounds amazing today. He has also done mods to my Oppo 105 which is to this day my reference CD player in my main system. The Oppo is more detailed and analytical compared to the Philips which is more analogue sounding. I wish I could attach a photo of the innards of this as it’s an incredible amount of work that Joe has done to this player. The Philips CDP CD620 is also a bargain and a great performer.
Back in the days of that era, we didn't sell this Philips machine but we did sell the Marantz CD 94, which was an excellent machine. That and the Cambridge CD2 were the two CD players that we sold which we would have been more than happy to live with as vinyl enthusiasts. Properly built too. Another great episode chaps. PS. Slave to the Rhythm is rockin' on ANY player.
@Hi-FiRiff Where Marillion (underrated band) and the ducks come from. I was only there part time a few days a week during the holidays to help out, not a full-time member of staff.
😊 I really enjoyed that brief experience and sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if I hadn't pursued a career as a musician? I hope the chaps are all doing well, and if any of them are Riffers - 👋👍
Owned a Philips 6-disc cartridge CDC 875. Apparently it had a TDA1541A. At that point in time the (very expensive) Meridian players were recommended in the magazines. With perspective, how does the Philips - Meridian compare today?
Cool bit of parallel-play for me here: - I was dealing in new and used high-end audio when I got hold of a CD960 we took in on trade, then managed to get hold of Phillips' S2 chipped and (very nervously) hot-rodded the 960 by desoldering the original S1 chip and soldering the S2 in: memory serves that there was a *bit* (pun unintended) of overall improvement, but I'm not entirely sure it was worth the rather nerve-racking effort of souping-up the player, especially given that the laser would eventually fail on me after about two years. Certainly the second-best Phillips player made (the two-box transport/DAC, of which there were apparently several examples). Fun while it lasted, though. - Music: Grace Jones' *Island Life* is fantastic, but my fave track is her cover of Piaf's "La Vie en Rose", which fir me is far-and-away the best contemporary take on that classic. Also agree on Thomas Dolby's *The Flat Earth* as being as good in its own way as his debut *TGAOW* . I certainly gave all the above albums lots of play on the 960, pre- and post-mod.
Very entertaining as always.Remember the great reviews this Philips got,and great to hear you like the excellent Flat Earth and a mention of my favourite underrated band,Japan,a class act for sure.Good Tim Jarman gets a mention,as he is a fount of knowledge,and seems like a nice bloke too,after talking to him at the Ascot show.Just a shame his exhibition space for his retro dem was much smaller than last year.
The 9/10 riff award I fully get because if it had not of been for SONY, the CD format would never left the ground. PHILIPS could never market anything. FACT!
Mine cost 20 euros at a thrift store in Amsterdam. Philips made some fantastic players. After getting this I went on a CDM1 binge. Most indeed have the TDA1540 dac. Downside is you cant use an external dac. Marantz (cd 84) probably offers the best build quality, B&0's CDX also great but fragile in areas. The CD960 is very nice but imo some of the Sony ES players are even nicer. SONY CDP-337ESD has dual TDA1541's and has beautiful build quality.
Interesting that multi-bit DACs (even in chip form) are the ones that make a vibrant sound stage, whereas 1-bit sigma-delta (bitstream) conversion DACs with perfect linearity don't let the music out of the speakers. Doesn't the popularity of Denafrips and other purveyors of R2R multi-bit DACs testify to the same thing?
i have a cd 960 with 1541 (without A), i compared it to naim cd5i and meridian g06, it beat them in everything, the most analog sounding cd player i've ever heard
Glad I didn't get rid of my Revox B226s and decided to do some research on it. Found out that it has the S1 version of the TDA1541 inside. I'll never get rid of it
The differences between S1 and S2 are overstated. Indeed, Marantz's Ken Ishiwata once told me that the standard non-S1 version was almost up to Double Crown S2 standard by the end of the production run - as manufacturing tolerances improved. Keep your Revox, it's special.
@@MrVinylista Indeed it is, especially since it's part of a complete setup with the matching amp, casette deck and tuner that my father gave me. I always learn something new when watching you guys, so thank you for the videos and especially your reply. Cheers :)
I still have my CD-101 from New and a PHILIPS CD618 both from new and I would never part with either of them. They are both Mint as new condition and both fully re-capped two years ago.
A great review . Phillips made visually uninspiring players but performance wise are impressive. In the mid 80s I owned a Denon 1300 which I really enjoyed. I briefly had a Marantz Cd 65 mark 2 . A big upgrade to Meridian 200/203 ( which I regret selling on) . A Meridian 507 which I bought in 2003 and used upto 2021. I currently use an Audiolab 6000cdt/M dac plus which is very precise and clean but in my secondary system I'm using a Phillips cd 610 which I got cheap at the British Heart Foundation. The Phillips is very nice
From a fellow biker Mike after a lifetime of listening to home hifi I can honestly say the best component to improve sound is marijuana tweaked with alcohol😇
I wouldn't have been able to afford this machine back in the day and never heard it, but all I remember of 80s CD players is that they sounded lousy compared to LPs.
Perfect sound forever, except it wasn't. Yes some types of music correctly recorded do sound good on CD's whilst others put your teeth on edge. I was an A/V tech during the CD boom era, and soon learned that whilst Philips thought they had created the ultimate carrier of music my ears and a spctrum analyser proved that they hadn't. I can listen to most vynl recoprdings all day, but not CD's.
Hi guys. Another good one albeit low on the beer factor! Made me think about the debate is it really just the Dac and whether use a ‘sound’ transport and the Dac in a streamer or separate Dac unit? Have you done such a vid as I guess that’s not what you do. Ps - 66 - Paul Weller’s latest is a proper grower. How well produced is it? (I only listen to it on vinyl)
Your passive aggressive back and forth while laughing and smiling is probably as a results of centuries of warfare and killing each other on that cold and rainy island of yours. You guys finally decided to laugh while “stabbing” each other verbally…..good evolutionary coping strategy. 😉😂😂… I love it!
How does it compare to some modern dac you tested ? Would you still buy it second hand today or you would go for a more modern dac ? (Chord, Merason, Rega,etc) thanks 😇
Hey guys , I couldn’t help noticing that you have a couple of guitars on the wall. Who plays them? A short jam session would bring in an extra dimension to your riff I reckon 😊😊😊
Understandable considering the profits involved! But it also makes white goods like air fryers and toasters, plus TVs and lighting. No separates hi-fi anymore, sadly.
PHILIPS Consumer electronics are sadly no more. Apart from Medical scanners and Film Scanning equipment the company ended up going back to producing what it first produced. LIGHT BULBS! I always found any PHILIPS brand product to have been quite unreliable and always said I would not even buy en electric toothbrush if it had their name on it and Guess what, they started making them too.
I have a Marantz CD40 with the Philips TD1541A Dac chip, not the super duper chip you have, but it's sounds really good. People keep banging on about how fast chip technology is moving one, personally I don't see it. Dave, When are you going to sell me your Exposure Super V111 power amp. You may as well let someone get some enjoyment from it. If it's never going to be put to good use, it's useless.
@@MrVinylista Sorry, yes I know, have a word with him for me. It would go to smoke free, child free and pet free home. I'll even send him a picture every Christmas.
It is my "go to" budget power amp. Pound for pound it takes a lot to better it, and there are few speakers which David and I review which it cannot drive. Admittedly it's not in the same class as the 1v, but it's a quality amp. Hats off again to John Farlowe Mike
In the 80s to 2000s I insisted that all cd players sounded the same, as a pompous mrknowitall Yank. These days I know better, as my audio gear IQ has leapt off the charts, and I'm also now a flaterther, chaps.
It's funny how when we're young we know everything, but nothing. Age certainly makes one a more rounded human being - and that applies just as much with hi-fi as anything else.
I don't honestly think it's as impressive as Dave's. Have to say, a goodly portion of my attention watching you both, is, looking at the hair - and the lack of it. I do, myself, fall into the latter camp, sadly.
@@davidwilliams2840 You are stating it, but it's your judgement based on your gear, ears, environment, state of mind and so on. There are so many variables that might not be identical in everyone else's life. I've got a CD version of "Slave To The Rhythm" which sounds amazing but I cannot say that it is absolutely better than vinyl.
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How nice to see a channel discussing CDs. Thank you, gentlemen.
The more you watch Hi-Fi Riff, the more you get lost in time. Love this channel.
Cheers. Sometimes it's fun to live in the past.
Hello Jethro Tull.
@@Hi-FiRiff That's a great tune. What does a flute and a lawsuit have in common? Everyone is relieved when the case is closed.🙂
Brilliant!
Probably my favourite riff of all time; a real Mike&David video with such insight in history and historic banter that I'm riveted. You guys purely as a friends duo with literally shared history are such fun to watch, it takes me back to my own teen years every time you make a vid such as this one, thank you for that!
Thank you... It's funny, I really enjoyed watching it back myself when uploading to RUclips... that probably sounds a bit weird, but it definitely has something nice about it.
Mike
@@Hi-FiRiff It really does and not weird at all; it is just great to share fond and interesting memories like that and such moments are great to watch.
I still have my very first CD player, a Philips CD104 in mint condition with original fixed phono lead, original box, packing materials, Philips CD cleaning cloth, plastic bags, manuals, leaflets etc. I bought it in Lasky's, Tottenham Court Road, London.
Careful... We'll steal it from you for a riff!
Mike
@@Hi-FiRiff Lol, Mike.
Wish I still had mine. They were superb.
What a great riff! You two are a joy to watch with your good-natured banter, ribbing and lifetime friendship. While I have long known of the TDA 1541A S2, I wasn't sure in which specific products it was implemented. The Philips CD960 looks to have been extremely well-manufactured, and IMO its quirky outward design only add to its charm 37 years later. FWIW, if you can find this unit for sale anywhere, you can still find the rubber belts on ebay which need to be replaced from time to time. Love your channel and thank you!
One was sold on ebay on the day we made this riff... at a tasty price.
David..... anything you need to tell us?
Mike
Late to the CD game, I bought one of these new in 1990 as my first CD player. If I had not found a dealer offering them on sale, I likely would have bought a Philips-made Magnavox unit instead. All these years (and a few belt changes) later, the CD960 still going strong. Unlike all of my friends I elected to hang on to my vinyl (my CD player purchase was actually delayed by a turntable upgrade). These days I still enjoy both LPs and CDs in addition to my other sources.
Such an excellent riff. Thanks, Gentlemen!
Brilliant as always gents! 👏🏻
This is definitely the best hifi wrestling site on the interweb, and I do love your taste in mopeds . . . . . . Mike!
I still have my 1989 Sony Cdp 605 esd $1k back in 89 but with the Sony BU1 mech 3 beam laser and Philips TDA 1541 dac chip still love it ! Thanks for thr video
Thank you gents - another great episode and very nostalgic for me. I’d forgotten about those selected 1541A chips, a big marketing ploy at the time. I bought a Cambridge Audio CD2 around then which had 4 standard 1541A chips (16x16 oversampling). Replaced that with a Quad 67 which is now 30+ years old but still in my system today.
I have the DAC sort-of equivalent with the Marantz PM 75 which came out two years later in 1989 and a Silver crown TDA 1541A chip. Also sounds fabulous and not that expensive
In 1987 I had a Philips CD350 player (14 bit ) and Keff Carlton 3 speakers with a Philips class A amp as my first stereo, it probably would stand up to modern audiophiles in sound quality
Love the musical references - excellent review 👍
amazes me how these vintage players read the table of contents so fast or as the featured player went from the drawer closing to playing
Brilliant riff 😊
I still use a marantz cd94 with a marantz cda94 matching dac with the same chip and an up rated power supply and output stage ( as standard). It really does sound good and still works perfectly after all this time. I also use a chord hugo which I love but the marantz is just so musical and enjoyable.
Thanks dudes.
Yes, it is a top album , I have it on LP . Use it all the time for setting systems up , love Thomas Dolby
Just bought a Philips CD 473 TDA 1541 with a CDM 2 mech for kicks. The CDM swing arm mechs are also nearly indestructible.
Yes i"ve got one 👍 did you know you can shut the open tray with your finger just push on the front of draw and hay presto 😊
Over 40 years of CD development (as well as Grace Jones' bad mood) and somehow some of the earliest ones (Marantz, Aiwa, Philips) still sound the best.
Unlike Gerry Rafferty very few CD players got it (tone and texture) right next time.
Interesting that bitstream is now seen as a backwards step. It was all the rage back then.
Great comments :-)
Mike
I have one but it’s currently plagued with a few mechanical issues with the tray. I did replace the belts a few years ago but the mechanics need an overhaul. Still a masterpiece of design.
Hi I had a Suzuki TC100 two stroke in the early seventies. I also have a Phillips CDP-CD620 which has the TDA1541A DAC chip in it and the CDM4 transport. It is an R1 and not an S1 chip, however I had this modified with a Tricord clock and updated power supplies and filter by Joe Rasmussen in Sydney Australia when it was purchased and it still sounds amazing today. He has also done mods to my Oppo 105 which is to this day my reference CD player in my main system. The Oppo is more detailed and analytical compared to the Philips which is more analogue sounding. I wish I could attach a photo of the innards of this as it’s an incredible amount of work that Joe has done to this player. The Philips CDP CD620 is also a bargain and a great performer.
Had we known you then, we would have been very jealous!
Mike
My favourite channel!!!🎵📻📀
my first player could double as a orbital sander so i saved money on diy house reno as well...
Back in the days of that era, we didn't sell this Philips machine but we did sell the Marantz CD 94, which was an excellent machine. That and the Cambridge CD2 were the two CD players that we sold which we would have been more than happy to live with as vinyl enthusiasts. Properly built too.
Another great episode chaps.
PS.
Slave to the Rhythm is rockin' on ANY player.
Thanks, and yes, it's a seminal 1980s pop song.
Where were you retailing from.
Mike
@Hi-FiRiff Where Marillion (underrated band) and the ducks come from. I was only there part time a few days a week during the holidays to help out, not a full-time member of staff.
With Eric the bananaman?
Mike
😊 I really enjoyed that brief experience and sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if I hadn't pursued a career as a musician? I hope the chaps are all doing well, and if any of them are Riffers - 👋👍
Owned a Philips 6-disc cartridge CDC 875. Apparently it had a TDA1541A. At that point in time the (very expensive) Meridian players were recommended in the magazines. With perspective, how does the Philips - Meridian compare today?
Cool bit of parallel-play for me here:
- I was dealing in new and used high-end audio when I got hold of a CD960 we took in on trade, then managed to get hold of Phillips' S2 chipped and (very nervously) hot-rodded the 960 by desoldering the original S1 chip and soldering the S2 in: memory serves that there was a *bit* (pun unintended) of overall improvement, but I'm not entirely sure it was worth the rather nerve-racking effort of souping-up the player, especially given that the laser would eventually fail on me after about two years. Certainly the second-best Phillips player made (the two-box transport/DAC, of which there were apparently several examples). Fun while it lasted, though.
- Music: Grace Jones' *Island Life* is fantastic, but my fave track is her cover of Piaf's "La Vie en Rose", which fir me is far-and-away the best contemporary take on that classic. Also agree on Thomas Dolby's *The Flat Earth* as being as good in its own way as his debut *TGAOW* . I certainly gave all the above albums lots of play on the 960, pre- and post-mod.
Very entertaining as always.Remember the great reviews this Philips got,and great to hear you like the excellent Flat Earth and a mention of my favourite underrated band,Japan,a class act for sure.Good Tim Jarman gets a mention,as he is a fount of knowledge,and seems like a nice bloke too,after talking to him at the Ascot show.Just a shame his exhibition space for his retro dem was much smaller than last year.
Two stroke, four stroke, Mike & Dave’s dorm room countless strokes
That's quite enough of that, thank you.
How did you know we were at boarding school together?
Mike
The 9/10 riff award I fully get because if it had not of been for SONY, the CD format would never left the ground. PHILIPS could never market anything. FACT!
Thanks guys..I,d love a riff on. Phono stages,,arms and cartridges at some point.
The d/a converter chip in the cd960 is a tda1541
If you are interested in one of these players (CD960) there is one in time warp condition available on PinkFish at the moment (no connection to sale).
I want to see these two do a video after they drink about 4 or 5 beers. Newcastle Nut Brown Ale perhaps?
Mine cost 20 euros at a thrift store in Amsterdam. Philips made some fantastic players. After getting this I went on a CDM1 binge. Most indeed have the TDA1540 dac. Downside is you cant use an external dac. Marantz (cd 84) probably offers the best build quality, B&0's CDX also great but fragile in areas. The CD960 is very nice but imo some of the Sony ES players are even nicer. SONY CDP-337ESD has dual TDA1541's and has beautiful build quality.
Moving to Holland immediately.
Mike
@@Hi-FiRiff The 960 also has black gate caps.
Interesting that multi-bit DACs (even in chip form) are the ones that make a vibrant sound stage, whereas 1-bit sigma-delta (bitstream) conversion DACs with perfect linearity don't let the music out of the speakers. Doesn't the popularity of Denafrips and other purveyors of R2R multi-bit DACs testify to the same thing?
i have a cd 960 with 1541 (without A), i compared it to naim cd5i and meridian g06, it beat them in everything, the most analog sounding cd player i've ever heard
Wow!
The second Revox 226 was 16 bit. Then we all got the Crown chip, the upgraded filter chip, and an after market improved clock. Definitely not bright.
Adoro il philips CD960,apparecchiatura che suona benissimo,top di gamma della sua generazione.ottimo modello!
Glad I didn't get rid of my Revox B226s and decided to do some research on it. Found out that it has the S1 version of the TDA1541 inside. I'll never get rid of it
The differences between S1 and S2 are overstated. Indeed, Marantz's Ken Ishiwata once told me that the standard non-S1 version was almost up to Double Crown S2 standard by the end of the production run - as manufacturing tolerances improved. Keep your Revox, it's special.
@@MrVinylista Indeed it is, especially since it's part of a complete setup with the matching amp, casette deck and tuner that my father gave me. I always learn something new when watching you guys, so thank you for the videos and especially your reply. Cheers :)
I still have my CD-101 from New and a PHILIPS CD618 both from new and I would never part with either of them. They are both Mint as new condition and both fully re-capped two years ago.
The Fujitsu MULTITAINER and Fujitsu/ICL PCTV were my favourites for playing music.
“Mike-ro-Dwave” 😂
That's a slightly less unfunny version of Mike's original joke. 🙂
@@MrVinylista you’re too kind. It was either that or “Air-Hi-Fri” Riff
🤣
A great review . Phillips made visually uninspiring players but performance wise are impressive. In the mid 80s I owned a Denon 1300 which I really enjoyed. I briefly had a Marantz Cd 65 mark 2 . A big upgrade to Meridian 200/203 ( which I regret selling on) . A Meridian 507 which I bought in 2003 and used upto 2021. I currently use an Audiolab 6000cdt/M dac plus which is very precise and clean but in my secondary system I'm using a Phillips cd 610 which I got cheap at the British Heart Foundation. The Phillips is very nice
I wonder how the 610 would sound with an external dac?
Mike
@@Hi-FiRiff Hi Mike . The 610 does not have a dac option. I think the 610 mark 2 does
Another fantastic rift going back to the golden years of cd players and music, ohh I laughed at your joke Mike 😂😂😂
Which one!
Mike 🤣
@@Hi-FiRiff What do you mean, which one? There weren't any!
@MrVinylista oy!
From a fellow biker Mike after a lifetime of listening to home hifi I can honestly say the best component to improve sound is marijuana tweaked with alcohol😇
Bottle of red wine for me 👍
Mike
Danke, ich genieße das 🥂
Thank you, and hello to our German friends.
Ah, I have a Philips CD880 player with that chip and with dicast transport and base but unfortunately it doesn't work.
Worth spending some cash to get it going?
Mike
You see, now you made me go back to the Meridian MCD & MCD Pro CD players days, you keep triggering me.
A-P 50 great bike 👌
Oh yes 👍
Mike
I wouldn't have been able to afford this machine back in the day and never heard it, but all I remember of 80s CD players is that they sounded lousy compared to LPs.
Perfect sound forever, except it wasn't.
Yes some types of music correctly recorded do sound good on CD's
whilst others put your teeth on edge.
I was an A/V tech during the CD boom era, and soon learned that
whilst Philips thought they had created the ultimate carrier of music
my ears and a spctrum analyser proved that they hadn't.
I can listen to most vynl recoprdings all day, but not CD's.
Well said!
Mike
Already on ebay looking to find one 🤣 👍
One was sold the day we did the riff!
@MrVinylista
Hi guys. Another good one albeit low on the beer factor! Made me think about the debate is it really just the Dac and whether use a ‘sound’ transport and the Dac in a streamer or separate Dac unit? Have you done such a vid as I guess that’s not what you do. Ps - 66 - Paul Weller’s latest is a proper grower. How well produced is it? (I only listen to it on vinyl)
Your passive aggressive back and forth while laughing and smiling is probably as a results of centuries of warfare and killing each other on that cold and rainy island of yours. You guys finally decided to laugh while “stabbing” each other verbally…..good evolutionary coping strategy. 😉😂😂… I love it!
How does it compare to some modern dac you tested ? Would you still buy it second hand today or you would go for a more modern dac ? (Chord, Merason, Rega,etc) thanks 😇
Hey guys , I couldn’t help noticing that you have a couple of guitars on the wall. Who plays them? A short jam session would bring in an extra dimension to your riff I reckon 😊😊😊
Ooh yes... A rendition of "closer to the heart" perhaps?... except David would leave and not come back.
Mike
Is that a very rare ovation 4 string on the wall?
I wish!
It's a very common 6 string with a high action that's painful to play!
Mike
Philips has upgraded to building medical mri scanners 👍
Understandable considering the profits involved! But it also makes white goods like air fryers and toasters, plus TVs and lighting. No separates hi-fi anymore, sadly.
@@MrVinylista they sold the name Philips for consumer electronics to other companies, it says Philips on it, but it isn’t anymore.
PHILIPS Consumer electronics are sadly no more. Apart from Medical scanners and Film Scanning equipment the company ended up going back to producing what it first produced. LIGHT BULBS! I always found any PHILIPS brand product to have been quite unreliable and always said I would not even buy en electric toothbrush if it had their name on it and Guess what, they started making them too.
Slide control for the phones volume is an immediate 'No' from me...an aesthetic abomination 😱
Good point. It's very eighties!
I got one of these 🙂
Jealous.
Mike
hi folks
Afternoon Gents👍👍
Afternoon, KJBB.
@@MrVinylista evening👍👍
@@MrVinylista 👍👍
Kjbb 😎
@@Hi-FiRiff 👍👍
I have a Marantz CD40 with the Philips TD1541A Dac chip, not the super duper chip you have, but it's sounds really good. People keep banging on about how fast chip technology is moving one, personally I don't see it.
Dave, When are you going to sell me your Exposure Super V111 power amp. You may as well let someone get some enjoyment from it. If it's never going to be put to good use, it's useless.
Mike's the one with the Exposures!
@@MrVinylista Sorry, yes I know, have a word with him for me. It would go to smoke free, child free and pet free home. I'll even send him a picture every Christmas.
It is my "go to" budget power amp.
Pound for pound it takes a lot to better it, and there are few speakers which David and I review which it cannot drive.
Admittedly it's not in the same class as the 1v, but it's a quality amp.
Hats off again to John Farlowe
Mike
The battleship build Marantz CD80 is aesthetically more pleasing to the eye and sonically superior, in my opinion. Great riff.... CD rules!
Nothing good can come from phase smearing brickwall filters!
In the 80s to 2000s I insisted that all cd players sounded the same, as a pompous mrknowitall Yank.
These days I know better, as my audio gear IQ has leapt off the charts, and I'm also now a flaterther, chaps.
It's funny how when we're young we know everything, but nothing. Age certainly makes one a more rounded human being - and that applies just as much with hi-fi as anything else.
@MrVinylista speak for yourself!
Mike
Thomas Dolby. Splashed out 7 grand on a new wig, recently. Tempted? Would link the video but it would just be removed.
No need, am happy with mine!
I imagine so, sporting the fine mop you have. I do sometimes wonder, though, if Mike doesn't harbour some eny every time he's confronted with it?
I love TD's Barnet.
I'm secretly hoping that Karl Pilkington watches Riff and he discards his one in my direction.
Mike
I don't honestly think it's as impressive as Dave's. Have to say, a goodly portion of my attention watching you both, is, looking at the hair - and the lack of it. I do, myself, fall into the latter camp, sadly.
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The LP vinyl sounds 10 times better than the CD copy of Grace Jones Island life
it's in the mastering ,don't blame the cd format ,far superior to vinyl .
@@takeiteasy6154 I'm just stating the vinyl sounds 10 times better an the cd . Don't get your knickers in a twist
@@davidwilliams2840 You are stating it, but it's your judgement based on your gear, ears, environment, state of mind and so on. There are so many variables that might not be identical in everyone else's life. I've got a CD version of "Slave To The Rhythm" which sounds amazing but I cannot say that it is absolutely better than vinyl.
I'll happily buy it on vinyl to double check in that case 👍
Mike