Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

Lakeland · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:32

It’s one of them colours you can only judge in person.

It must be a nightmare storing and finding the right car keys!

You’ll have to post a pic of all your cars lined up when they’ve arrived :cool:

Steedie · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:44

Tephnos said:
Thought I'd try some KEF R300s to replace the Q300s I had previously.

That's a brilliant setup

What monitor stand/mount are you using if you don't mind? I'm looking at getting something just like that for my streaming rather than take up loads of desk space having them side by side

crinkleshoes · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:57

Marky said:
Sweet colour

PixieLandGirl said:
That colour is lush, & the car is beautiful too

Thanks, glad I'm not the only one who likes the colour

Although I did it for me, not others haha

Diddums · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:59

crinkleshoes said:
Thanks, glad I'm not the only one who likes the colour

Although I did it for me, not others haha

Well two girls have agreed with you so it's definitely a chick magnet. Not my flavour, but then I don't have a vagina so whatevs man

Sui · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:01

I think it looks okay, certainly an improvement over white.

I'd rather have it all in a colour like the purple just above the left hand side of the right hand light

Tephnos · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:00

Marvt74 said:
Thoughts on them?

Also what do you do? I presume some kind of podcast with the microphone like that?

So far, very similar signature to the Q300s, but there's a lot more 'air' to everything, a lot more soundstage, probably helped by the fact the mid/high driver doesn't have to do the work of the bass as well like in the Q300s. Bass is, of course, a lot more pronounced. These things can definitely thump! Only had them for a day so I need to break them in over the month to give a fair comparison to the 3-year-old Q300s.

I tried the LS50s for a month before this, and I just didn't get on with the LS50s as much. The 5-inch driver is good, but it was seriously lacking in the lows because of that, which made the mids and trebles really come forward and be emphasised greatly. Does it sound 'revealing'? Very much so, and some people love that. To me, it was exhausting when you listen to it all day - I needed something more musical, like the Q300s. R300s seemed like the next natural step instead of the LS50, even if the LS50s are 'better suited' to near-field usage.

I do finance related things at home, not podcasting or anything. I just like quality audio and that includes my own crappy Scottish voice!

Steedie said:
That's a brilliant setup

What monitor stand/mount are you using if you don't mind? I'm looking at getting something just like that for my streaming rather than take up loads of desk space having them side by side

I stole it all from mrk, wait until he sees this! :eek:

The mount was a Doublesight branded one - the problem is they don't sell it anymore, I don't think. I tried the VIVO one but I didn't like how it had two separate joints - it made the monitors stick out too much. This one has the horizontal joint as part of the pole and one single vertical joint, so everything is a lot closer to the edge of the desk.

TBH if I could (damn ceiling), I'd just mount them to the wall and leave the desk clean, but this is what I've got so far.

crinkleshoes · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:03

I've loved my Kefs... almost sad to be finally moving away from them after circa 12 years of being interested in good audio.

Tephnos · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:07

crinkleshoes said:
I've loved my Kefs... almost sad to be finally moving away from them after circa 12 years of being interested in good audio.

What are you moving to now?

Hades · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:09

@Tephnos What keyboard is that? Thanks.

Tephnos · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:14

Hades said:
@Tephnos What keyboard is that? Thanks.

Surface Bluetooth Keyboard with Touch ID.

Housey · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:14

Bought then tipped water on them both, hence the ragged edges. Annoying!

antijoke · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:16

Housey said:
Bought then tipped water on them both, hence the ragged edges. Annoying!

Have you taken over from @Cosimo ?

Housey · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:17

antijoke said:
Have you taken over from @Cosimo ?

I lead, others follow

My collection runs into 200 now on naval history (paper and kindle)

Hades · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:19

Tephnos said:
Surface Bluetooth Keyboard with Touch ID.

Thanks.

crinkleshoes · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:35

Tephnos said:
What are you moving to now?

My living room has an Arendal 1723 set... they were a good upgrade from the Q900s.

Arriving in 2 weeks for my office, to replace the Kef LS50s are a pair of B&W 800 D3.

Tephnos · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:57

crinkleshoes said:
My living room has an Arendal 1723 set... they were a good upgrade from the Q900s.

Arriving in 2 weeks for my office, to replace the Kef LS50s are a pair of B&W 800 D3.

Do you mean the 805? The 800 is not... really a bookshelf speaker is it?

Quite the difference in sound signature too!

crinkleshoes · 1 Jun 2018 at 16:00

Tephnos said:
Do you mean the 805? The 800 is not... really a bookshelf speaker is it?

Quite the difference in sound signature too!

Nope... I mean the 800... new desk is slightly smaller so they can fit either side.

Tephnos · 1 Jun 2018 at 16:19

Lol, insanity. Not sure if you'd really get a sweet spot out of that, B&W is a lot more fickle than KEF when it comes to that.

crinkleshoes · 1 Jun 2018 at 16:21

Tephnos said:
Lol, insanity. Not sure if you'd really get a sweet spot out of that, B&W is a lot more fickle than KEF when it comes to that.

It's OK... it's temp solution until the new house when I build a proper listening room / home theatre.

Tephnos · 1 Jun 2018 at 16:21

crinkleshoes said:
It's OK... it's temp solution until the new house when I build a proper listening room / home theatre.

Gonna drop the dough on a Sennheiser Orpheus as well? Only 30k!