28-Jul-2016, 22:12
I think this thread may be drifting of topic? If it every really had a topic. Anyway, to be honest I am not a great lover of whisky, but not adverse either, if I was going for a glass of 'the cheap stuff', it would probably select an 'Isle of Jura' single malt. One point to correct, Bruno questions if AIR improves after "a lot of good Whisky". I have tested this in principle, and can confirm that sound quality improves significantly, maybe equivalent to adding £15,000 worth of kit. (which makes a decent bottle of Jura an absolute bargain) It's not that simple though, because I have found that if something goes wrong with a reasonably complex computer audio streaming system whilst at the 'wrong end of the bottle', you've got sod all chance of fixing it! Possibly a higher chance of ruining your computer for ever and deleting lots of metadata. You could of course opt for vinyl, just be careful with that £2000 stylus once on the second or third bottle.
To be honest, I only mentioned whisky because it formed the best joke following Pim's something in the water quip. So to continue the drift off topic, I have to say that I much prefer a decent red wine. Curiously, although I have a preference for French amplifiers, I'd go for 'new world' for wine in preference for the offerings from France. Although I do like Fronsac very much, but you hardly ever find it in the UK, occasionally in a supermarket, almost never in a restaurant. I first discovered it after it was chosen by a part Italian colleague in a restaurant in Dunkerque. A humble little restaurant, but the food was absolutely exceptional. It's not just amps that the French are good at! I would take a Californian Merlot though over very many French wines, but with Brexit and the UK pounds shift against the dollar, it might be cost effective to go old world for a while.
I wonder which forum thread in the entire history of world went the most off topic? Or had the most random rambling nonsense in it? I do worry about these things......
To be honest, I only mentioned whisky because it formed the best joke following Pim's something in the water quip. So to continue the drift off topic, I have to say that I much prefer a decent red wine. Curiously, although I have a preference for French amplifiers, I'd go for 'new world' for wine in preference for the offerings from France. Although I do like Fronsac very much, but you hardly ever find it in the UK, occasionally in a supermarket, almost never in a restaurant. I first discovered it after it was chosen by a part Italian colleague in a restaurant in Dunkerque. A humble little restaurant, but the food was absolutely exceptional. It's not just amps that the French are good at! I would take a Californian Merlot though over very many French wines, but with Brexit and the UK pounds shift against the dollar, it might be cost effective to go old world for a while.
I wonder which forum thread in the entire history of world went the most off topic? Or had the most random rambling nonsense in it? I do worry about these things......
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