Monday, May 15, 2006
nick: thames ride
Good ride yesterday thanks Steve. I got home about 10.30, after managing to get on a slow train to Reading (all the trains had been delayed, and some cancelled after an incident at Didcot). So I missed the CC slot, sorry Tim.
Feeling a bit achy today, especially my backside, and have got sunburned hands and face (must have been pretty intense during that 30 seconds that there was a break in the clouds).
- 8:26 am
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nick: Mitchell and Webb (from Peep Show) are on tour, and appearing at the Anvil in Basinsgtoke on Sat 21 October. I don't always have much luck with links (they preview ok, but don't always work when I publish), but here we go:
Mitchell and Webb at the Anvil.
They are on tour, and there is a list of dates at this website.
Steve, fancy it? Tim, don't know if you watch Peep Show, but we could make it a lads' weekend. Fwiw it appears to be a weekend in front of half term (in Hampshire anyway).
nick
Tim: No problem re CC. Mind you, judging by the wickoh it's Schnee Eifel East next, and we've never played that map, somehow.
Peep Show - it's a TV program is it? Anyway, I'm up for it in principle and don't mind shelling out for a ticket. But if I end up not being able to make it then what's the chance you could fob it on somebody else?
Steve: Hmm, Olivia Coleman may be with them eh? Right I've cancelled everything else and would love to come thanks despite my feeling of awkwardness whenever I see live theatre performed.
nick: ok 3 tickets booked. I'm sure I can get rid of one if Tim bottles out.
Saw Paul Merton + friends there last week: it was very much like "Whose Line is it Anway" with them doing stuff based on suggestions solicited from the audience.
Some of it wasn't great, but some was very funny indeed. Best was a sequence where Paul Merton was interviewing "an expert" who was actually played by three other cast members. In response to each question, the three had to take turns to say one word at a time, until they'd finished the answer.
Don't know if Sophie will be there with Mark and Jeremy. They're repeating series two on E4 at the moment btw, on Tuesday night (well, wednesday mornings) at midnight. So Tim, you've got a chance to see a bit of the programme...
Tim: "Bottles out" is a bit harsh! It's just that it's a bit tricky to guarantee that there won't be something more important going on in 5 months' time. Especially when, apparently, Mitchell and Webb aren't actually worth seeing and it all depends on the right women being there too...?
Steve: Lost CDs are being re-sent by SMD which is pretty decent of them (assuming they sent them in the first place), so that's the 2 for you Tim. Still waiting for one from eBay and 3 from the US.
Finished Inside Out by Nick Mason and really enjoyed it. Been playing a bit of Floyd this week in homage. Started Gulliver's Travels which is definitely heavy for a children's book.
Currently having a problem getting a £50 refund on an old handset from Orange from DECEMBER. The shop send them back to a dept that cannot tell them (due to the data protection act) why if there are problems issuing the refund. Two more weeks and I reckon it's the small claims court for breach of contract.
Tim: Excellent, those are the Spyras are they?
The imminent Namlook/Spyra release has a 5.1 version in with the normal CD.
So, er, what kit do I need to buy?
Steve: Yep, the Spyras. No idea what this extra disk is, CD or DVD-audio? Either way you need a surround-sound amp that does DTS which is pretty common these days. You almost have to go out of your way to buy a stereo amp! The trouble is, you need to add speakers and wires and I could never face this part of it.
Nick, have you moved your speakers either side of the fireplace yet? No, didn't think so.
Tim: It's CD, and I think I've established that you only need a normal CD player with a digital output to play it on. Then something to decode the signal, of course.
These surround-sound amps you mention, :-) I assume they're decent stereo amps too - any obvious suggestions? And, they DAC the DTS, do they?
BTW I don't hold out much hope for this CD being fantastic, but I've been looking forward to a successor to quad for as long as I can remember (ie last week).
Steve: I'll check my recent hi-fi mag for multi-channel amps if I remember. The problem for me is that you would have to spend a heck of a lot of money to get decent stereo as they have to cater for 5 channels in the same box. So I guess to get the equivalent of the Audiolab it would be about £1000!
I would've thought that you could feed the analogue output into the amp. Our old Akai videos could do surround and there's only 2 analogue sound channels on a VHS cassette.
The album itslef sounds unlikely to be good with his jazz guitar and daughter singing on it.
Tim: Yes, when I said the album won't be fantastic, I should have said it will probably be shite.
According to *the* authority on the subject, er, towerrecords.com:
DTS-CD
A CD encoded with DTS-formatted sound. A regular CD player can play this CD only when a line is run out of the digital output through a DTS-capable receiver, otherwise the audio will come out as static-like noise. A CD player's analog output will not work. A DVD player is not required since DTS is encoded differently on a DTS-CD than it is on a DVD. A DTS compatible DVD player should be able to read these discs when run through a DTS-capable receiver. The multi-channel output is 5.1.
Steve: Crikey this sounds like a nightmare, don't play it through your normal hi-fi as it's just data! I looked for a bit and gave up trying to find out about it - the Wiki version was all about the standard. BTW I was surprse to find that Tower Records in London is now a Virgin. The same stock and layout though.
Turns out the Takk I bought recently is not the best packaging despite being a book-style thing. And I can't get into it!
CDs being re-sent by SMD but haven't heard from the US lot - haven't answeredmy email yet.
Tim: Yes, they're all book-style things. It's a bit OTT having a special edition when the normal edition is already pretty good and totally non-standard. Like I told you in Berwick St, the spine is the clue (but not if you mail-order it, obviously). The place where I got a couple from don't have the S.E. listed any more.
Looks like this is the sort of hardware I'd be needing. And a containerload of speakers.
Steve: Yes, I think that would do it at 7x110W! Looks like a very impressive spec. with the added bonus of 'Screw SS' terminals.
I picked the TAKK up but assumed the standard copy was 'standard'. And it was in cellophane.
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nick: Mitchell and Webb (from Peep Show) are on tour, and appearing at the Anvil in Basinsgtoke on Sat 21 October. I don't always have much luck with links (they preview ok, but don't always work when I publish), but here we go:Mitchell and Webb at the Anvil.
They are on tour, and there is a list of dates at this website.
Steve, fancy it? Tim, don't know if you watch Peep Show, but we could make it a lads' weekend. Fwiw it appears to be a weekend in front of half term (in Hampshire anyway).
nick
Tim: No problem re CC. Mind you, judging by the wickoh it's Schnee Eifel East next, and we've never played that map, somehow.Peep Show - it's a TV program is it? Anyway, I'm up for it in principle and don't mind shelling out for a ticket. But if I end up not being able to make it then what's the chance you could fob it on somebody else?
Steve: Hmm, Olivia Coleman may be with them eh? Right I've cancelled everything else and would love to come thanks despite my feeling of awkwardness whenever I see live theatre performed. nick: ok 3 tickets booked. I'm sure I can get rid of one if Tim bottles out.Saw Paul Merton + friends there last week: it was very much like "Whose Line is it Anway" with them doing stuff based on suggestions solicited from the audience.
Some of it wasn't great, but some was very funny indeed. Best was a sequence where Paul Merton was interviewing "an expert" who was actually played by three other cast members. In response to each question, the three had to take turns to say one word at a time, until they'd finished the answer.
Don't know if Sophie will be there with Mark and Jeremy. They're repeating series two on E4 at the moment btw, on Tuesday night (well, wednesday mornings) at midnight. So Tim, you've got a chance to see a bit of the programme...
Tim: "Bottles out" is a bit harsh! It's just that it's a bit tricky to guarantee that there won't be something more important going on in 5 months' time. Especially when, apparently, Mitchell and Webb aren't actually worth seeing and it all depends on the right women being there too...? Steve: Lost CDs are being re-sent by SMD which is pretty decent of them (assuming they sent them in the first place), so that's the 2 for you Tim. Still waiting for one from eBay and 3 from the US.Finished Inside Out by Nick Mason and really enjoyed it. Been playing a bit of Floyd this week in homage. Started Gulliver's Travels which is definitely heavy for a children's book.
Currently having a problem getting a £50 refund on an old handset from Orange from DECEMBER. The shop send them back to a dept that cannot tell them (due to the data protection act) why if there are problems issuing the refund. Two more weeks and I reckon it's the small claims court for breach of contract.
Tim: Excellent, those are the Spyras are they?The imminent Namlook/Spyra release has a 5.1 version in with the normal CD.
So, er, what kit do I need to buy?
Steve: Yep, the Spyras. No idea what this extra disk is, CD or DVD-audio? Either way you need a surround-sound amp that does DTS which is pretty common these days. You almost have to go out of your way to buy a stereo amp! The trouble is, you need to add speakers and wires and I could never face this part of it.Nick, have you moved your speakers either side of the fireplace yet? No, didn't think so.
Tim: It's CD, and I think I've established that you only need a normal CD player with a digital output to play it on. Then something to decode the signal, of course.These surround-sound amps you mention, :-) I assume they're decent stereo amps too - any obvious suggestions? And, they DAC the DTS, do they?
BTW I don't hold out much hope for this CD being fantastic, but I've been looking forward to a successor to quad for as long as I can remember (ie last week).
Steve: I'll check my recent hi-fi mag for multi-channel amps if I remember. The problem for me is that you would have to spend a heck of a lot of money to get decent stereo as they have to cater for 5 channels in the same box. So I guess to get the equivalent of the Audiolab it would be about £1000!I would've thought that you could feed the analogue output into the amp. Our old Akai videos could do surround and there's only 2 analogue sound channels on a VHS cassette.
The album itslef sounds unlikely to be good with his jazz guitar and daughter singing on it.
Tim: Yes, when I said the album won't be fantastic, I should have said it will probably be shite.According to *the* authority on the subject, er, towerrecords.com:
DTS-CD
A CD encoded with DTS-formatted sound. A regular CD player can play this CD only when a line is run out of the digital output through a DTS-capable receiver, otherwise the audio will come out as static-like noise. A CD player's analog output will not work. A DVD player is not required since DTS is encoded differently on a DTS-CD than it is on a DVD. A DTS compatible DVD player should be able to read these discs when run through a DTS-capable receiver. The multi-channel output is 5.1.
Steve: Crikey this sounds like a nightmare, don't play it through your normal hi-fi as it's just data! I looked for a bit and gave up trying to find out about it - the Wiki version was all about the standard. BTW I was surprse to find that Tower Records in London is now a Virgin. The same stock and layout though.Turns out the Takk I bought recently is not the best packaging despite being a book-style thing. And I can't get into it!
CDs being re-sent by SMD but haven't heard from the US lot - haven't answeredmy email yet.
Tim: Yes, they're all book-style things. It's a bit OTT having a special edition when the normal edition is already pretty good and totally non-standard. Like I told you in Berwick St, the spine is the clue (but not if you mail-order it, obviously). The place where I got a couple from don't have the S.E. listed any more.Looks like this is the sort of hardware I'd be needing. And a containerload of speakers.
Steve: Yes, I think that would do it at 7x110W! Looks like a very impressive spec. with the added bonus of 'Screw SS' terminals.I picked the TAKK up but assumed the standard copy was 'standard'. And it was in cellophane.
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