Recent content by Ed Selley

Peter Gabriel; Us

Love that standby button placement 👌. Meanwhile; today I am relearning how tonearms work; I won't lie, I'm quite impressed so far.

This amuses me because VMP sent me roughly 100 records for *checks notes* £0 as they just kept me on some sort of comp list and I know of one other UK contributor who was the same so I suspect that the profit and loss of international sales wasn't checked that closely.

I reviewed it for a UK mag at launch. I think it's excellent; https://hifiplus.com/articles/audio-technica-at-art20-moving-coil-phono-cartridge/

It's bloody horrible outside so I've decided to ignore it and reach for the Talk Talk.

Being serious for a moment, I can't even begin to justify the Calon. It's absolutely outstanding... but it's not four times better than a Rega Aura which is also supernaturally good (and prettier). The cables are applied insanity around the edges really the one it comes with is hardly an RS...

It's a phono stage... quite an expensive phono stage. I talked them out of sending the upgraded mains cable though. I haven't installed the XLR they sent either as Jim likes it;

Been sent a Vertere Calon for Christmas*; It is, unsurprisingly, very good as you might hope for something that costs as much as it does. It does mean that the entire assembly to actually play a record is now a bit OTT if I'm being honest. Still, it sounds quite tidy. There's also a...

RELEASE THE BELLEND!

There is a longer and more in depth review (plus video 🤡) going live on AVForums too at some point.

It's half term at the moment so my son is lurking in the house. At this point, I can tell you more about how the Super Linton sounds with Astrobot than I can the Planar 10 💀.

Should be a review on AVF for the 8th pending me getting shit done.

What sort of showy dickhead might have a pair of them on the go already? 🤔 It's being added to the range rather than replacing the Linton.

Done with review hardware for the evening, onto my own; Manchester Orchestra; The Million Masks of God

Any coulrophobes here? The Chameleons; Why Call it Anything?