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Back Again

Well, the last few months have been exciting. But now, Mrs Bloke and I are now installed in our new – well nearly a century old – house in a cool little town in New Jersey. And as I have … Continue reading

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Hifi by Numbers

Over a period of time all my CDs have been ripped and stored in my digital music library situated in a NAS and neurotically backed up in triplicate. However, most of my LPs – if you remember those round bits … Continue reading

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Are you sitting comfortably?

Then I’ll begin. I suppose I was an early adopter of internet radio. I liked the idea of a device other than a computer accessing audio streams, and being a Brit living in the US it meant I could listen … Continue reading

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Down The Tubes

Just as playing an LP is as much theatre as the actual or perceived sound quality there’s something rather warm and homely about listening to a valve amplifier, or tube amp if you prefer. Mrs Bloke was rather surprised to … Continue reading

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That Grumpy British Bloke Is Back

Yes. I’m back on the blog. It’s been a while, but I’ve just been too absorbed in facebook and kind of lost the plot. But Oh! That British Bloke is back on a new platform. It’s even on my own … Continue reading

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