Anyone up for a UK diyAudio Meet?

[SimontY]

Fantastic! I've not been to the west yet, but might hike from one side to the other over 2 days, with a wild camp inbetween. The west looks extremely remote, with very few roads and towns!

 

[jacco vermeulen]

For a 'brief' impression, i can send you some socks of 4 weeks Lake District and Glasgow to Inverness backmuling if you like.
Smashing locations for those with a desire to test their sanity.

(Iceland is also a great destination for barfing muesli and freeze dried nutrition)

 

[RAndyB]

Kent would be neat

Oh, no! Not the Dartford crossing

 

[nickds1]

Iceland is also a great destination for barfing muesli and freeze dried nutrition

I took my sons hiking in Iceland in the Summer of 2006 - The
food could be interesting but the scenery was majestic

HUGELY expensive, but great fun.

(they also had "puffin on a stick" )

 

[pinkmouse]

Oh, no! Not the Dartford crossing

I actually quite like coming over the bridge southbound, it's paying money to go north in that dingy tunnel I object to. What southern centred psychological programming is going on there I wonder?

 

[poynton]

....................... The
food could be interesting.................

OT

If you like interesting food, avoid the Far East !

Deboned duck-web soup in Singapore

"mixed" chicken satay in Indonesia


I could go on..............

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Recently seen on sale in Bergen, Norway..
Whale steaks, Wolf Fish, seal and silver fox


yumyum


Andy

 

[nickds1]

If you like interesting food, avoid the Far East !

Deboned duck-web soup in Singapore

"mixed" chicken satay in Indonesia

Oddly, I worked in Singapore for a year or so, and absolutely love the food (malay, nonya, thai, indonesian etc. etc.)

Just back from Hong Kong where we have just opened an office (2 weeks ago) - taken to several "private dining clubs" - food absolutely amazing - great experience.

Getting slightly on topic - I was hunting for tubes/valves in HK and started a thread about this in the Tubes forum, but I didn't have a lot of luck, even though one of my HK Chinese colleages out there is a tube-ophile and took me to all the secret little workshops around HK & NT.

 

[nickds1]

(they also had "puffin on a stick" )

I may have made a mistake here - I though "Langvia" was puffin, but it seems to be guillemot.

So, there you are, Guillemot Kebab

 

[poynton]

"mixed" chicken satay in Indonesia

I lived in Singapore and Indonesia for 5 years.
Agreed the food is great.
(Mixed chicken satay is head, feet intestine on a stick - no meat as such.)

The worst I've eaten was camel in Egypt.
Iguana was very good - almost like chickecn.


Andy

 

[jacco vermeulen]

We should have guessed that the main attraction of jobbing in the crude industry is eating lizards.

 

[poynton]

We should have guessed that the main attraction of jobbing in the crude industry is eating lizards.

Better for you than the 2 major burger chains !!!!

Andy

 

[poynton]

There is a head-fi meet on 29th october at manchester.

John

Hi John

Where is this at ?

Is it open to all ??

Andy

 

[SineEra]

2008 UK meet

Whilst idling away the Xmas holidays my thoughts have turned to 2008 and what may be instore.
So how about another DiyAudio meet sometime in the summer. I thoroughly enjoyed the last one and would like to meet you all again to discuss and listento the latest in our joint addiction.

Best regards for the New Year

Simon

 

[SimontY]

Hi Simon,

I don't think the question is whether there'll be a 2008 meet - it's more a matter of where and when.

No doubt it should be further south this time, but where?

(another) Simon

ps - I believe we met at the 2007 meet

 

[vitalstates]

has anybody had any further thoughts about a 2008 do?

Ed

 

[ashok]

How about a week or two before or after "Burning Amp 2008" so that long distance visitors can swing by to attend this one also ?
Burning Amp is about 18th Oct 2008 if I am not mistaken with RMAF a week before that. So just before RMAF or after Burning Amp .

 

[seroxatmad]

Will any one have thing new to show?

I took my kumisa III headphone amp(and Marantz CD63SE) last time and will have a millet max next time (and Roksan Kandy).

John

P.S If its near school holidays then I will be missing it!!!

 

[SimontY]

Will any one have thing new to show?

Hi John,

I'll have my CD63KI with huge mods and I hope to have redone my preamp (possibly good for 'phones too!)

I'm kinda easy with the time, July was fine last year (was it July?)

Simon

 

[ShinOBIWAN]

Will any one have thing new to show?

I took my kumisa III headphone amp(and Marantz CD63SE) last time and will have a millet max next time (and Roksan Kandy).

John

P.S If its near school holidays then I will be missing it!!!

Hey John,

I've got a pair of AKG K701's that I'd love to hear on the end of those. Only just recently got into headphones but they're pretty stunning with the very modest kit I have at the moment.

 

[ShinOBIWAN]

Hi John,

I'll have my CD63KI with huge mods and I hope to have redone my preamp (possibly good for 'phones too!)

I'm kinda easy with the time, July was fine last year (was it July?)

Simon

Don't break it this time Simon