MCFL Fallout

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Summary. Nice get together despite sub plot. Got drunk. Got cross. (They often go together these days – must drink less and find way of trusting Joe = v difficult)
Spent Saturday pottering about central London. Managed to include a few minutes in record shops in Berwick Street but mostly dragged down Oxford Street. Nice meal in China Town. Back to hotel in time for X Factor. Asleep before Arsenal win on MOTD.
Sunday. Early for train back but broke down before leaving Euston. Swap to alternate train (shorter). Seating free for all so end up in First Class with a load of Sp*rs fans on their way to a trashing at Goodison (fingers crossed).
Conclusion. Need to explain to Joe why I dont trust him and give him chance to prove me wrong. Apart from Record Shops I really do not like shopping. Not doing Oxford Street ever again.

EDIT. Home to find the text that said “Trust Me” was missing 2 words in front of it. You and cannot. Thinly disguised evidence of a party. Issue is not the party per se but the fact there is a 12 year old Dog involved.

An annual post

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On the 7:33 Crewe to Euston with the boss for the 30th MCFL in my case and the 2nd WTF lunch / afternoon tea in hers.
Train gets in at about 10:50. Bloody long journey but cheap.
Someone was a bit tardy this morning so distinct lack of coffee despite travelling First Class!”

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Topping TP21

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As Logitech have decided to pull the plug on Squeezeboxes I thought I had better get a Touch before they all disappear from the shops.

It arrived the other day and I decided to put it into the bedroom instead of the Boom. Why? Well I usually listen in the bedroom using headphones while Jane watches TV.

The Touch does have a headphone socket but I thought I would try and find a mini hi fi amp with a headphone out. Thus a bit of Googling brought me to the Topping range of amps from China. They get very good reviews for build quality etc but more importantly audiophile level sound quality.

I only needed one set of inputs so opted for the Topping TP21 Class T Digital Mini Amplifier with Headphone 25 WPC -£50 or thereabouts from Amazon – and have supplemented this with a pair of Wharfedale Modus Cube Speakers (Black) which I got from Superfi at about £35. I have a pair of these in the office and although they lack a bit in bass they are perfectly adequate for low level listening. Anyway as I said most of the time I shall be listening to the bedroom Touch/TP21 via a pair of AKG headphones.

The Cubes haven’t arrived yet but the Topping turned up today so I have hooked up the Touch and the AKGs and now I am listening to some Miles Davis in bed while Jane is watching I Am A Celebrity. The improvement in sound quality over the Boom’s headphone out is quite significant.

I am looking forward to hooking up some speakers to the TP21 to see how it drives them. have some big Mission 77s in the loft I must get them down and try this little amp with them.

The TP21 is a tiny device not much bigger than say 4 CDs stacked on top of each other and therefore perfect for the bedside.

The Touch is an interesting bit of kit. As it is much smaller than an SB3 it sits alongside the TP21 quite nicely. Strange thing is I am unlikely to use the touchscreen as I control my Squeezeboxes with iPeng on my iPhone all the time.