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Has the sweet petrol fumes like from a free-flowing revving engine, not so much the sooty, noxious stuff. The other dram of the night, a cask strength Craigellachie. A surprising amount of similarities with the Springbank, unexpected from a Speyside distillery.

I had a (generous) dram at a whiskey bar, somehow balances sweet dessert with gasoline and savoury meat in a very tasty way. So easy for a whiskey to fall apart when it has notes that are so far apart. Totally recommend.

Yum.

Gradient Helsinki 1.5/Revolution. Both have dipole radiation and smooth directivity. The Helsinki in particular was designed to have the dipole cancellation aimed towards the walls. Hence, the two recommended setups - right up against the front wall without toe-in and toed-in aggressively near...

Yanagiya looks like an amazing place for yakitori too. Definitely on my list when I go to Japan, especially since they recently loosened their referrals-only policy this year.

None in any audible way. Pay for more features, customer support, build in Europe/US if it matters to you, that sort of thing. That's why the RME ADI-2 gets so many recommendations. Great performance, but that's not enough because $200 DACs already near state-of-the-art - it justifies its price...

This stuff, on tap at a local cafe. Not bad for a hot afternoon, bracingly bitter, crisp, with lychee and melon up front.

Neville Thiele and Richard Small For aggregating the Thiele/Small parameters used to characterise loudspeaker drivers and facilitating modelling.

Current generation, the E-270. Previous stuff, probably the 1995 E-210, the first entry-level Accuphase to have the VU stuff. Old VU Accuphase still hovers around 2k though - reflects how strong the brand is to defy depreciation.

Dodgy was perhaps the wrong word - it's really a bit watery for me, but inoffensive compared to Auchentoshan. I was more thinking of all the overpriced gimmicky non-age statement stuff that Macallan/Glenfiddich frequently come up with.

Unfortunately, Auchentoshan and Dalmore are marketed in my country as the next step up from Johnnie Walker/the more dodgy Macallan/Glenfiddich/Glenmorangie expressions. So he bought into that. But Auchentoshan has always struck me as the worst of the bunch. A shame, because there is plenty of...

A gift from an uncle just getting into whiskey (bought a case of this stuff). Very weird and processed. Smells like nail varnish and cheap pine like you find in Ikea. I went back to the (rapidly-dwindling) Craigellachie after - that dark chocolatey, butterscotch popcorn-y, wholemeal-y, herbal...

LSR705 has an almost identical dip and it was a slot port at the bottom front too.

https://www.thomann.de/intl/sg/neumann_kh_120_aw.htm Thomann is a leading reseller there. They have the white in stock. Neumann has an international warranty, so you can buy and ship it to the US. Thomann offers flat-rate shipping up to 31kg, and it is very affordable. I got charged 50 euros...

https://www.fidelity-online.de/kef-reference-1-messungen/ There are polars here. I don't think there's much room for improvement over the R3 and instead, it distinguishes itself in HD/IMD/max SPL.