Good stuff. 😐 🤒

Time to dust off the Herb Alpert!

Or buy somebrand new Bellowhead :

Produced by John Leckie, new album is superb.

bsantini wrote:

Brass is good!

Organ is good!

If you play a descending scale on the bottom octave on the pedals of an organ it almost sounds like a crescendo in volume to the modern ear because we're so used to the fall-off you get below 50Hz on nearly all speaker systems. Yet the scaling and volume of pipe sizes that were determined to sound right by people centuries ago did this without electronic limitations. It's not that there weren't economic considerations in the past- a single low 16' C pipe in an organ may have as many pounds of tin/lead metal as whole other stops, so it isn't new that there's simply a lot of work that has to go into the bottom octave. I say this as a former organ pipe maker. And it's true, those big pipes move a lot of air! And I think Geoff Martin knows this, being an organist himself...

Glad to see Geoff is still weaving his magic!

I met him when I visited Struer in 2007 with Hi-Fi World and frankly, I could have sat and chatted to him all day. Truly a friendly, intelligent and approachable individual.

You are right - a really friendly and amusing chap - having to deal with Lee and myself - certainly I have cloth ears and I think Lee would agree that his didn't seem a lot more discerning with some of our observations! 😳

We had a thoroughly splendid trip. Although it was not planned that way, the date of our trip actually co-incided with my birthday, which I had intended to keep quiet. Lee unfortunately found out and told everyone (very embarrassing especially when every plasma screen in Struer appeared to have Happy Birthday Peter written on it!) This resulted in my being spoiled something rotten, given a present by the CEO and royally wined and dined every night. We were taken aback by the warmth of the greeting given to us - Jette and Tommy were wonderful hosts all through our stay and we were allowed access to places that we never thought possible - though our lips are sealed about some things as we signed an agreement which basically allows B&O to take our first born as tribute should we slip up!! 😁

Geoff Martin was trailed as one of the highlights and indeed he is a truly fascinating chap - in the mythical 'who would you most like to have at a dinner party list', he would be right there!

In addition to the kindness shown by B&O, we also got to meet Dillen and Dullen! A truly wonderful couple who are even more firm friends having met them. Frede and Kirsten also very kindly invited us to their beautiful home where Frede cooked for us - he is a wonderful chef - and meeting Ronny at the museum was, as usual, a wonderful treat.

Lee was a perfect travelling companion - generous to a fault - and witty and knowledgeable at all times. His charisma charmed all he met and made up for the boring side kick he had brought along. This was the most enjoyable week I have had for many a year and has only strengthened my resolve to go back to Denmark sooner with my family.

Peter wrote:

His reputation was well trailed by Lee who described him as a chap who could make the composition of a billiard ball sound exciting.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the glowing report! (My Mom was very proud when she read it. ;-) ) I enjoyed our chat as well!

Now, however, I feel compelled to learn about the composition of billiard balls, just in case... I never knew (until just now...) that some of the early replacements for ivory included wood (!) and that, in the late 1800's, the celluloid ones were rumoured to be exploding. Somewhat Monty Python-esque - but exciting, nonetheless!

Cheers

-geoff

Stephan wrote:

Is it decadent to use Beolab 5's as rear surround speakers

Hi Stephan,

Having demo'ed out a 7.0 system with 7 BL5's back when we did the press release of the BeoSystem 3 in Struer some years ago, I would say that the answer is "no". :-)

cheers

-geoff

geoff martin wrote:

Peter wrote:

His reputation was well trailed by Lee who described him as a chap who could make the composition of a billiard ball sound exciting.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the glowing report! (My Mom was very proud when she read it. ;-) ) I enjoyed our chat as well!

Now, however, I feel compelled to learn about the composition of billiard balls, just in case... I never knew (until just now...) that some of the early replacements for ivory included wood (!) and that, in the late 1800's, the celluloid ones were rumoured to be exploding. Somewhat Monty Python-esque - but exciting, nonetheless!

Cheers

-geoff

See - I told you!

Quite right about the celluloid - the film archives have had the same issue, and my other odd habit of collecting pens runs into the same problem!

Just to say that Lee and I had a splendid time and all of you were so kind to us. I think it shows B&O in a very good light that it seems to care about its customers and is not just a faceless brand. I look forward to our next meeting though it would seem that you will get to meet a large crowd of Beoworlders relatively soon. I am sure they will be just as impressed with your charm and knowledge.