The best items of tech you have ever owned

[cloughie]

When my last watch stopped working, or was lost, or whatever happened to it, I took to consulting the time on my phone instead (which also has the advantage for the frequent traveller of adjusting itself when entering a new time zone). I thought almost everyone did that these days.

Don’t do mobile phones - and a watch is much less bother!

[teamsaint]

It's easier to carry a watch than a phone. And it doesn't need charging.

But you cant make a phone call on a watch. Or check the footy scores.

Or listen to Composer of the Week....

Or check this forum and then buy Hafods latest eagle eyed spot on Amazon.......

Edit...think I’ll buy a watch........

[teamsaint]

Don’t do mobile phones - and a watch is much less bother!

How do you know , if you dont do them ?

[Richard Barrett]

It's easier to carry a watch than a phone. And it doesn't need charging.

Admittedly. But the choice isn't between watch and phone, it's between (watch + phone) and phone, the latter involving one thing fewer to remember when leaving the house!

It could be argued that one doesn't need the phone, but not if one is a freelance musician who's away from home a lot, I think.

[jayne lee wilson]

When my last watch stopped working, or was lost, or whatever happened to it, I took to consulting the time on my phone instead (which also has the advantage for the frequent traveller of adjusting itself when entering a new time zone). I thought almost everyone did that these days.

There's something very appealing, even archetypal, or orbital, about analogue clocks and watches....
...about hands and numerals, or indicators, as in this Mondaine Swiss Railway design from 1944......the one I currently wear.
Almost a compressed analogue of the human body itself...

[AmpH]

Quad CD67 - One of the finest and most natural-sounding audio products I have heard and a faithful companion for over 20 years. Now 'relegated' to the study and not sure how long it will last.

Beyer DT990 PRO Headphones - Thanks to the continued availability of replacement padded headbands and ear pads, these have given great insight and service over more than 15 years. I have the 250 ohmn model which really benefits being driven from a dedicated headamp ( Arcam rHead & Chord Hugo ) in my case.

Zeiss 7 x 42 Dialyt Binoculars - Long discontinued and old fashioned by today's designs ( rubber eyecups etc ) but I would never part with them, even though my Swarowski 8 x 32's are now my preferred overall pair of bins. The Zeiss are particularly good in woodland and at twilight, where the exceptional light-gathering power comes into its own.

Honourable mention to a brace of HP laptops ( Windows XP/7 ) which have given excellent and dependable service over the last 8 years. Also a wonderful pair of turntables ( Michell Orbe and a Technics Direct Drive ) which reveal the glories of vinyl.

[jayne lee wilson]

The Quad 67...
So, so elegant... I wish more HiFi looked this good...

[AmpH]

The Quad 67...
So, so elegant... I wish more HiFi looked this good...

Absolutely ..... just don't lose the remote control as I once did. It's inoperable without it !

[cloughie]

How do you know , if you dont do them ?

Like mobile phones then, ts?

[MrGongGong]

Absolutely ..... just don't lose the remote control as I once did. It's inoperable without it !

Great design then .... erm

[teamsaint]

Like mobile phones then, ts?

part of life. Pluses and minuses.

Better than the old days where you had to try to find a working and clean smelling phone box in, say, rural Dorset, to let folk know you were running late.

But the workplace tyranny of instant contactability on various platforms, and life apparently run for and by email isn't such fun.

[cloughie]

part of life. Pluses and minuses.

Better than the old days where you had to try to find a working and clean smelling phone box in, say, rural Dorset, to let folk know you were running late.

But the workplace tyranny of instant contactability on various platforms, and life apparently run for and by email isn't such fun.

Perhaps I was fortunate to retire before Smartphones became a way of life. Also there are chunks of Cornwall which have poor signals and really I do not need to use them that often - I do have a mobile but it is rarely used and does little more than make calls.

[Stunsworth]

It’s a mistake to think of a smartphone as a phone. It’s a computer that allows you to make phone calls. Most of what I use mine for doesn’t involve calling people.

[cloughie]

It’s a mistake to think of a smartphone as a phone. It’s a computer that allows you to make phone calls. Most of what I use mine for doesn’t involve calling people.

As I use laptop and ipad! but neither displace my watch!

[jayne lee wilson]

Great design then .... erm

Yeah.... I think you can file "losing the remote control" under "human error..."
And without humanity, you'd never have the Quad 67 design in the first place, so....

But it has a Philips transport, right? So it should work with Marantz/Philips remotes. And with such designs you can press "eject" on the fascia (in the 67, the drawer open/close flap at immediate right of the drawer), load the disc, then a gentle push on the CD drawer will result in playback. "Eject" again to stop....