Rotel RCD-06 cd player

Advantages: Solid Build, Looks, Good sound production, price
Disadvantages: Slighlty uncontrolled bass, no optical out may put some off

...out for rca lead and a digital coaxial output, it has no optical connection though which i wan't fussed about as i am using it as a transport, and to be honest digital coax is the better of the 2 IMO. Now as mine is used a transport( i think i've mentioned that already) its not actually using the internal dac of the cd player, so the actual sound processing is done by my Dac-X (£1200) , So for this review i disconnected the Dac-x and am using the rotel as a standalone player. Now this player cost me £300 (rrp £350) so its not really going to compare when run through a £1200 Dac, but i'm still confident this player will perform well. I'm using a Cyrus PreVs2 pre amp Audiolab 8000m mono bloc power amps and Totem Arro speakers ( see seperate review) Now when ever i test or demo a piece of hi-fi equipment i tend to use a select choice...

willsby 09.02.2008 · Read review
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Nice place. Shame about the food

Advantages: Interesting place to visit
Disadvantages: Insipid food, surly staff

...for that price as it is very funny. The main thing that attracts people to the restaurant is the vast array of signatures and ?Yeti Feet? that adorn the wall. For people who have not been there, the Yeti feed are pieces of cardboard in the shape of a foot, which are used by all and sundry to record their names and thoughts about the various expeditions they have been on. The feet contain musings from people who have done a simple 5-day trek, all the way to people who have climbed Everest and to be frank you could spend days reading them all and not get bored. We did one as well and hopefully people will be reading ours as I speak. The main signatures however are from the famous people of Nepal. These are behind toughened glass and include the likes of Chris Bonnington, Reinhold Messener (completed all 14, 8000m peaks without oxygen...

fryera2 23.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Rum Doodle, Kathmandu

"Flu and heat rash....wait...its *meningitis*!!"

Advantages: Its given me a gap year so I can recover and earn some money for uni?
Disadvantages: Where to start....

...really think this could be meningitis. Im sending you to the hospital straight away." Thank goodness thats just across the road. By this point Im in so much pain/blacking in and out/stiff/noise and light sensitive that I can barely lift my own head let alone walk. How I got to the hopsital I couldn't tell you-and its been from that point on that my memory/balance/hearing/sight/immune system/level of fittness has never been the same. Now its only been 6 months since I contracated meninigitis and ive been amazing everyone in terms of how and how fast I am in fact recovering and in another 12 months I'll be out of the -*danger*- zone and will beable to help raise awareness of meningitis by scaling several mountains ranging from 4000-8000m. A hard enough physical feat for anyone yet alone someone's who's had to "rest" for the good part...

starmisthaze 28.10.2007 · Read review
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Moonscapes and Apple Pie in the Roof of the World lateau and moonscapes taking you to another planet

Advantages: Spectacular scenery, 8000 metre peaks and awesome moonscapes
Disadvantages: tough going on the heals and some pretty nasty grinding walks up steep trails.

...to warm your mits around in the early morning cold....If cloud and mist cloak the Annapurna's, just be patient, and it will lift to give one of the most awe inspiring views there are on this planet... Heading further north up the Kali Gandaki valley, the trail drops steeply from Ghorepani into the deepest gorge in the world....just 40kms seperate Dhaulgiri from Annapurna 1, both towering over 8000m. Ascending gently towards the Tibetan trade villages of Tukushe, Kagbeni and Jharkot, the scenery changes from lush sub tropical vegetation to a dry, lunar landscape as approach the High Tibetan Plateau. The views coming into Kagbeni and Jharkot, surrounded by high altitude desert and the stark Nilgiri peaks soaring over 7000 metres will leave you wondering whether you've just walked onto the set of an oriental version of "Name...

cyrano 07.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of The Annapurna Region (Nepal)

Better Than a Boob Jobby

Advantages: Comfortable and streamlines the body shape
Disadvantages: I didn't buy three of them. Those awful gusset poppers

...‘Have You Had a Boob Jobby?’ My credit card company must have been extremely grateful that I’d been using their credit facility so heavily because they sent me £80.00 of M & S Gift Vouchers. Anyone reading this will have a pretty good idea how much I’d borrowed on that particular credit card in order to get a gift like that- and in my case how much I’d paid in interest! This was three months ago and I wasn’t an M & S shopper because I still imagined crimplene trousers with elasticised waistbands and horrid floral frocks more suitable for curtains than for wearing. I therefore made a hasty visit to the underwear department in M & S in Bath and bought four pretty bras for £19.00 each. I was pleasantly surprised at the perfect 36B off the peg perfect fit as well as the comfort and appearance. I...

mornev 26.08.2003 · Read review
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The Magic Annapurna Circuit

Advantages: Incredible scenery, incredible people, incredible overall
Disadvantages: Some hard days

...the pass. The predominate views are of Dhaulagiri (8167m and the 7th highest mountain in the world) and the Ngliri range, which are less than 8000m, but incredibly spectacular. Jomson to Pokhora A lot of people think the trek is nearly over here and whilst it is there are still hard days to come, especially Tatopani to Ghorepani, which is a 1700m climb in one day that is exceedingly hard. Poon hill can be reached easily from Ghorepani and this offers unrivalled views of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I and Macchupachare amongst others. The final trek to Pokhora involves trekking to the road head and then getting a bus the last 45k or so. Accommodation and food I was pleasantly surprised with the standard of accommodation and food throughout the trek. The accommodation is not 5* and the food is not a la...

fryera2 24.04.2007 · Read review
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