Author: adrian_cowderoy
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About Adrian Cowderoy – emerging spy thriller author
Away from my career as a Chartered IT Professional, I’m a spy thriller author. That includes the novels and the 10+ flash fiction stories on this website.
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About Adrian: The era of landscape photography
During the research period of my career I had a burning desire to be creative. Some of that went into writing novels, but I never managing to get it right. Another part was landscape photography.
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About Adrian: the era of urban photography
From 1979-1982 I spent my weekends documenting the depressed areas of the east end of London and Stoke-on-Trent – “urban photography”.
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The intelligence collectors’ AI Awayday – a 2-page story
The AI Awayday for the intelligence collectors had been in the calendar for weeks, and the mystery had added to the excitement about Artificial Intelligence.
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New Mana Sound Stage (Mark 2) – review
18 years after the last Mana Sound Stage and Sound Frame were built, they’re back in a new form. The Mark 2 is twice as good. This is a customer review.
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The Mana Sound – get tables to break the sound barrier
There is an exquisite and terrifying sound from a HiFi system on a stack of Mana tables- the “Sounds of Mana”. The effect increases with levels.
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HiFi equipment supports – when damping vibrations is utterly wrong
If HiFi supports are solely to damp vibrations, why is glass better than dampening boards? And why do multiple levels work well? The theories are wrong.
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Guide to setting up and maintaining a Mana-based system
Systems that use Mana sound clamps and multiple stages need to be ‘balanced’ to get the best quality. Here are some tips.
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The Mana Clamp – customer review
The new Mana Acoustics Clamp grips the chassis of a HiFi component, suspends it in a resonating frame, and supports it with 4 spikes in place of the original feet.
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Comparison of medium-format 6×7 cameras
In 1988 I chose a Bronica GS-1 as the best 6×7 camera. (See 23 years of use.) Looking back, I wonder whether it was the correct choice. Image quality When choosing cameras, I went exclusively for 6×7 format, to give the highest quality that could be conveniently used. The choices at the time were between…