Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 23rd 05, 09:50 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
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Mains conditioners and power cables
Two ways to reduce mains "noise" I guess:
- stop the noise getting there in the first place eg replace all
cables, which is expensive - address the cause
- provide a level of "conditioning" to remove...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 23rd 05, 09:37 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
Views: 4,884
Mains conditioners and power cables
Can you explain in what way is/was it different?.....
Two things I noticed:
- the sound was much more "open", "musical", "grundge free" with the
balanced interconnects, was as though a veil had...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 23rd 05, 08:48 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
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Mains conditioners and power cables
In my old house I installed a separate ring main just for the hifi,
with 3 double sockets. I'll do the same in my current house when I get
around to it, however with concrete floors its a tad more...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 23rd 05, 08:40 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
Views: 4,884
Mains conditioners and power cables
This is what I did:
Wadia 861 CD player and Muse 300 mono blocks - fairly good kit. Both
have balanced and unbalanced connections available. I first used
unbalanced Transparent Musiclink super...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 09:45 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
Views: 4,884
Mains conditioners and power cables
I can see that you lot are even more cynical than myself, wow! I would
never have believed it. You know, for the sake of £55 I'm tempted to
buy a PowerKord and prove you all right...or wrong ;) It...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 03:47 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
Views: 4,884
Mains conditioners and power cables
Its the simple ideas that are the best :) This hydra thing does
exactly that as well as providing a convinient "multiway"
adaptor/strip. Or I could buy some nice MK plugs and shortern the
existing...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 03:27 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
Views: 4,884
Mains conditioners and power cables
That's a good test - will try it. I think I did try it a while a go and
couldn't hear anything at all except with my ears up close to the
speakers.
I like the TNT "hydra" setup using that Maplin...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 03:25 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,858
Which Goldring-Lenco turntable is this?
Its not the size of the house that's the issue but the speakers can't
go anywhere the wife can see them - which leaves a smallish loft room
:( I have a pair of EPOS ES30s in the lounge and I had to...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 03:22 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,858
Which Goldring-Lenco turntable is this?
Great links RdM, thanks! I've sent a couple of PMs off to the folks
there to see if new stylii are available. I don't have much hope but
you never know. Alternatively there might be another cartridge...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 02:51 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 118
Views: 4,884
Mains conditioners and power cables
I've been reading up on the subject of main cables, conditioners
etc...I'm rather sceptical of the improvement such expensive things
will add to the sound of my hifi but have a couple of questions...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 02:36 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,858
Which Goldring-Lenco turntable is this?
This GL 88 turntable was originally housed in a massive wooden cabinet
about 8' long by 3' deep, with two large lids which when opened showed
the turntable/arm/Quad 22/FM1 on the right, and a reel 2...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 22nd 05, 10:31 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,858
Which Goldring-Lenco turntable is this?
Thanks for all your replies chaps. I'm certain its a GL '88' turntable.
At somepoint I will dig iti out of my Dad's loft and see what condition
its in. Same for the EPU 100 arm but I'm not convinced...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 16th 05, 02:14 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,858
Which Goldring-Lenco turntable is this?
Don't you just love it, I think its the Goldring Lenco '88' as I've
just found:
http://www.audiocostruzioni.com/r_s/sorgenti/giradischi/lenco-3.JPG
As the turntable is not available to see, I...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 16th 05, 02:01 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,585
Upgrade Quad 303 or buy Quad 306?
My Father's ESLs are pre March 1966 so I'm sure he'll just have the 2
capacitors on a tag board - it was specifically to avoid overloading
with the 303.
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 16th 05, 01:56 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,858
Which Goldring-Lenco turntable is this?
Its an old 1960s unit housed in a separate wooden cabinet so there's no
arm or casing supplied - just the turntable platter itself that resides
in a "cut out" of the large cabinet deck. It has...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 15th 05, 08:33 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,585
Upgrade Quad 303 or buy Quad 306?
My Father has a set of old (early 60s) ESL 57s, and when these were
serviced sometime around the 70s, I believe QUAD fitted some kind of
voltage limiting board to the *speakers* so they could be...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 9th 05, 08:47 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 2
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Electrostatic Sound Systems
I did a search on google, see here
http://www.audiocircuit.com/index.php?Code=ESS&Model=Satellite%20Power%20Matrix&Circuitcode=921
Quote from above link:
"I have a ESS unit that will power a...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 9th 05, 08:41 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,273
MERIDIAN 506 CD player
I've just had my Meridian 206B serviced by Meridian (of all people :)
for £100. It still doesn't always read track 1 and skips to track 2
and starts from them - you can then go back to track 1 with...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
August 5th 05, 12:39 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 8
Views: 827
CD Player
I think you'll struggle to find a CD player that's only 24cm deep. Take
a look on ebay and search for a Meridian 206 CD player, they look about
a foot wide but are deeper than 24cm. (I have one but...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
July 25th 05, 10:01 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,159
Muse 300 mono blocks - anyone know them
Boy! What a difference changing from phono leads to balanced XLR
connectors made - and its the same make and model of connector
(Transparent MusicLink super). The slight harsheness in the upper...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
July 25th 05, 09:29 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,159
Muse 300 mono blocks - anyone know them
OK, I tried them and they sound pretty good. Just tried with phono
leads atm but will try balanced leads later (both Musiclink super).
Still don't think I'm getting the best from the system but think...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
July 22nd 05, 08:18 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,159
Muse 300 mono blocks - anyone know them
I've got the opportunity to try out and purchase a second hand pair of
300W mono blocks from Muse Electronics - "Muse Three Hundred". Just
wondering if anyone knows about these beasts as there's very...
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