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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) February 9th 18, 02:06 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 8
Views: 609
Posted By D.M. Procida
Preferred oil for turntable bearing

~misfit~ wrote:

It's nice to have my 'solution' ratified by no less a manufacturer
than Samsung's Hard disk storage division. :-) Also, the turntable is
...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) February 4th 18, 04:39 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 8
Views: 609
Posted By D.M. Procida
Preferred oil for turntable bearing

Johnny B Good wrote:

Engineering's not a science (I know that some engineers think it is, but
they're mistaken) but all the same it does rely on...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) February 3rd 18, 08:47 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 12
Views: 1,064
Posted By D.M. Procida
Preferred oil for turntable bearing

Johnny B Good wrote:

On Sat, 03 Feb 2018 17:46:06 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2018-02-03, D.M. Procida
...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) February 3rd 18, 05:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 8
Views: 609
Posted By D.M. Procida
Preferred oil for turntable bearing

Huge wrote:

On 2018-02-03, D.M. Procida
wrote:
What would you recommend (for an Acoustic Research "The AR...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) February 3rd 18, 04:10 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 8
Views: 609
Posted By D.M. Procida
Preferred oil for turntable bearing

What would you recommend (for an Acoustic Research "The AR Turntable")?

Thanks,

Daniele
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) January 11th 18, 10:04 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 20
Views: 674
Posted By D.M. Procida
Seeking a pair of speaker stands

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

As others have said - ebay, with a saved search, tight parameters and
email notification. I've got a few things that way - sometimes waiting...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) January 10th 18, 04:16 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 20
Views: 674
Posted By D.M. Procida
Seeking a pair of speaker stands

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

It's a nice idea, but to be honest it's more realistic that I will
successfully find something second-hand... hence my question whether
...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) January 10th 18, 01:03 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 20
Views: 674
Posted By D.M. Procida
Seeking a pair of speaker stands

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Huge wrote:
I've never actually made any, but the odd bits...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) January 10th 18, 10:05 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 20
Views: 674
Posted By D.M. Procida
Seeking a pair of speaker stands

Huge wrote:

On 2018-01-09, D.M. Procida
wrote:
I need a pair of speaker stands.

I'm after something that...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) January 9th 18, 09:54 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 20
Views: 674
Posted By D.M. Procida
Seeking a pair of speaker stands

I need a pair of speaker stands.

I'm after something that looks like this:
http://images.audioasylum.com/usr/y2011/08/50141/speakers.jpg (i.e
black, square section steel in a design composed of...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 27th 17, 11:14 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 0
Views: 535
Posted By D.M. Procida
Beogram 2202 repair/service/set-up

I have a Beogram 2202 turntable, that could do with a bit of attention.

I don't know if it's economically worth it, but it would be nice to have
it running in top condition again.

Can you recommend...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 27th 17, 11:30 AM Posted to uk.d-i-y,uk.rec.audio
Replies: 30
Views: 894
Posted By D.M. Procida
Christmas Snake Oil anyone ?. (V expensive mains extension block).

ARW wrote:

I went to wire a boiler up for the sort of ****** that buys this sort of
stuff.

Two massive speakers in the lounge and in the garage at the other...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 24th 17, 02:26 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 14
Views: 533
Posted By D.M. Procida
Replacing speaker grille foam

Huge wrote:

On 2017-12-24, D.M. Procida
wrote:
Woody wrote:

If you get the foam...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 24th 17, 12:11 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 14
Views: 533
Posted By D.M. Procida
Replacing speaker grille foam

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article
,
D.M. Procida...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 24th 17, 12:11 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 14
Views: 533
Posted By D.M. Procida
Replacing speaker grille foam

Woody wrote:

If you get the foam from Wilmslow Audio (who are in Hinckley or
Nuneaton or somewhere like that although they started life in
Wilmslow) get some Tygan...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 24th 17, 08:47 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 14
Views: 533
Posted By D.M. Procida
Replacing speaker grille foam

I have an old pair of speakers whose foam grilles turned to dust.

Can they be replaced with any old thing? Or must I obtain special
tempered virgin linear response low distortion acoustic...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 17th 17, 09:33 PM Posted to comp.sys.raspberry-pi,uk.rec.audio
Replies: 8
Views: 520
Posted By D.M. Procida
Raspberry Pi hi-fi update

Roger Bell_West wrote:

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On 2017-12-17, D.M. Procida wrote:
I mostly found myself controlling it...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) December 17th 17, 08:51 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio,comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Replies: 8
Views: 520
Posted By D.M. Procida
Raspberry Pi hi-fi update

A few weeks ago I described a music source I put together:

* Raspberry Pi
* Raspberry Pi 7" touch screen
* Volumio software https://volumio.org
* Allo Boss DAC...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 29th 17, 07:55 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 11
Views: 767
Posted By D.M. Procida
Running an amplifier unearthed

If you read uk.d-i-y, you may have seen a thread ("This appliance must
be earthed") about Dutch mains sockets, which are often unearthed.

If I plug a Cyrus 1 amplifier (which has an extremely metal...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 26th 17, 09:00 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio,comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Replies: 7
Views: 506
Posted By D.M. Procida
Raspberry Pi hi-fi

RJH wrote:

With the DAC, the Raspberry Pi is in an uttterly different league. I
haven't had the opportunity to listen with much attention so far, but it
sounds...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 25th 17, 09:32 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio,comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Replies: 7
Views: 506
Posted By D.M. Procida
Raspberry Pi hi-fi

Brian Gaff wrote:

Why use such bloatware?
Can you not rip them with cdex or similar software?

I have absolutely no idea.

Daniele
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 25th 17, 05:10 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio,comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Replies: 7
Views: 506
Posted By D.M. Procida
Raspberry Pi hi-fi

I'm going to need an audio source, so I thought I'd try building my own
with a Raspberry Pi.

I'll be playing ripped CDs, from a USB flash drive, and Internet radio.

It will certainly be more...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 23rd 17, 09:04 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 105
Views: 2,102
Posted By D.M. Procida
What is the point of expensive CD players?

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article
,
D.M. Procida...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 22nd 17, 05:48 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 105
Views: 2,102
Posted By D.M. Procida
What is the point of expensive CD players?

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I've got a CD 'jukebox' here. Either plays CDs direct, or rips them to
an internal hard drive. And trust me, you don't want a CD-Rom...
Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi) November 22nd 17, 08:41 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
Replies: 105
Views: 2,102
Posted By D.M. Procida
What is the point of expensive CD players?

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article
,
D.M. Procida...
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