Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 19th 15, 12:03 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Audio CD Health Check
Health check? what is it actually checking for?
Anyway, as a Windoze user I'm obviously not allowed to use it. :-)
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 10th 15, 07:20 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
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What causes this effect.
I've not tried that utility, but the bbc downloader is completely
inaccessible to the blind.
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 9th 15, 10:02 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
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What causes this effect.
OK Inside Health, the last episode on the I player, but the podcast sounded
better to me, but i suspect was only mono.
I've heeard it when just playing from the embeded object or downloading the...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 8th 15, 02:57 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,180
What causes this effect.
I have noticed of late that some bbc I player talk only shows have a gritty
gurgle that almost sings along with the loudness of the speech. Its some
kind of digital effect, yet some files of the...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 8th 15, 09:15 AM Posted to uk.tech.digital-tv,uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,047
Audio Factory info
So is there yet another change to the tv I player then?
already we have lost the lists we used for sorting out ad stuff into a
managable offlinelist, and now simple media centres running old xp...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 8th 15, 09:09 AM Posted to uk.tech.digital-tv,uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,047
Audio Factory info
Yes like the bloody Webbie accessible programs no longer work and the one
which does has to download the whole file then convert it with a loss of
quality.
I simply do not see what was wrong with...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 20th 15, 08:29 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,423
Jinglish
Then there was the Akai ADR system standing for automatic distortion
reduction system which they put in most of the cassette decks.
What was this wonderous system? a bog standard peak limiter.
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 20th 15, 08:27 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,423
Jinglish
Don't start me off...
I also recall the Pioneer receiver made great play of the superiority of
the reliability of wire wrapped joints on the power devices. How does that
work then?
After all most...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 19th 15, 08:32 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,423
Jinglish
Well you might have transcribed it here...
I think the worst case I saw was a Pioneer receiver which kept calling a
ferrite rod am aerial a Loopstick,
and there was also a thing called a complete...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 14th 15, 08:13 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,417
Amplifier issues
Some whooshing sounds can be just corrosion on the valve pins or sockets,
but it could be almost anything of course including drying out capacitors
causing either noise or instability, or a dodgy...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 6th 15, 08:28 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
GL75 info ...
How do you lose such things. How odd.
Brian
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 5th 15, 07:35 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
GL75 info ...
What you on about? I got mine changed early on, did not like the rubber
bearings.
Also it kept on getting flats on its vertical idler.
I went to a Thorens with sme, then when I could not use it...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 23rd 15, 07:03 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,347
Power amp DC offset
Probably OK on most speakers, as long as it does not alter as the devices
heat up, and hopefully there is some kind of protection against excessive
currents at DC. I mention this as I had a...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 16th 15, 07:00 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,386
P-Mount bd and dd
Well, being blind I needed a device that was pretty automatic, and although
initially warned off of parallel tracking arms, the one on the SL5 seems
pretty good. It did need some tlc to put new...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 14th 15, 09:32 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,919
Vinyl to digital
Well whatever you do you should get a reasonable editing package. I use
Goldwave myself and it is amazing with playing with the declecker and some
other noise reduction techniques, how much you...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 12th 15, 08:44 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 2
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looking for sony TC-78 parts
Is this the one that auto reverses with the twisting head. There were a hck
of a lot of those decks made in different sound systems and stand alone.
Brian
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
December 7th 14, 05:43 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,337
Windows 7 query
In other words, they improved it worse asper usual. I'll just get that
soundblaster card I put in the wardrobe and fit that then...
Unfortunately, all the suggestions about a special driver look...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
December 7th 14, 11:57 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,337
Windows 7 query
Would this be in the klite codec pack perhaps?
The audio recording software tells me not to use the microsoft sound mapper
so I've use the realtech one instead, but its still the same.
I'm not up...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
December 6th 14, 11:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,337
Windows 7 query
So how is it that a machine with a fast multicore processor is delaying my
audio from input to monitor output, and an XP single core slower machine is
not.
Its really irritating as if you monitor...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
November 29th 14, 07:48 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,161
BBC local radio on medium wave.
I notice that BBC Surrey is transmitting a loop on its medium wave basically
saying we are not using this any more retune to fm or dab. it ten gives a
phone number to ring to tell them what loss of...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
November 29th 14, 07:45 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 2
Views: 901
Digital licences
Well I've never understood God tv and radio, I see there is going to be a
god tv channel on freeview in the new year.
Brian
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
November 28th 14, 08:27 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 2
Views: 901
Digital licences
I was tuning the medium wave today, and overheard the Christian station
attempting to raise dosh for this digital channel that it said it would lose
due to it being a separate licence now and had...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
November 27th 14, 08:11 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,274
OTish: End of an era?
Yes I think most component shops of any size suffer from the making ends
meet problem these days due to ridiculous business rates etc.
Maplin leads are ridiculously expencive as I found this week....
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
November 27th 14, 08:06 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,105
Denon CD player
Hard to get at the laser lens in this model. It seems to be inside a plastic
sleeve wher the drawer goes in.
Brian
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
November 25th 14, 03:26 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,105
Denon CD player
Does seem od when a multi pole relay might have done the same job.
I have a Marantz cd player here which is having troubles finding the next
track when this is manually selected. Its worse on home...
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