My much used and loved NAD 522 player has given up the ghost and I am in the market for a replacement for it. While I initially thought I would just get a NAD 521BEE to replace it, while I was looking around, I came across the NAD T524, which is available for £169 and looks to be very good value for money. Obviously the T524 is primarily intended to be a video source, but it seems to have a...

Does anyone want a pair of Nad speakers - both bass speakers have blown but otherwise fine - cosmetically good. They are around 4 feet - so they are big and will need collection from North London. Thought I would ask before they go to the recycling centre. Keith

When I bought a DAB tuner (Pure 701ES) some months ago I discovered that it was yet another of those modern items of consumer equipment that didn't have an actual on/off mains switch. Instead, it goes into 'standby'. I had encountered the same thing with the Nokia 221T DTTV tuner I bought a few years ago. In both cases I actually switch off overnight the entire systems in which the tuners are...

I have recently been given a pair of RAM speakers - does anyone know what the initials stand for as I have struggled to find any information on the net. I know they are good speakers but want to find out more info. I am thinking of using them as part of my home recording studio - any thoughts on this as before I picked them up I was heading off to a pair of Yamaha monitors The second area of...

I'm being offered: Roger A75 Panthera Amp Rogers T75 Tuner in a proposed swap - is this kit any good? If so, any idea of what it would be worth, assuming fully serviceable and reasonably smart condition? (I've no experience of it myself, but I have an inkling the tuner's fairly well regarded??)

Here is a topical joke for you: First person: Those are very nice speakers, what make are they? Second person: Lowther.. First person: I SAID THOSE VERY ARE NICE SPEAKERS, WHAT MAKE ARE THEY?

Poopie B'ar wanders into the woods, but then he forgets why he went there in the first place. What puzzles me most about this idea is how you're going to be able to concentrate on your tennis while listening to music ! Puzzlement is Poopie's natural condition. He gets puzzled at the notion of having five or more speakers in the same system. He gets puzzled if the phone rings before he can...

The IKYABWAI donkey brayed: I'll bet you flunked your religion classes in grade school. I'll bet *you* flunked EVERYTHING ! Poopie, I have a question for you: When you clump to the mirror before leaving your hovel, does the sight of your bedraggled visage send you into a funky mood, so that you feel as if a noxious miasma from hell itself has suffused your existence? I only ask because...

I have a problem with my Mission Cyrus 2 amplifier, bought in the late 80s. Recently it's started producing a high-frequency whistle, which has the same intensity independant of the position of the volume control. Speakers are Mission 753s, but I've tried it 'in isolation' from the rest of the system attached to small Denon speakers, no inputs, and it still makes the whistle. On switching off the...

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The CD tray mechanism on my Alpha 5 has stopped working. I tried to eject a CD this morning and, out of the blue, the tray made a stuttering noise and got stuck halfway through. It's now stopped responding completely. I know very little about hifi equipment, so I'm not able to spot the source of the problem. I took the top cover off to take a peek inside and I noticed that, when I push the Load...

I am using a rather smart little Denon SS amp 'pre only' to drive various valve power amps - giving instant confirmation/reaffirmation of my preference for valves every time I do it! This entails using the amp's 'Pre Outs' and switching Speakers A and B *both* off. Could someone confirm that this, at least, *unlikely* to harm the amp when used thus for long periods (all day long, when it's...

" Dave xxxx " ** Soooo - Dave xxxx is actually '' Dave Whitt " I imagined it must be " Dave Nazi " !!!

Ok, so who knows a bit about measuring audio power ? Setting aside any furious arguments about peak power, rms power, average power, backpeddling average peak music power on any given friday in March etc, does an audio power meter sum the power in both half cycles to arrive at a reading, or just one. I guess what I'm asking is half wave reccy ahead of the meter, or full wave bridge ? Arfa

I've just had a couple of enlightening but also depressing experiences. 1. I accepted a design commission for a bike to be sold through an expensive department store. Bikes are essentially frame designs fitted up with off-the shelf mechanicals from only three manufacturers, wheels and handlebars and saddles from not all that many more makers, and various bits and bobs from not a huge choice of...

Nice chap and his wife have just left here after buying my valve tester. He has just bought (yet another, apparently) Bakelite radio from a 'house clearance' company near where he lives and this time it included a box of 15 valves which he almost said he didn't want, but his wife said take 'em anyway... Apart from anything else, there a 5 pcs. unused NOS PX4 in original boxes and wrappers -...

To all those Pommies (and the rest of the world) who have been the target of abuse from a supposed Australian, I need to raise a few points. 1. We are not sure he is Australian!! 2. We believe his forefathers may have come from the British Isles. 3. You must understand that no sane person acts in this way......... 4. Don't get too high and mighty about Aussies in general, we do have the...

A friend recently bought quite cheaply an old 8000A amp. He only wanted to use the power amp sections, but one channel is now misbehaving. Hence he has asked me if I can investigate and fix it. Since I am unfamiliar with the circuit details, and know the design is held in high regard I am using the chance to learn something about it. :-) Alas, he has no documentation. Does anyone have a copy...

i have a turntable with a built in pre amp and a magnetic cartridge which i have connected to a seperate pre amp which i have then plugged into a microphone socket on my pc problems are 1) sound not playing through pc speakers 2) sound not recording on sound recorder?

Hi all Can anyone please give me the name and address of any company in the UK that sells high quality speaker parts (ie) tweeters , mid range and woofer units. regards Ken