Hi, Having just bought some Marantz separates including a TT-130 turntable I note from the manual that the cueing switch should allow the arm/stylus to drop gently onto the record. At present the cueing is a straight (stylus busting) drop - would this be lack of oil to dampen the thing or what ? I'd be very grateful as although stylii for these decks are not that expensive I can't afford to...

OK Martin, how's this for a bright idea? http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/itemsforsale/itemsforsale.htm If you post prices you scare people off, if you (I, not 'you') don't post prices you (you, not 'I') start moaning at me! So I've turned my For Sale page into a mini *non eBay auction* - people email me with a 'maximum bid' and either win there and then or I say 'Reserve Not Met'!! (They...

As I have mentioned in the past, I get a trickle of correspondence from idiots who just don't seem to be able to settle for a stack of 'safe name' gear and 'flavour of the month' speakers. Here's another one in this morning I know will be of interest to one or two he --------------------------------------------------------- Hi Keith, I thought you may care to know my impressions of a...

Somebody posted this link in nz.general. With the London connection, I thought it possibly might be of interest he- http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7A1F752F-5C10-47C2-A413-040E89ABA824.htm

Hi Everyone, The latest DigiFreq music product contest is underway. For this contest, we're giving away some MIDI Loops packages from Groove Monkee. Here's a description of the contest: "First Prize includes ALL 7 Groove Monkee MIDI loop libraries (7,000+ beats! Funk/Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Jazz, Electronic, Metal and Country - this includes BFD files too).

OK, I'll take the opportunity to punt my 'Items For Sale/Swap' page again while it's quiet!! (When is it ever not??) I've listed a ton of stuff: http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/itemsforsale/itemsforsale.htm ......to reduce my toy pile a bit. (No, not a 'bit' - *drastically*!!) (I haven't been doing too well so far - I've replaced virtually every bit of

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This'll entertain you: Yesterday, I got a call from the owner's son of the (hifi/telly) shop my mate Shiny Nigel works in: 'I've got something here that might be of interest to you?? Intriguing, but I wasn't expectatious - that grabber eBays anything and every thing worth having that comes in by way of p/x. Turns out he had 'about a hundred' LPs that an 'audiophile' had left there and was I...

Hi, I'm setting up a parallel configuration of 23 sets of Sony SRS-A205 active speakers in work to be fed from a streaming radio feed from a PC. The input impedence of the amp in each active speaker is 4.7kOhms (at 1Khz). The speaker wire runs approx 400 meters in total. I gather that I don't need a substantial power amp between the PC and the speakers considering the speakers have amps present...

Some kind members of this group explained to me that my open-reel tapes suffered from 'sticky shed' syndrome and gave me links to sites that explained how to bake tapes. However, most of my tapes are on plastic hubs, which presumably would melt during baking. Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem, or point me to someone who would sell me or lend me some metal hubs that I could...

I bought Cool Edit 2000 prior to it being taken over by Adobe, but now I've lost the installer .exe file. I found a copy of the installer exe file on the net, downloaded it and installed it, but it doesn't allow you to enter the serial number, so I can't use it to save anything because the 30-day trial period has run out. Does anyone know where else I can download Cool Edit 2000 from? (the...

I'm currently upgrading some of my hi-fi here, and just got an old Technics SL-1800 off eBay, with an Ortofon VM20E cartridge attached. If only I knew what a difference it would have made to using my old Sony midi deck, I would have done this years ago. The difference in sound from just changing the deck alone is astonishing. I've only had a chance to play Ultravox Vienna so far, which was my...

Does anyone have any experience of the relative merits of active, noise cancelling headphones as opposed to passive, ear canal type isolating earphones ? I want to get a set to use with an MP3 player on trains and planes. At the same time I would also like to be able to use them with a radio at motor race meetings. My requirement is to be able to listen at sensible ( low) volumes. Decent...

(Don Pearce) wrote: Just as your supposed "diagram" didn't show what a ground loop is, your "evidence" isn't evidence. Your posting was essentially an assertion that if you connect up a microphone wrongly, it doesn't work properly. Now maybe you don't understand why you shouldn't connect a microphone the way you suggest, but it is a fact. My web site evidence...

http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1401&src_t=wnw http://www.djstore.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=ionittusb A doddle!! :-)

OK, it's clearance time again! I got rid of a nice lot of stuff a while back, but I am again *awash* with kit!! http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/itemsforsale/itemsforsale.htm This time I'm serious and it'll go on eBay shortly, I'm falling over stuff here!

Hi Everyone, The largest and most important show of the season for audiophiles has ended and have many photos and lots of info online. There were many new products released and even a few really tweaky amazing things. Please see http://www.enjoythemusic.com/munich2006/ Enjoy the Music,

I'm going to be selling my Maggies, 1.6Rs in black, with a lovely cherry(?) frame. Anyone interested, or have any idea of the best place to sell. I'm tempted by Ebay, but I've yet to see any planar type speakers on there. I'm down near Brighton & can of course Demo. Come complete with original boxes & magnets for ribbon tweeters. I'm not sure what they are worth, as they don't come up too...

Hi, I have a SONY 55ES DAT machine. It requires a repair. I know, probably not worth it but I LIKE DAT! Can anyone point me to a service centre that can deal with SONY DAT? I used to use SAS (Leeds) but seem to have closed down. Richard.

Hello, uk.rec.audio I have a Denon PMA-250SE with the phono pre-amp fitted. I have no need to connect a record player to the amplifier. I also have a need for an additional line-level input. I understand the phono pre-amp is an add-on to the amplifier.