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Andre Jute wrote: One of the symptoms of Stewart Pinkerton's disease which distances him from sane people is his unshakeable certainty that the truth is whatever he wishes it to be, without any reference to objective reality. Indeed, he has no objective reality. Here is a brilliant example. The one thing everyone knows about himself with absolute certainty is his name. Yet...

Poopie Troll-Bear is itching for a bitching. I suspect the influence of the music has long ceased to be of importance to such embittered souls as 'George Middius' and his ilk. Who's in charge of feeding the Bear this week? Please live up to your responsibilities.

FO/Swap: ELAC speaker drive units ! ELAC UK (later Electro Acoustic Company) drive units : 3x TW4/17 tweeters (+ 1x same open circuit thrown in for free). 90mm dia cones in a 100mm dia body with 4 mtg holes at 115mm PCD. 2x 10RM/212 woofers 22cm dia cones in a 25.5cm dia chassis (10"), with 4 mounting holes at 245mm PCD

WTD: Info on ELEC UK TW4/17 and 10RM/212 drive units I rescued a pair of homebrew speakers a few years ago, and during my spring cleaning, I rediscovered them in the loft. Boxes are a bit tatty, but the basic sound is surprisingly good. Inside there are ELAC (UK, not Germany) drive units : TW4/17 tweeters x2 and a 10RM/212 woofer. Crossover is a simple 2uF capacitor to the 2 HF units which...

Serge Auckland wrote: It's undeniably true that no hi-fi equals the live experience, although a very few recordings come close.I think you are right that any solution will involve an electronic implementation. You may be interested in the work Fraunhofer IDMT and Lawo AG have done in Germany on soundfield synthesis. They have taken a surround signal, and calculated what the soundfield...

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Why don't THD and IMD measurements, or any other presently available technical measurements, predict which amplifiers will be preferred by cultured listeners? Andre Jute

In the Sunday Telegraph, an endorsement for Audio Note: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/01/22/svturnon22.xml -- Eiron I have no spirit to play with you; your dearth of judgment renders you tedious - Ben Jonson.

I've finally got round to setting up a hard disk based music system - ie a PC + Musical Fidelity DAC. I'm ripping CDs to uncompressed wavs with EAC - no problems there, but after that it gets a bit confusing. I'm using Foobar2000 to play the tracks as this seems to be the software of choice. However, although powerful, it seems to be a very unforthcoming beast with a learning curve like the North...

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Hello boys! I have an excellent DAC (Chris Found V-DAC4) which takes coax, optical, firewire and XLR inputs. I've used the optical and coax up to now with CD and DVD transports. If I want to go on and connect my computer up to it, what are my best options. I have an ordinary PC with a standard output - no extra soundcard. I might buy one because I want to connect up my MIDI keyboard. Ideas? -...

I have a pair of Warfedale speakers that have worked great for 30+ years. I love 'em ! However, one of the woofers has developed cracks/holes in the rubber surround. I can see that there are plenty of (none uk) companies offering generic repair kits but nothing that seems to exactly fit these units. Also, most of them are offering foam surrounds, not rubber. The cones are 247 mm dia and the...

Evans, noting that etiquette is important on newsgroups, has been consulting a thread on rec.etiquette.uk and came across this posting, which may help: My name is Miss Debrett and I teach etiquette. My motto is" In the professional world, the way you interact with others says a lot about your values and how you do business. Learn how to project polite and professional appeal." I have had a...

I would ideally like remote volume control on my Stax energiser, which is out of reach of my listening position. However, I've not found any gadget to enable this. I currently have it directly connected to my DAC, but I'm planning on connecting the dac to my pre and running the variable out of my preamp (which allows remote volume) to my Stax. My only niggling concern is that there are 2 volume...

http://www.needles-and-spins.co.uk/pd_project_perspective_turntable_black.cfm -- Dave www.davewhitter.myby.co.uk Music is Art - Audio is Engineering Steam is Fun

Coupla gay mates from my days in the theatre are getting hooked and have asked me to devise a pink theme meal. The difficult thing is actually a pale pink sauce that tastes like something on warm food.This is my solution, here described for the complete dish I made on trial at home for my family: Lay out and prepare the ingredients for tagliatelli with chicken in a white sauce plus a bottle of...

"Bon" wrote in message ... I'm thinking of buying a pair of Monitor Audio RS5 speakers: http://www.monitoraudio.com/products/silver/series/rs5.htm I know almost nothing about hifi equipment, but I need to replace my aged speakers. The RS5s would be powered by a Nakamichi 530 (80W), and used in a medium sized living room to...

Hello, I have just bought a new shelf for my turntable, and unfortunately, my CD player is too wide for it. The thing was only cheap, so I am looking for some advice about how I can upgrade. What I need (please) is any information on a separates CD player that is no wider than 12.5 inches (30cms). Models would be great, and anyones experience of the piece would be useful. Can anyone help?

Hello, I have just bought a new shelf for my turntable, and unfortunately, my CD player is too wide for it. The thing was only cheap, so I am looking for some advice about how I can upgrade. What I need (please) is any information on a separates CD player that is no wider than 12.5 inches. Models would be great, and anyones experience of the piece would be useful. Can anyone help?