Chinese amps are like Chinky take-outs - as soon as you've had one you want another!! My 'Bezzer B' is fekkin' *blinding* (OK, so the volume pot has gone West, but the Seller is sending me an Alps....): http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/bez/bezt3b-3.htm And then I see this one:

I have downloaded (and paid for) music tracks from the MSN music store .The downloaded tracks are in .wma format protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management). My media player (Squeezebox http://www.slimdevices.com/) will not play these files - so I wish to convert them to unprotected mp3. Using Windows Media player I have successfully burned the downloaded .wma files to a CD and then ripped...

I bought an ex-demo model of this CD player from a reputable dealer a couple of week back. Apart from having to sacrifice an optical out for my minidisc recorder, I've been very pleased with the sound apart from one serious flaw - a large number of discs are mechanically noisy where they are virtually silent when played on an ancient Pioneer PD-8500 the Rotel replaces. Is the Rotel or...

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That chap who sells audio near you from his house has another web site now http://www.audioauctionhouse.co.uk/ -- Dave www.davewhitter.myby.co.uk

In a schematic for Radford's FN12 crossover, used in all the Radford models S360, SIO360, S270, M180 and T90, there is a resonant circuit in the midrange section, an in series LC circuit with a .47 microF cap and a coil named T2173. I suppose this is meant to dampen some kind of resonance in the mid drivers, but WHICH driver is it supposed to be used with? You can look at C4/L3 in the schematic...

Hi Everyone, The latest DigiFreq music product contest is underway. For this contest, we're giving away the Sound Forge 8 professional audio editing software from Sony Media Software. Here's a description of the product: "Sound Forge software is the tool of choice for media professionals who want to create and edit digital audio files with absolute speed and precision. Acclaimed for its power,...

Hi All, and thanks for any help for this newbie. My new flat mate has a good quality stereo (~300 GBP amp, 450 GBP speakers). I tried plugging my laptop in, and compared the one album we both had (his on CD, mine in mp3 format). The difference was amazing, with the CD sounding so much better I thought about getting rid of my whole collection. I did wonder if it may be the sound card...

Stupid speaker question time: I have a pair of (roughly) 18 year old Maudant Short MS20's, which sound reasonably good, but lack a little base. I'm tarting up the cabinets (just new veneer and grille cloth), and wondered about the feasibility of adding a base port at the same time? The woodwork involved would be no issue, and I can buy the actual flared ports easily enough, but I don't know...

I think I've worked out how to hook up my existing subwoofer to my amp, but I'd be grateful if someone in the know could tell me if I've got this right. The sub was part of a home theatre system, so doesn't have instructions for connecting it to anything different. I have: - An active mono subwoofer with a single RCA input. - A stereo integrated amp with (currently linked) pre-amp out and...

Here is an interesting read concerning DRMed CDs: http://www.sysinternals.com/Blog/

I'm having a clear out and have a few items on Ebay... click below for more details... http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZorbscureQQhtZ-1 Thanks for looking, Cheers, Peter

Among speaker projects I am thinking about, now that I am reitred, is a 1972 Bailey t-line system. The cabinet seems no big problem; Bailey has all the necessary measurements in his article. Driver choices and passive three-way crossover deisgn seem much more difficult. My budget is not impressive, so I would like to build the crossovers myself, but I don't know enough to design them. Any...

Some 25 years ago I built a couple of Radford Monitor 180 with drivers left over from a pair of Radford Studio 360, where one of the speakers was burned out. I remember there was some difficulty with the crossovers. For impedance reasons, I could not use the same ones as in the Studio 360. However, I never got neither hardware nor schematics from Radford, so I ended up building my own, with next...

Where the hell is all going to end? Look at what this went for: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F5827770404_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1&item=5827770404&rd=1 OK, it'll have a hundred quid shipping to go on it (they are waking up to the 'postage premium' scams) but even then it's *loopy* value for the price. The chassis, knobs and trannie covers...

Gentle uk.rec.audio reader, First, my apology for cross-posting to this NG. Be assured that this is a one-off. It will never happen again. My sole purpose is to draw your attention to what I believe are dubious practices by Amazon.co.uk. I also believe that at stake here is freedom of expression. Amazon have rejected my reader review of a novel by John McGahern. In

It's time to terminate the accounts of people who abuse the usenet to insite violent & race hate That person has been posting extremely racist posts all over the newsgroups & I thing it is disgusting that he still has an account. Surely he should not be allowd to just get away it, when people go-around posting all that nasty

I have on the back of my amp typical standard RCA input connections such as Aux, Tape, CD, Phono, etc. I also have a PC computer, and I like listening to MP3s which I listen to by using a lead going from my PC soundcard going into the back of the amp - it's currently plugged in to the Aux connection. But does it make any difference if I plug the PC lead in to any of the other amp connections,...

I have a pair of Monitor Audio MA2 speakers, possibly 20+ years old, which I don't really want. Are they worth anything? -- Michael Chare

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5828687055 having a clear out -- could be yours for a tenner. Cheers