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I've just been given a mini-system - Denon D-110. The type that's connected with ribbons. Anyway, it all lights up and appears to operate, but no sound. Low level of hiss increases when the volume control turned up, very slight signal on phono, but nothing through aux or the other components. Opened it up and checked all the fuses - fine. However,...

I'm currently doing occasional 'batches' of LP - digital transfers. This is enjoyable as I keep finding discs I'd forgotten about, etc. However I'm starting to get the impression that my Technics direct-drive turntable is slowing down when switched off more quickly than previously. This makes me wonder if it is time for me to add a tiny spot of the right kind of oil to its bearing. Not oiled it...

As subject line, I have one of these cassette decks sitting around with a broken tooth on the spindle idler. (It's 20 years old so has probably gone a bit brittle). This causes a jolt every revolution which upsets the sound. Any ideas where I'd be able to a. find out what the part number is, and b. source one for a reasonable cost? (Our local repair shop closed down many years ago sadly, as...

This is on my local group:- *********** Stereo - Consonance Audio Reference 880 valved integrated amp and Reference 2.2 CD player I'm offering these items through Freecycle rather that selling them because while they are in working order now they have been repaired in the past. They are probably only of value to a hobbyist of valved audio equipment. The items are twelve years old. The...

I've got a 1993 Sony cassette deck - K611S - and the capstan motor has recently started making a loudish hum. I tried a little lithium grease on the spindle, and the noise diappeared for a few minutes. The pitch varies when the speed adjustment screw is twiddled. The part (X33566461) appears out of stock everywhere, and the fault does crop up on forums. I'm reluctant to chuck too much money...

I am trying force my temperamental CD player back in line. It has always had a somewhat troubled personality. It often refused to play the last few tracks of a few of my CDs. It has come up with a new trick lately. It refuses to even acknowledge the existence of certain CDs (they work fine in all other players I try) and in some cases it ignores certain tracks. I started by cleaning the...

OK, I know this is the wrong group but there are plenty of experts here... I inherited a Panasonic P-AX100E HD projector, which is quite good apart from the infamous yellowish blob due to a burned blue polarizer. Any idea where I can get spares? Panasonic UK are not helpful. It seems a shame to throw it out for the sake of two small pieces of pink plastic film. --

I've just installed Linux (Debian stable version) on an unused laptop I had lying around (no mean feat considering I'm no computer or engineering geek!) which I use to listen to Radio 3 through the BBC iPlayer. Browser is Google Chrome. The audio is streamed through the usb output into an M2Tech HiFace digital audio interface and then onto a Cambridge Audio DacMagic. Is there a simple way of...

Those electret microphone capsules are quite good but omnidirectional. Is there any way to modify them to give a different pattern? Modify the case, or some suitable shaped enclosure? There are some digital recorders available with what looks, though I haven't looked too closely, like two electret capsules at right angles. If they are omnidirectional, they wouldn't give much stereo effect....

I have 60 plus wma tracks downloaded during 2009/2010 from Napster. When I try to play any of them I get a message indicating that the DRM information cannot be accessed. When Napster was acquired by Rhapsody I backed up the DRM licence files via Windows Media Player. Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody...

On 10/03/2013 19:12, Mike O'Sullivan wrote: On 10/03/2013 11:15, Phil Allison wrote: **See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/21732679 "Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has said the people's wishes are not relevant." That is not very diplomatic, those sound like fighting words.

......simultaneously and synchronously? I use a wlan and WMP as a DNLA server to stream to a remote audio system in the lounge. Works fine and I can have music in the lounge as well as music from a second instance of WMP here in my office. Question: Sometimes it would be handy to play the same stream in both locations. Is there a simple, preferably free, way to do this? I've done some...

Couple of interesting bits of kit, wondering what the collective think. DAC/Pre-amp http://www.richersounds.com/product/dacs/cambridge-audio/dacmagic-plus/camb-dacmagic-plus-b http://tinyurl.com/d99b6k3 I've got an older version of this, but without the preamp. It has a USB-in, and, from the manual:

Hi, Just to let people know I've now written an initial webpage on how the user can set up their Linux sound system. All being well, I'll add a couple of more pages in due course to cover more of the topic. First page done, at http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Linux/ALSA/ALSAforUsers.html Slainte,

Hi, During the last week or so I finally changed over to broadband for my connection. One of the things I have since started to explore is 'internet radio'. However I haven't yet found much that is interesting. Wondering if this is because I haven't yet looked in the right places, or if it isn't present! :-) My interest is in three areas of music.

Hi, I have just acquired one of these little mixers and I must say that so far I'm quite pleased with it. I have downloaded the ASIO driver from their site and installed it into Win7pro but when I try to record into Adobe Audition I get light clicking, either on record or playback or both, which sounds to my ears like a clocking issue. At present I'm just using the standard, on-board Realtek HD...

Hi, if you put two similar (ferrite ring) speaker magnet assemblies down on a smooth surface - what do you expect will happen when you try to put one up against the other ? Has anyone here really try it ??

I had the classic FM4 problem with the station presets not retaining the station frequency when the unit was switched off. I obtained and fitted a new battery about a month ago and all worked well. However two days ago the presets were again lost. Anyone any views if this could just be a duff battery or is there another potential cause. For background information the unit was switched off for...

Probably good for measuring the noise level of a motorcycle exhaust or taping to the bell of a saxophone. Has anyone else here tried one and got it to work on speech at a normal level? Even with the gain set to max, normal speech is at about -50dB, only slightly higher than the noise floor. And in typical Behringer fashion, the manual is crap. I don't know if the volume control is purely...