Can anyone recommend a USB soundcard to use with my laptop for the purposes of: Listening to mp3s and wavs stored on the hard drive; Recording stuff from various analogue sources - mainly records. A remote would be nice, and I'm prepared to pay 150UKP tops. TIA

The email address to send responses to the public consultation is . This consultation represents the last opportunity the general public has to express their views on the lamentable state of the audio quality on DAB, and to express their opposition to Ofcom's proposal that the commercial radio groups should be allowed to actually drop the bit rates of their stereo...

I'm interested in buying a personal MP3 player and the Sumvision one seems keenly priced at £50 for the 512Mb version. Are they any good? Is the sound quality a match for my 7 year old personal CD player? Any other's I should consider? Don't really want to go the whole hog and buy an iPOD. Thanks,

How would you compare the quality of cassette recordings as opposed to mp3's? I was about to throw out a few cassette albums thinking mp3 would be better (256kps+) and then I wondered would mp3 actually be better after all? Opinions?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67807&item=5755587149&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Hope this is of interest. PILOT FA-690 TUBE STEREO TUNER PREAMPLIFIER, 1950s Pilot FA-690 Stereo Tube Preamplifier, AM/FM Tuner. Unit has had one owner and has been kept in very good condition. Powers up just fine all the tubes light up. Still has many of the original Pilot Tubes.

Thanks, Pete. I found the switch where you said - pushed it over - and it worked! My eyes are not what they were and I simply did not see that small black-on-black slide switch. Life has now returned to normal! Thank you from the bottom of my stiff back which will shortly be exercised!!

Apologies if this is not the right group but I am going mad – if anyone can save my sanity please reply! I have the above Sony Walkman but no manual. The CD player must have been accidentally banged in my sports bag as it is now on "Hold", apparently a way of locking it down to prevent battery use if it is inadvertently switched on. I suspect this may already have happened in the bag as the...

Got the chance to buy a pair of these speakers for £45.. are they any good? Pharm.. -- Drop the dex to reply. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Dear all, I've recently been trying to convert some of my vinyl collection to a digital format. I did the following: * Got a connector cable with 3.5mm stereo plugs at both ends; * Plugged one plug into the phono jack of my hi-fi and the other into the line-in jack of my computer;

In article , Bob Latham wrote: Prompted by reading another cables thread I would like to ask the following. In a non balanced single channel link say pre to power. The cable has 2 separately insulated conductors within 1 screen. I believe the established best use is to use one conductor as the signal and the other as the ground/return with the...

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Folks, Has anyone got any real experience of successfully downloading tracks from Tesco (in format wma) and converting for CD (wav)? If so can you tell me whether, once I've got the track onto CD, can I then copy (rip) it as many times as I like without limit? Or does DRM protection somehow get built into the track and prevent this? Can you recommend a reliable cheap wma-to-wav convertor...

How can I mount a microphone inside a car, such that it doesn't pick up too much low frequency noise from vibration? Wrap it in foam rubber and tape it to something? -- Wally www.artbywally.com/FiatPandaRally/index.htm www.wally.myby.co.uk

In article , Bob Latham wrote: I've had a play with it a couple of times recently and been quite horrified by it. It has no bass, none at all. I would estimate nothing below 100Hz ever comes out of the thing. My only question is do other people find this with the FM4 or is it FM tuners in general? Well, if you look...

I posted about this a while back, but I thought people might like to know that there is now a body of people discussing it on the Cambridge Audio forum. CA are trying to get the problem fixed but have not said when that is likely to happen. http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/forums/view_messages.php?CID=4&TID=75&Title=640t+tuner Robert

Can anyone recommend a pair of modern smallish speakers for a Quad II setup? I'm currently using a 30 year old pair of Wharfdale Lintons (2 careful owners from new :-) ). These sound good, especially with jazz, but I wonder if a modern design might sound better? I assume most modern speakers are very insensitive compared to the old Lintons. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. John Smith.

In message , Bob Latham writes Prompted by reading another cables thread I would like to ask the following. In a non balanced single channel link say pre to power. The cable has 2 separately insulated conductors within 1 screen. I believe the established best use is to use one conductor as the signal and the other as...

Due to a fit of enthusiasm I bought a pair of these for £120 and soon realised I would never use them. These speakers are 3ft tall. Still in the boxes. 01865 391552 (Oxford area) if interested.

Hola . I have a few selected LP12 bits for sale. Useful for spares or for making your own LP12. I was going to build my own LP12 until I was offered a PT modded LP12 for a second system, so these are no longer required. All you need is a plinth a motor and an armboard of your choice juice it with a PSU and you have the basics of an LP12. Prefer to sell all as one lot asking £150 inc P&P

Hi A looking for a new CD player and would like to here if anyone here have any experience with the Marantz CD7300 and SA8400? I know that the CD7300 has got some very good review comments, but will I gain anything on CDs (not SACD) by buying the SA8400? What is you experience on that? Like to here your comments before I go out at start listening.