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Greetings, Looking for a budget amp + cd around the 300 pounds mark (ex speakers and cables). I saw in local Richer Sounds the new Cambridge Audio 340a and 340c at 150 pounds per box. The RS guy only had it in a few weeks and had not tested it, nor are there reviews yet. Anyone got one and can provide feedback ? Thanks Niall

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Hi, I'm looking to buy a set of decent PC speakers. Does anyone have any recommendations in the £30-£70 price range? Thanks.

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Please could someone give me any information on a song that used to be played on The Late Lounge, I stumbled upon the Late Lounge some 7 mths after it first started when Clare Anderson was presenting it, so that gives you some idea how long ago this was. Because the song is instrumental there are no lyrics but I have discovered they have used voice overs from the film "Body Heat".

New Stuff, I am not sure if I have posted already, but my memory is crap :-) and getting worse I thought it was time to add to my collection and try and balance it as there is plenty of Quad in my collection so I decided to add a Naim set up :-) a 202 pre amp 200 power 05 tuner and CDX2 cd player and a little power supply that powers some of the pre amp 202

Dear all, I've been trying hard, through looking through the archives and newsgroups, etc as well as reading up, about compression. As a newbie, I understand WHAT compression is supposed to achive - more or less, still learning. But I am still stuck at HOW you actually apply it. Do you apply compression to an incoming signal as it is played "live", or do you apply it to a pre-recorded track...

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I have owned this for a year and am moving across to a Classik Movie which has its own tuner in it. So I am reluctantly selling it. This is a Silver model. The Pekin is Linn's latest tuner and was a significant improvement on the Kudos which it replaced. This has the slimline Swicthed Mode PSU inside. Comes with high quality interconnect. Remote Control, fully Boxed and its in absolutely lovely...

Hi, Looking to replace my bi-wired speaker cable terminations. My local hi-fi dealer is selling banana plugs at £1.50 which are the ones which don't need soldering. Does anyone know where I purchase these online cheaper? Are they as easy to fit as the dealer says?

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Anybody know what happens if you split the signal from a source 2 ways (to 2 amplifiers) with a '1 goes into 2' RCA phono adaptor?? Is the signal weaker? Does it matter if the signal is a) only being used by one amp or b) used by both amps at the same time (unlikely)??? Apologies if this sounds dim, but I have no real idea and I have the adaptors and the need....

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JJSmithin wrote: After looking at my workspace, my PC is in a corner and I dont have that much room for midsize or book shelf size monitors on either side of it or to place reasonably so I can work and listen without have to move my listening position. . So I started looking at mini size. M-Audio has the DX4 (8.5h x 5.75W x 6.25d) which is biamped and small for $150. Also there is...

In the "Amp swap disappointment" thread, below, Ian has said that it's possible to accurately measure the differences between each amp and, I would assume, judge just what it is about one amp that might make it preferable to another amp, to some listeners. Would it therefore be possible for someone to take a "straight-line" amp - and I'm happy to accept whatever you judge to be a representation...

Hi All, I've just bought (and am slowly getting to grips with...) a Denon DVD-2910 universal player and a Denon AVR-2805 receiver. I've been feeding them with a selection of CDs, DVD-As, DVD-Vs and SACDs, and on the whole am pretty pleased with the results. However, this evening I put on Peter Gabriel's new "Play" compilation DVD-A, which is one of the first releases to use DTS 96/24....