I have one. I wanna sell it to defray somewhat the cost of a power amp. Dunno how much to ask for it really. It's the model with the nice grey painted diecast case, not the one with the flimsy bent metal sheet cover. Ideas?

At present I have an Arcam Alpha 5 CD player working through an Alpha 9 amp and Mission Cyrus speakers. I'd like to upgrade the CD player, but can't make up my mind on how much to spend/ what CD unit to buy. I'd like to stick with Arcam. Question - I know the CD player technology has moved on a fair pace since I bought my Alpha 5, but I can't decide between these two players - The now...

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Hi, Sorry, my post on Zafira CD changers should have gone to the uk.rec.audio.car newsgroup, but I mis-typed. Your group is pretty interesting though, think I'll stick around! Richard

Hi all, I have just become the proud owner of my wife's Zafira, into which I would like to install the Sony HUD and 10-CD changer from my old car. The HUD is no problem, I can figure out the wiring and as far as I can tell there is choice of two steering control adapters, depending on whether I want to include the remote display or not. The problem is where to locate the changer!

It's a long shot I know, but does anyone have any experience of 'The Bug'?? http://www.thebug.com/ 'Sound quality', build quality etc.??? Me much-loved stereo tuners are emitting a terrible, continual interference these days (both of them) which I can't tune out. I've been mono for a while now (don't bother me - I like mono) but, short of an aerial that will seriously bugger up all the Feng...

Iain said that he really enjoyed the exchange of info and ideas and asked me to pass his best regards to Keith, Andy, Jim and Dave, etc but said he unfortunately couldn't continue in the group under the present circumstances. I'm now getting some very interesting info from Iain by email & I'm sure he won't mind me passing a bit on... "I met the saxophone players from the Duke Ellington...

Does anyone know if there's much difference between VDH The Bay and D 102 MkIII cables, both highly rated by the hifi press? I've just bought a Cyrus system and wonder whether it would be worth upgrading from The Bay interconnects, which sound a little 'thin' now. Or would Cyrus' own interconnects be better? For info, I need to connect CD player to integtrated amp and integrated to power...

I noticed with both my old Mission 752Fs, and now my jizzmatic Dynaudios, that the position for optimum treble for each ear is _extremely_ narrow; something like +/- 1cm laterally. It seems not so easy to check vertically, but logically, I think the situation ought to be the same. And we're not talking big radiators here; in both cases, the tweeters are about 2cm - 2.5cm diameter.

Having been away from audio for a long time, I am now looking to upgrade from KEF 104ab, an speaker, probably similar to Spendor and Rogers models. I would prefer a floorstander, but not much larger footprint than my present speakers (ie, no Quads or Maggies). This is for 2-channel stereo, not home theater. Please suggest suitable brands and models. Friends have suggeted Spendor, Proac and...

Here's one for the passionate folk out there... and anyone whose been known to don the tartan and/or sing Auld Lang Syne. Thought you'd like to know that there's a film about Robert Burns showing online at newportcinema. See http://www.newportcinema.com/freeview/robertburns This is a stream (no downloads reqd ). Rich

OK, another one for all you who haven't managed to get a box at the opera tonight: My recent Chinky EL34 amp acquisition comes with fixed bias and trimpots and no damn instructions. I don't know - is the *bias* fixed by the valve type, the circuit (which I suspect it does) or by this figure which all four valves are (rather conveniently) labelled with: '1a: 31 mA' and 'S: ' - (wossat one?)

Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular audio formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about pictures and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue stereo output as well. TIA Ken

Listen to the Archers the old way ;-) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5721046616 Dave

OK, the sub's down - it's resting on a crumbling ledge and the least noise or vibration will send it sliding into the icy, black, bottomless, crushing depths below. To make matters worse, the cook has just used up a sack of Brussels Sprouts which were a tad past their Sell By and now the crew have all got chronic wind. The situation's desperate - it's only a matter of time... Woah! Woah!...

Anyone seen one of these yet and been able to get a demo ? Specification wise the thing looks very good .... but that aint gonna matter if it sounds pap. http://www.hermstedt.com/english/hifidelio/hifidelio.html Regards, Andy.

Is because I ****ING SAY SO! I gotta be outta here 30 minutes ago, so I'll be *real* brief: I'm getting a bit hacked off with being branded the bad guy here by people who have either not been board for than a few minutes (and therefore have no damn clue) or have got selective vision and/or choose to ignore the *many* times I have said: I have a nearly 50/50 split of valve and SS amps

It could be interesting to see where ng members spend their time on the net - there are several HiFi forums these days, and the information could give some useful pointers for where to visit. Maybe we could list the groups we use, with brief details why and what's useful or bad. Andy Andy Evans: www.audioasylum.com - great for DIY and a very good search engine. Very good posters, and a lot of...

I've been looking at units for 2 way boxes. I guess that generally these are going to come in 140mm and 170mm for smaller boxes. There's a good index on http://members.aol.com/NmacSmith/f3mfg.htm though this omits information like diameter of driver. The choices for 170mm are huge - this seems to be the standard size for a 2-way these days. However, I thought I'd start with the 140mm ones in case...

Hi All, I've just moved house, and despite packing my CD separate in it's original box, it's now broken :-( It's a NAD C520 and when I put a CD in, the disc spins up, there's a couple of clicking noises then the display says "Err" and that's it. I've taken it apart (it's out of guarantee) and can't find anything obvious wrong.