Hi group, I have 2 hifi systems (well 5 actually) which I want to replace within the next year. I'm just getting back into Hifi and I would love any advice : The first is a Carver (C-1 / M-500t / TL-3300 Cd player with big 3way AR speakers on stands). Questions : How old is this system ? Is it completely outdated and outclassed by current equipment ? What would I need to spend to equal or...

Read the whole article at http://www.aloha-audio.com/library/FindingCG.html excerpt - "try and find a transistor circuit that can deliver 50V rms at less than 1% distortion with no feedback!" === Andy Evans === Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com Audio, music and health pages and interesting links.

I have been on the lookout for a 44.1/48/96kHz DAC for hi-fi use. The only device I found initially was produced by Meridian, and had a four figure price tag. On following some links posted here to broadcast equipment I tumbled on a Behringer sample rate converter that also has ADCs and DACs and costs less than two hundred...

"citizensband" wrote in message ... I know this is a little OT, however, I need to replace a lost remote central locking transmitter for my fathers Rover 115. The Rover main agent would like the extortionate sum of £95. IMHO, this is highway robbery! I'm not too hopeful, but any suggestions for an...

Well is it? Basically I'm restricted as to what I can add to my setup - at the moment - as my CD player/preamp is the Quad 99 CD-P. Anything I add has to be digital. I was thinking of a minidisc seperate as I own a oprtable minidisc player and it's not particularly reliable when it omes to recording entire albums, quite often completely missing information. So I'm looking for something a little...

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:11:18 +0000 (UTC), Jim H wrote: (I almost made the subject line CDR?! WTF!?) Someone in my house has been bugging me for a while to copy some of her DVDs onto CD (DivX) so she can watch them on her DVD-less computer. I finally gave in and told her to get me some blank CDs. The ones she gave me are 'audio' discs. It betrays...

Hello knowledgeable hifi specialists What exactly is a remastered track ? I'm thinking of buying a few CDs of my favourite music from the 60s and 70s (e.g. Cream, Led Zeppelin, etc.) and there seems to be a choice between originals and remastered. What's better ? What's the difference ? Best regards and TIA from Ray

Here ya go darlin's - knock yerselves out on these speaker cables: Siltech Signature G6 - only £30,000 a pair...... Find 'em on http://www.siltechcables.com/nfhomepa.html Noise floor of 180 dB - how can they *not* be worth the money? Beats the crap out of that 79 strand 70p/m unbranded ****e you lot use.......

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:21:35 +0100, "MrBitsy" wrote: For the techies the Arcam had two 24 bit dacs where the Kandy has one 18 bit dac. The Kandy however is the most detailed sounding player! Is the Kandy mono then? --

0.5m long, mint condition, £85 new - £30 delivered in UK. Thanks Nige

The EggKing in uk.rec.audio: I find this program very useful for visualising audio http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/gram.html -- Jim H

"Stephen Judge" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me if this pre-amp has remote control ? **I don't talk to people from the future. You know, that pesky time/causality thing and all. Travel to our time and maybe someone can answer you. --

A great deal of comment is made about the hyperbole surrounding the advertising copy for many high end audio products. Some of this hyperbole makes some sense. Much does not. Much deserves to be criticised accordingly. However, we rarely see comments about mass market products. I thought you'd enjoy these words I found in the Marantz SR18 receiver service manual: --- DTS An amazing new...

"Dave Plowman" wrote in message ... In article , The EggKing wrote: I believe good reception of an FM broadcast is far superior (FAR superior) to a DAB broadcast. If only for the simple reason the signal is everything else before it is sent for DAB...

Hi - could someone advise me of the best way to hook these 2 (Audiolab 8000c and cambridge A75, 4 metres apart) up? At the moment I'm using a 5 metre £3.99 phono cable from Maplins and it does sound superb, at least compared to the 8000a. The problem with all this is i'm not sure I could reliably tell the difference between cables (been there etc), so I suppose I'm asking about the 'most...

"The EggKing" wrote in message ... I know a couple of Beeb radio guys. If I can fnid out for you I will. I do know that R3 is given more bandwidth than any other station, for obvious reasons. I believe good reception of an FM broadcast is far superior (FAR superior) to a DAB broadcast. If only for the simple reason the signal...

The EggKing wrote: What is digital quality audio? I have never heard such an ambiguous term in my life. It's finger lickin' good!

Hi I just bought a "previously enjoyed" NAD 5120 turntable, but with no manual. Can anyone help wiht simple setup information please? Thanks, Keith

"The EggKing" wrote in message ... I'm not eactly sure how to word this but I must as it has bugged me for some time now: If an encoder has a cutoff frequency (eg. 15KHz in NICAM), to prevent aliasing or any other problems, is the 'shape' of he wave preserved within the data produced?

I'm about to set up a pc based audio system and have a thousand and one questions. It appears that there's little discussion of this topic on this NG. Can anyone recommend where I should be looking (websites, forums etc). Thanks.