As of yesterday the DAB signal strength in North Norfolk seems to have dropped dramatically. I am near the coast at Holt and both my dab radios keep dropping out and the signal strength bars have dropped to at or below the minimum acceptable. Anyone know what has caused this? is it a transmitter problem?/ Cheers Ian

I've got an old ( 5yrs) pair of recently obtained ATC SCM7 speakers. Something sounded wrong from the off, and I think I've isolated it as a faulty tweeter. One is distinctly louder than the other, and I can't reliably differentiate the LF units, which seem much the same. I've reached this conclusion by just connecting up the HF or LF connectors on the speaker terminal panel. Swapped...

On 1 Oct, 20:07, Dave Osborne wrote: I recently came across this (it's been around for ten years, but passed me by): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainclone Says it all really. HiFi as a concept is pretty dead for me. Almost everything audio sounds 'good enough' these days (if used in an appropriate context, natch).

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Anyone by any chance got a set of schematics for a Mission Cyrus amp to hand ? It has a small DC offset on one channel. Not large, but enough for the protect circuitry to see it as a problem. Unfortunately, I am seeing lots of tantalum bead caps in it ... :-( Arfa

Hi, Looking for a DAB radio to leave in the bathroom! Main problem is reception - it seems to be a weak signal - so sensitivity is an issue. Also must run on batteries so battery life is a consideration. Does not need any fancy features - radios 3 and 4! Any ideas? Thanks,

Surprised no-one else seems to have mentioned this here yet. :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/audioexperiment/ Slainte, Jim -- Please use the address on the audiomisc page if you wish to email me.

Hi all, I have an old Sharp AM/FM receiver with an 8-track player. Made in Japan ca. 1975 or something. It had a BSR turntable which was broken. I removed the seized turntable, cleaned the whole unit, sprayed all the pots, replaced the three little 6V bulbs behind the black/green tuner window, and it is fabulous. It's built like a tank and weighs a ton. The pots feel like military grade...

Time to return to tech-talk. In a modest-sized room (by horn standards anyway) I want to rig up a singleton of my modded semi-Fidelio bicor horns for Lowther PM6A. I thought I'd do the monoing in a specially made 1 metre cable between the CD player and the power amp. The QUAD CD expects to see at least 10K impedance on its outputs. Output of the CD player is 2Vrms and about 0.5Vrms of that is...

Apologies to some who may have seen this query elsewhere. I have recently acquired a 'shoe-box' Yamaha unit with DAB and FM and each has its own antenna connection (F and B-L respectively.) I have UHF/FM/DAB antennas all combined (on individual inputs) by a Televes loft amp/distribution, so TV and radio - required at the same place - will come down one cable. I'm sure I've seen somewhere...

I have a pair of ATC SCA50 active speakers. They make a great sound but the amplifiers run all the time, even when there's no signal to amplify. Since they run in class A there is a significant current draw 24/7. As they are at opposite sides of the room, turning them off involves two switches and doesn't get done unless we're going away. My previous Bowers Active 1s had an audio signal...

Paul G asks: "hat is the best way to protect a speaker from destruction if the amp is sufficiently powerful, and you have no control over volume? It happens.... the kids have fun with your stereo, the grounds come loose on the inputs (huge buzz), the system oscillates, etc." I don't know if you want to design and build your own stuff from scratch, Paul, or merely want to buy a plug-in protector....

With the distinction between audio/vidio/audiovisial becoming more blurred than ever, I guess this is as good a place as any other to enqui anyone got any experience or particular knowledge of these catchy-looking li'l puppies? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShJeLR_Vw_4&feature=related Amongst a positive *pleth* of file format handling possibilities and every which way connectivity,...

hiFace make a USB to S/PDIF which sells for about £100. Can anyone recommend an alternative product offering better quality for a similar price, or a similar quality at a lower price ?

Does music have a purpose? Is it important? Should an audio engineer know? Any ideas, and links, appreciated. Ian

I was flicking through a magazine in a waiting room the other day that was so current (September 2010) and so incredible I stole it! According to What HiFi Sound & Vision's 'Ultimate Guide to High End' the world's 'best kit' includes items priced as follows: Digital Media Player - Meridian Soolos 2.1 @ £7,000 CD Players - Naim CD555/555PS @ £16,395

Just had an update on the second* driver replacement for a 7 year old Contour speaker. The glue had failed along a 1cm join, at the point where the rubber surround meets the driver cone. All fixed, new woofer, for £135. However, the retailer was instructed not to allow me to keep the broken driver. This is policy and all replacement drivers are only supplied to authorised dealers on this...

"notme" wrote in message ... hello everyone i am in a lucky position as a relative left me all his gear(before he departed for other shores) amplifiers with valves in them the biggest being a beard 100, leak tl20, musical fidelity with huge black knobs and separate power,scott 299, quad 2,quad33/303 (which i am...

Does anyone know what this is /likely/ to be: http://www.roksan.co.uk/roksan/roksanpage.php?pageno=6# 3in1, some grade of motor oil, some hybrid concoction? Rob

In article , notme wrote: hello everyone i am in a lucky position as a relative left me all his gear(before he departed for other shores) amplifiers with valves in them the biggest being a beard 100, leak tl20, musical fidelity with huge black knobs and separate power,scott 299, quad 2,quad33/303 (which i am using at...