ebay auction. http://tinyurl.com/k20cable Ends tomorrow, grab yourself a bargain, currently just £10!

Hi, I've just put up another new page providing a web version of a HFN article. This one is the first in a series on Loudspeaker Cable use. The second will be put up in a while and looks at factors that run contrary to the conclusions of the first! (The aim being to show both sides of the argument. :-) ) The third article in the series is the results of a number of new

Hi, Just to let people know I've just put up a new page which looks at the effects of room acoustics and human hearing. In particular, to assess the amplifier powers people might need. For reasons that should be clear if you read it, the item is called "Imagine a Room Full of Mirrors". :-) When I get a chance I'll also put up the first two HFN articles I did on 'Speaker Cables'.

Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7973950.stm might have to cut 'n paste.. Http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/newsid_7265800/7265843. stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2 -- Tony Sayer

I've got a thing about acoustic lines and speakers :-) A friend had a problem with WAF, and I've ended up with his old B&W DM2's as after 35 years of his enjoyment his wife has made him buy something a little more compact ;-( So I've got 3yr old TDL Studio 1 transmission lines in this room, and have rigged up the DM2's in a similar but opposite location. Mission Cyrus straight line amp...

As part of a low-fi audio system I need to drive a capacitive load. Basically, the load is lengthy cabling with high impedances at the far ends. Total load capacitance with the length of cabling used is likely to be around 50nF which I know is far beyond what many audio op-amps will handle. I've been staring at datasheets of ICs such as the LM8261, which can drive capacitive loads but...

The Krooborg just demanded that it be made Ethics Commissioner for Usenet's audio groups. (I'm not going to reproduce the post here. You'll have to dig through the past 24 hours of Kroo-droppings on RAO.) -- Words don't have just one meaning. Combinations of words don't have just one meaning.

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http://www.newformresearch.com/fidelity-potential-index.htm Something for you to play with!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150332468233 A simply stunning amplifier combination The dynamic openess of the PreAmp 8, conbined with the glorious Class A power and control of the MA65s, makes this amplifier package the perfect choice for anyone looking for something to bring a musical clarity to their system.

Sorry to bother. Has anyone the philips service manual for a cd 620 or cd 630 or anything that has same mechanism and pcb (like marantz cd40/50/60 ...) Thank you. Frank

Hi guys, I recently bought a Rega P3 2000 on e-bay. Yes it sounds a beautiful as a P3 should sound. However I notice the right channel is pulling a bit of more weight. My records that used to sound like coming from the 'center' now sound like they have their sound pulled more to the right. The equipment came like 'factory' packed and I had to adjust the

I sometimes read a magazine called Computer Music, aimed at wanabee and real music "producers" to use the current vernacular. In this mag I keep seeing references to monitor speakers being preferable to hi-fi speakers. The line they take is that hi-fi speakers are designed to "enhance the sound" while studio monitor speakers are designed so that you hear "what is really there". But there is...

I think one of my Dynaudio Contour 1.1 speakers has a fault. On music it sounds as though something's rattling inside, or one of the drivers is loose. I've taken the woofer out and it looks OK, insofar as I know what OK is - nothing burnt or blown. It's difficult to replicate with music, so I recorded a tone and this is what it sounds like: http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/speaker

I asked this on uk.rec.audio, and was advised to ask here - apologies if this has been covered many times before already. I have some material (music) that I need to listen to very carefully, so that I can hear and comment accurately on what's needed to be done to it to prepare a CD master. I'm going to have to do this using headphones rather than speakers. I can spend between £50-75...

Dear Group, Firstly, forgive me for the intrusion and for being of topic. Research has led me to uk.rec.audio and various other newsgroups with regard to someone who used to post in here Reading through the Usenet archives it seems this individual upset quite a few people in here many years ago.

You know I reached under my bed and found my old Phillips CD100 the other day. It still works! A bit touchy to seizmic events, slow to find tracks, band a bit on the bright side of comfortable, but it does still play CDs. Be an antique soon I guess. sigh. Brian

Whatever it was, it's gone now. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4944722/Christopher-Raeburn.html 'He was, with Erik Smith and John Culshaw, the progenitor of the "Decca sound", the unique timbre that emerged from that once-great powerhouse of classical music recording.' --

Tidying loft, came across a pair of Spendor Preludes. Unfortunately, one is lacking a tweeter. Now am I going to be able to source replacement tweeters, and is it worth it compared to speakers in current use - TDL Near Field Monitors? many thanks for any advice (It's going to be "no" and "no" explains why they were in the loft!).

My long serving Marantz PM 6010 OSE is ill and before I dump it, I wondered if it was worth salvaging. A while ago, one of the channels stopped working. However, when I plugged a headphone socket in and then out, everything would be fine for a few months. However, that doesn't work anymore. Does that give anyone an idea of what's wrong with it? It's hardly worth taking it to be checked out,...