Hey pal, you are nothing but a ****ING TROLL !!!! This newsgroup is for people interested *discussing* the many details of hi-fi audio as a leisure activity. It is NOT about telling congenitally RETARDED ****wits like YOU how to DESIGN items of audio gear - OK ?

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Here's a problem that is causing me some grief. I'm rusty with electronics these days, perhaps the experts in here can give me some pointers ? I want to combine the audio outputs of an unspecified number of op-amps, say 2-20. A simple mixer would do the trick...except I need the resulting summed audio level to be constant as outputs are connected to and disconnected from the system. I know...

I've just sold a Cambridge 540R AV amplifier on ebay, and the buyer has reported a fault - the sub and centre channels don't work. I only ever used it as a stereo amp, and never had any problem with it. In his words: --- The connection is from the DVD player – Optical lead and also coaxial out. Both and either have been tried / and fail to produce any output whatsoever on centre and sub. The...

Is there any company who can get things like Tandberg 3341 type decks up and running which have belt and clutch problems etc. The knobs fell to bits as well, but that is superficial. I have some tapes I want to try to rescue. Or is it better to buy some other machine already working? Brian -- My Google mail account

Hello, Can anyone give me some UK websites from which I can buy Bowers & Wilkins speakers. thanks Mario

I'd be quite interested in owning a copy of "Modern Instrumentation Tape Recording - An Engineering Handbook", but not 48 of them: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350149931255 Does anyone want to help split this? Daniele

I have recently intercepted an ancient turntable/arm that was on a free parabola that would otherwise have terminated in a skip. :-) The turntable is ye anciente Garrard 301. But although the arm looks familiar to me I can't recall what make/model it is! Looked though various old magazines and books I have, but not yet identified it. I've put some pics on the...

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I want to drive low-z (32 ohm) headphones using op amps. For various reasons I need: 1) Quad amps to be used, there's a requirement for other op-amps in the units. 2) Single rail, around 12-15 V, I guess most modern op amps will do that easily. 3) Not too current hungry, I want to power a number of these units from one simple 12VDC transformer supply. 4) Lo-fi will do so long as distortion is...

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Anyone familiar with Fostex full range drive units? Wilmslow Audio do them along with cabinet kits starting from about £200 a pair but I can't find much in the way of reviews as to how they actually perform compared to other speakers of a similar price. May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year. Godfrey

I'm building up a sound system for our living room using second hand parts. I would like to keep things as small and unobtrusive as possible. So far I have a Cyrus II amp - this has outputs for one pair of speakers (rated at 8 Ohms). My plan is to connect two small bookshelf speakers like the Tannoy Revolution R1s and add a subwoofer. The options as far as I can see a 1) connect a passive...

The strangest thing happened to me yesterday. I was sitting on my bed and rested my head (the temple) on my hand and I could hear a buzzing. Now, I'd had a bad headache a few days before but it didn't sound like the tinnitus associated with it. So, I removed my head from my hand and the sound stopped. Then the penny dropped, you can get bone conduction hearing. Sure enough it was the 11W CFL...

Having a bit of a change around during the hols, and I need to link up a computer (Mac Mini) to a USB DAC 5 metres away. I've tried it with a 5m extension plus a 1m A-B cable, and it works, but the music cuts out from time to time. Actually, seems fine for the last few hours, but I need an extension cable anyway. I would just buy a 5m cable and be done, but ebay sellers are pushing...

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Was in there yesterday and picked up new, shrink-wrapped vinyl copies of "Radioactivity" (already had it 2nd hand from about 10 years or more ago), and "Trans-Europe Express". £7 each, perfect shrink-wrapped condition. They also had "The Man-Machine", but I didn't bother, cos already got that on vinyl too. Just in case anyone else out there has got a decent turntable and likes Kraftwerk! There...