Does any one know where in the UK it might be possible to get replacement earpads for these headphones? Mine are falling apart (a common problem it seems now I look into it). I can get beyerdynamic ones (p/n 942704) from B&H in New York but then I am paying $35 shipping for a $20 part. Thanks for any pointers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7094881.stm Clones will be on eBay (direct from China, of course) for under a hundred quid within the month, I expect... :-)

I talked on the phone with a chap today who told me he had a very good idea for a high-end loudspeaker cable. It was based upon some thick twin co-axial with two separate shields. He had then connected the screen of the left wire to the inner of the right wire, and the inner of the left wire to the screen of the right wire. He made a cable like this for both channels, and inserted it onto a 12mm

A little while ago I bumped into my neighbour again and had the chance to briefly confirm a few points in the VCR repair saga... Apparently the VCR was/is a Panasonic and is about 3 years old. (Fekkin' good start, but let's not get bogged down at this stage...) My neighbour has no special attachment to it and simply wanted it fixed for as little as possible (naturally). He had had no idea...

Having just posted (at length) about buying a PVR to use with a 'spare' 300 GB HDD in an external USB box that I have here, I have *walked through* its sodding power lead and sent it flying! Now it (the HDD itself) goes like this when I switch it on: http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Hard%20Disk.mp3 ...and the computer doesn't see it. It *is* fuct isn't it....??

Hi guys, I am in a process of upgrading my Ortofon 5E cartridge from the factory supplied 5E (with my Debut III) turn table to either the OM 10 or the just released 2M red. I mainly listen to Jazz and Rock which means I am looking for sufficient detail and bass at a budget cost. Both of these cart's are around the same price mark.

I recently purchased the Musical Fidelity KW transport and DAC, mainly having read some great reviews. The purchase was on a 30 day trial period which suited me better than a shop demo. Anywise, I took it back and exchanged it for the Leema Antila after a week, plus a large refund. The MF sounded awful, worse than my Arcam FMJ 33.Female vocals in particular sounded shrill.

Hello, I bought a new Denon DP300F turnatble and I was a bit disappointed and worried as it came without a ground wire. I plugged the turntable to my Denon amplifier, at the phono input and there is a small noise, something like a small zuuuuummmmmm How can I solve this? Can I put myself a ground wire, from some inside parto of the player? A little help would be appreciated, sorry for my errors,...

Hi guys, I am planning on building my own valve amp and need a starting point viz. books, forums etc. Any tips would be of good help. I have proved to myself that I can solder well and don't have shakey hands and did EE in my previous life.

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/audiosamples Bottom of the page. Can anyone notice a difference between these two tracks?

Folks, My daughter decided to have a chew on the mic cover of the headset we use for videoconferencing. I can't believe that these are not available to buy in generic form, but my Google searches have so far only revealed large 40mm sizes. This one would have to be closer to 8-12mm. I'm in the UK and would appreciate being pointed in either a dot.com

I have got a Mission MM7 mini system which is perfectly adequate for my needs. In common with all such set-ups, there are compromises. Needless to say with this manufacturer, the strongest link in the chain is the speakers. It is the cassette deck which has been less than satisfactory. Recording and reproduction have been fine, but the deck is let down by a noisy transport, audible during...

My old Marantz CD63SE cd player will play CD-R but not CD-RW media. Does this have anything to do with dye colour or is it down to other factors? The CDRWs I am using are dark blue. Is it possible to purchase CDRWs that will play in otherwise non compatible players? Thanks.

Obituary of Roy Wallace, designer of the Decca tree: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/11/10/db1002.xml -- Eiron.

Am involved in a special media project concerning both the JFK and RFK assassinations. Need TV and radio coverage from these two assassinations in November 1963 and June 1968... audio recordings, video tape and/or film. Of special interest: old reel-to-reel recordings of 1963, 1968 broadcasts. If you have any of these or know of someone else who does, please let me know. ...

As you may know from posts I made a few months back (before I moved house) I have been doing some work on using 6AU6 tubes in triode mode for preamps. The set up I have at the moment is pretty crude. I stripped a chassis from an old battery valve radio, wired in the components I needed then bolted it to a piece of wood along with the mains transformer and PSU components. This is OK as far as...

I notice that Apple have reduced the price of the 80Gb iPod Classic to £159 - so everyone (well, Currys anyway) are selling it at that price. The 160Gb is down to £229. Is it a loss leader - given that it was nearly twice that price only a few months ago - or are they selling them off as a precursor to the iTouch? --

A STAX 252A amp, same as the 2050 sold in anglo markets, has parallel- connected input ports, called "through ports". With both sets of inputs connected, one to a CD player, one to a computer output, the sound is muted, dulled. With the computer leads pulled, the sound is louder and brighter. Is this report what we would expect? What is the key mechanism at work here? Suggest some ballpark...

Trevor Wilson of Rage Audio in Melbourne has a most novel view of what constitutes a lie. In the thread "The Catch-22 of Negative Feedback aka NFB" Wilson accused me of lying about Blowjobs for Transvestites (BJTs) in a debate about negative feedback. When I protested that I had said nothing whatsoever about blowjobs for transvestites, Wilson replied: "I KNOW that you just published a bunch of...

On Nov 4, 6:52 am, Patrick Turner wrote: Musicians do not necessarily have any special hearing abilities. Yes, they do: they have trained perception. They listen consciously. Non-audiophiles from the general population cannot even hear the difference between a boombox played through good speakers and a Class A PP tube amp played through the same speakers. To them it...