Partridge output transformers are mentioned in the RDH4 in somewhat suspicious circumstances, as outlined by Patrick Turner in the contemporaneous Williamson thread on RAT. I don't want to mix into the technicalities of that because I didn't measure the pair of Partridges I had on loan for a while. Partridge was always very secretive. I seem to recall there was a Dr Partridge, a sort of a...

My daughter tells me that the stereo in her car is showing the message Error 2. The car is an Astra, I don't know if the stereo is Vx original or aftermarket. Is this error 2 likely to be fixable? TIA Steve

Popped in this afternoon. All the usual suspects, I guess. I took a CD and played it on quite a few systems. Mainly disappointing. Chord probably the worst, alongside Bauhorn. Both were significantly coloured, with the Chord CD player adding some interesting pops to the CD and the amp some earthquake low frequencies. I was glibly told it was a bad recording and this was the microphone...

Hi, I recently picked up an old Musical Fidelity X-DAC at an audio sale. It seems to be a slight improvement on my Quad CD66, little wider sound stage, fractionally more precise instrument positioning. However, what did surprise me was that some mono recordings seem to have this 'widened sound stage'. Is this possible? Can a DAC do this or is there some DSP or analogue tweak being used to...

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My daughter is having one of her periodic eBay sales. It's all second-hand TV distribution equipment. http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/tvaerialguy/ Bill

RDH4 COPYRIGHT -- THE MASTER FACT FILE -- reprised by Andre Jute COPYRIGHT AS PROPERTY Copyright is property. Generally speaking, the author of a book creates the copyright and owns it. In most of the civilized world the copyright is protected by national and international law for the author's lifetime plus 70 years from the year after the year in which he dies. The countries in which this true...

Hi, I have been given a pair of Monitor Audio 1200/Gold that wi would like to repair and use. My repair guy tells me that he can use "after market" or non-genuine parts to repair these however I feel it would be great to loacte the genuine parts in order to restore these fantastic speakers as close to their original condition as possible. I need:- 1 x Tweeter diaphragm. G12/Gold H426-06 (or...

RDH4 COPYRIGHT -- THE MASTER FACT FILE by Andre Jute COPYRIGHT AS PROPERTY Copyright is property. Generally speaking, the author of a book creates the copyright and owns it. In most of the civilized world the copyright is protected by national and international law for the author's lifetime plus 70 years from the year after the year in which he dies. The countries in which this true includes...

Just heard on the news he's died. He composed and MD'd many of the most famous BBC comedy show signature tunes - my favourite being Last of the Summer Wine, and Yes, Minister. He had an uncanny knack of making his music tell the basics of the situation. And was a true gentleman. Will be much missed. -- *Tell me to 'stuff it' - I'm a taxidermist. Dave Plowman ...

Having just managed a clear out of audio bits and bobs, the place was looking a bit empty so a new turntable was required (Keith take note!): http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/fonscq30 If anyone has any insights, gratefully received. Rob

You could look into getting a Sonic Impact 5066 T-amp. They are a little $30 unit that will amplify the sound. They just have a 3.5 mm jack that plugs into them and then you will be able to connect your speakers to that. You can get one online at www.partsexpress.com. Good Luck!!! -- MDC ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Finally got off my arse and listed a few surplus items on eBay: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZneothen Cable *enthusiasts* note the 'Silver Spiral' interconnects at scallywag money atm and someone recently mentioned wanting a cheap CD player here - the Panasonic ES-15 DVD Recorder plays CDs as well as I've *ever* heard them!! (And is virtually brand new!)

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Acoustic Solutions SP101 stereo amplifier £59.99 from Argos - questions: 1. Comments and experiences? 2. Does it have a headphone output? All comments will be read gratefully. Thanks

We had an amp shootout in the London Audiocircle tonight and had a chance to hear 5 chinese amps. A pair of Bez T3B 300b SETs sounded the best of the lot, and by some margin. Two 845 amps were admired for their top to bottom "authority". I thought they were a bit bland compared to the life in the 300b amp. A Push Pull EL34 amp with feedback was very forgettable. On the other

I've just heard some Kraut bass-baritone (Thomas Quasthoff) absolutely *m-u-r-d-e-r* 'My Funny Valentine' (I think it was - difficult to tell) after a lofty discussion on R3 just now about 'crossover singers' failing and that gushy plonker Sean Rafferty has just called it 'sensational'.... ?? Or is it me...??

Hi, I've got a Technics SL-PD688 CD Changer and I would like to extract a digital audio signal from it to feed into a external DAC. The DAC has a digital coax input. Has anyone done this with a CD player that does not come with a digital out option? Do I just need to find the input to the internal DAC and tap a signal off from there or is it more difficult than that?

Hi, all out there.... I can see that there is some talk around QUAD II amplifiers from 1960's. I have 3 of those amplifiers. I have tested them and all works. But I don't have tubes to all of them. So I have to move around the tubes to have the amplifiers checked. Do You think there is some value in these 3 amp's??? They have been used by the Swedish Television as control-rooms amplifiers.

I've been mucking about with an absolute honey of a CD player for a few days. A Harman Kardon HD970. A real giant-killer for RRP AUS$599.00. Highly recommended. Very detailed, very quiet (quieter than my test equipment, in fact) and, IMO, extremely well priced. It will accept the output of a transport, or it can be used as a transport on it's own (though why you'd bother, I don't know). The...