Told you so: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/101687/ces-2007-warner-bros-trumpets-support-for-total-hd.html (Although delayed until 2008, I gather...??)

Further to an earlier discussion, some information has just come to hand. HD-DVD backers claim to have sold around 50,000 machines, worldwide. Sony claims to have sold more than 1 million Blu Ray machines (most in the guise of Playstations). Additionally and possibly more importantly. Blockbuster has announced that it will no longer stock HD-DVD software. They will be concentrating on Blu...

http://www.zen40166.zen.co.uk/image005.jpg http://www.zen40166.zen.co.uk/image006.jpg http://www.zen40166.zen.co.uk/image007.jpg You wouldn't need a speaker for audio use, the laminations would do it all;!... -- Tony Sayer

Manchester : Peripheral is a networked installation which remixes and replays music, voices and ambient sound recorded in Moss Side, Levenshulme and Ancoats & Clayton. Driven in real-time by votes from special control kiosks in each ward, Manchester : Peripheral uses digital media to create a continually evolving soundscape, plotting a new relationship between city centre and its surrounding...

I have a Cambridge Audio 540R receiver and wharfedale 9.1 speakers, using a Macbook for audio source and a separate dvd player for movies. It sounds great... with the right songs. Jazz and acoustic blues sounds wonderful, but pop/rock or anything with vocals with busy instruments, particularly treble, and things start to sound not so good. The vocals tend to sit in the background, overpowered by...

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:30:24 +0100, Ian Bell wrote: Just got an email from Maplin to say they are out of stock of their one and only type of mains transformer for tube supplies (250-0-259 @150mA and 6.3VAC secondaries). Where else can I get something similar in the UK? Cheers

http://www.craphound.com/images/alargermantv.jpg lol lol

FYI, in case anyone needs this... An R505 can be adapted to take the Roberts 6xC-cell pack as follows. - Unscrew and remove all innards - Unbolt the brown battery U mountings - Carefully bend and break off the end stops that are nearest the case side - Rebuild the radio. A PP9 will now be a little loose in the case but the 6xC-cell just fits.

Can someone advise me please? I plan to copy some very old (38 years) open reel tapes to CD. I have an aging Sony TC366 Open Reel Recorder and a Dell Latitude D810 Notebook. Somehow I thought this would be easy!! :-) However, at present the notebook does not recognize an analogue signal at the line in. Moreover, the only piece of software that seems to have an audio record option is Windows...

Hi, I'm thinking about setting up a PC based audio system and looking at a way to get something that provides a listenable sound. I'm intending to rip most of my CDs to FLAC to play on it. (And its 'most' of my CDs because over the years I've ended up buying a few turkeys.) I've got an old Denon amp and I've had a look on eBay and there seem to be loads of fairly decent speakers, Mission,...

A while ago we were discussiig theoretical and actual measured noise in the first stage of a preamp. RDH suggests the equivalent input noise resistance for a triode is about 2.5/gm. Patrick noted he had never seen noise anywhere near as low as this. I have just read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_audio_amplifier_-_technical which suggests the 2.5/gm only applies at...

A long shot, but just in case someone is using one to prop up a busted coffee table - I wouldn't mind getting hold of a tidy* Kenwood KA-907 in perfect working order...?? *Actually *mint* would be nice....

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As not..... --------------------------------------------------- It's just ridiculous that kit so ugly and so old (it's from 1960) should sound so good. Yep, my Dynacos from that era still sound just about as good as anything else I've heard!

The Ursine Donkey brayed: A far, far better solution is to use active variable gain stages. Do the imaginary groupies in your fantasies call you "Poopiekins"?

I have an old version 1 of the software and am currently reinstalling my pc. i cannot find a new copy to download anywhere. Any suggestions? Thanks. Richard

In designing a semiconductor preamp you usually aim for a low collector current in the first stage as one method of minimising noise. What is the situation for tubes? RDH talks about triode input noise being proportional to 1/gm but does not mention any dependency on anode current. I would have expected shot noise to be pretty much proportional to anode current. Cheers

Seeing all the posts about RIAA filters, I can only say I hope none of the participants passed on the gene of obsessive shortsightedness that draws audiophiles into the wastelands of RIAA. Vinyl discs are bad enough when good clean CD's are available, but RIAA is a bodge to correct another bodge. Two bodges don't make it right. Andre Jute uses only CD and so has time for more music

I have found a Nakamichi TA-4A receiver in good condition for sale locally. This was Nakamichi's top-of-the-line receiver, using STASIS technology licensed from Threshold. I am thinking of using this receiver in my kids' billiard room as part of a secondary system. I am curious about the type of amp that is inside the TA-4A. I would be interested to hear about the STASIS amplification method,...

I have two different Nakamichi BX-300 cassette decks. One was made in 1984, and the other one was made in 1986. While I had the 1984 deck opened up to do some repair work, I opened the 1986 BX-300 to take a look at a part number. Looking inside the 1986 deck, I immediately noticed an "extra" PC board mounted on the right side near the back. According to the service manual, this "extra" PC...