I bought my Linn Sondek around 1987, with Basik arm and whatever cartridge came with it. Now I need to buy a phono stage to enable me to hear it through my Panasonic home entertainment system (OK, it's a bit of a mismatch - I sold the rest of my lovely system to make room for this but couldn't bear to part with the Linn and all my vinyl). The problem is that I don't have any of the paperwork...

I have a pair of Mordaunt Short floorstanders with the spikes that came with them. The problem I have is that the coned shape of the spike, despite them piercing the carpet and touching the floor when I press down on the speaker, cause them to rise back up and become wobbly. I need thinner straight spikes that will pierce without lifting back as the carpet is quite thick. Does anyone know where...

Circumstances (financial, domestic harmony etc) are forcing me to change my kit. I currently use a PC source for my music, I have a Rotel processor and 5 channel power amp. I listen through Stax headphones and Dynaudio Contour speakers for the front and Audiences for surround. I guess I'm not a purist, because I like to listen in pseudo suround (Pro Logic 2). I have just sold the processor and...

I have just listed a pair of speaker cabinets cut for Lowthers: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270097810518&rd=1&rd=1 They are toss useless (beautifully made though) and I will happily hand them over for a quid - there's absolutely no room for them in my garage/workshop and it's cheaper than a skip or dragging them to the...

OK, as it's a bit quiet (again) I'll post a coupla pix of the latest shenanigans.... Recently, I posted a series of pix of the GL72 I replinthed with some handy offcuts - see 'VicSponge' 01 - 15 on my Show N Tell page: http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/show.htm And I am delighted to report that the not inconsiderable mass of the, er,

Hi guys, I have been using my marvellous subbies with my DVD for a while. Until recently I have got it connected so I can get some extra base from my analog device running off the same amp. I have noticed when I power on my subby I get a boom sound. I am not sure what could be causing this. I have tried removing all cables and tried powering on but the problem doesn't seem to go away.

First I want to apologize for my poor english. I'm not english speaker. For space sake, I will describe my situation giving only details I think are strictly necessary. If you need any more details please don't hesitate to ask. I've got an amplified signal from a 40watts stereo amplifier. I need to feed this to a device that will only receive preamplified signal. I can control the output of...

Hi guys, Another newbie question. I have serious doubts the factory fitted cables that come connected to the Project turntable are any good. For starters if I play a couple of reference tracks on my Rotel CD player fitted with some mid-range Taralabs cables and repeat the same on my turntable I notice a significant loss in detail. I am using the same Taralab cables from my NAD PP2 phonostage to...

Cabn anyone help.After owning our Sky freeview system for over a year,last night we were watching Eurosport via our DVD recorder(Sony0when the programme went off then returned with a much weakened signal.We now experience a very poor recording (very snowy) when recording from any station.We have tried unsuccessfully to retune both TV and DVD recorder,but problem still exists.We want to know...

....of posting, but I said I would post a clip of me new Chavlights when I got them and having gone to the bother of trying to film them, here goes: This one is not so good: http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/notsogood.MOV ...and this one is better but short: http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/betterbutshort.MOV

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270098180122&rd=1&rd=1 Otherwise, I've been using Dayton Audio PT-2 at about 30 quid. Sounds very nice to my ears.

Many of us are becoming increasingly aware of those audiophiles who show an extraordinary preoccupation with hi-fi equipment for its own sake. Contributors to as well as readers of HFN/RR have expressed irritation with this so-called lunatic fringe, which has been repeatedly criticized for being out of touch with reality. The symptoms of this preoccupation are well known: an inclination...

Following Don's very helpful reply, I redid the RT60 measurements in my room using his method with filtered white noise and Audicy (Cool Edit). The results are now much more what my ears tell me:- RT60 at 125Hz 0.6 sec, RT60 at 4kHz 0.2-0.3 secs. (difficult to tell exactly) IEC standard is 0.3-0.65 secs at LF. I've looked into what went wrong earlier using the unfamiliar software. I made...

OK, as mentioned/theatened elsewhere/earlier, I have made two recordings, one from each of these decks, exactly as per this pic: http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Parvo-08.JPG The decks are effectively identical, the very same cartridge was used on each deck and no controls were changed - all that was moved was the headshell, record and connection leads. Recording was via my Pioneer...

As a break from worrying about my listening room acoustics, I had a play with the 1920s acoustic gramophone I recently got down from my loft. This has a Swiss Paillard turntable, but there are no other manufacturer's marks on the box, except for ALBA on the pick-up. It runs well to speed, and the arm is rather remarkable for its build quality. The horizontal bearing has no perceptible play...

Just got a Sherwood receiver (DAS RX-206ORDS) - quite nice, sounds excellent - flawless - until it's been playing for around 45 mins, at which point a buzzing begins inside the box. It's loud enough to be annoying. Seems to be very localised - this is a ten year old beastie, all bits & bobs rather than circuit boards - and my instinct is that it's one component in there that's gone dodgy....

I've just got a system with outputs for one pair of speakers - 6 ohm. I also have a pair of speakers that I used to use with my old four-output system - 8 ohm - and a switch on its way. Can I run the 6 ohm pair and the 8 ohm pair off the one pair of outputs through the switch, or will everything go pair shaped? Sorry. Also thanks.

Creative have a range of SoundBlaster that connect via USB and have both digital in and out. They also come with editing software and are not too expensive, and they sound infinitely superior to any sound card. "Bob Latham" wrote in message ... I would like to use my PC to record a 44.1Khz 16bit spdif signal and perform...

Bob Latham wrote: I would like to use my PC to record a 44.1Khz 16bit spdif signal and perform basic editing (splitting tracks etc.) before burning a CD. My Arcam AV amp provides digital out for analogue inputs. It seems sensible to me to try and use that signal rather than the usual analogue feed to the PC card. Can this be done and better still, can it be done at minimal cost? I...

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:09:49 GMT, Bob Latham wrote: I would like to use my PC to record a 44.1Khz 16bit spdif signal and perform basic editing (splitting tracks etc.) before burning a CD. My Arcam AV amp provides digital out for analogue inputs. It seems sensible to me to try and use that signal rather than the usual analogue feed to the PC card. Can this be...