Further to the "getting back into vinyl" saga.... Now have it sounding great.... but it's playing too fast. Not by much, just enough to make things sound a tad hurried with accompanying pitch shift. What on earth could make it play fast? It's not had a new belt for years, it's been stored unused for 7 years. Could this be the problem? It's the last thing I can do myself I think without...

Hi guys, Another novice vinyl question :-P I have seen many *new press* LPs come in 120g as well as 180g versions (later being dearer) of the same recording. I was wondering if the 180g version was any better sounding than the 'lighter' one.

Every time I come back from riding my bike, the bike computer tells me, among other useful information like my pulse rate, how high the hills were, how fast I pedalled, what my road speed was, the temperature, rates of descent, etc, etc, etc, much more stuff which I have my computer print out in neat graphs. Among all this the bike computer tells me how many watts I expended. The thing cheats of...

On a recent trip to the US I bought a set of Nordost Blue Heaven RevII speaker cables at a very good price. The only problem I have with them is that they are not set up for biwiring. Does anyone have any experience of changin connectors on Nordost flat cables. At face value it should be straight forward but I don't want to start hacking the cable about until I am sure what the procedure is. ...

Would like to thank everyone i met during T.H.E. Show and CES events. While i have posted online extensive coverage of both events, more reports will be appearing by other members of the Enjoy the Music.com staff in the coming weeks. Please see what i have online right now by clicking CES or T.H.E. Show at http://www.EnjoyTheMusic.com Midmonth Review Magazine Update! Our mid-January Review...

Pioneer PL-512 It says Ortofon VMS5E MKII on the cartridge... any ideas where to pick up a replacement? Cheers.. Les -- Remove Frontal Lobes to reply direct.

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Just got this (link below) for my Pioneer PL-512 to replace the Ortofon VMS5E MKII it had originally. Any ideas on what weight to use? I have some handy digital scales that should do the trick. The whole thing is out of adjustment, anti skate, weight... everything. Is there a site somewhere that will guide me through a basic setup? At the moment it sounds awful! Tinny, no volume and...

Hi, I'm weighting in different speakers' choices for my Onkyo stereo amplifier. The KEF iQ range seems reasonable, yet I find a little bit weird their pricing policy: whereas my dealers ask me around 570 euros for the iQ7 (each), the price for the iQ5 is 287 euros (each). Is the upgrade worth that difference (almost twice)? According to different opinions I heard, the main difference between...

Hi guys, I was recently caught up with a friend who is planning to upgrade his main speakers to one with responses between 20Hz-20KHz. I was told that one of the sales guys mentioned an alternative - Buy a good pair subwoofers to support the pair of lovely Whatmough (40 HZ-20KHz) mains my friend already has. I was wondering how could subwoofers be connected to a two channel amp

This should keep Keith happy for days........ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330071179209#description S.

All, I am looking to make some serious electronic purchases over the next few months or so. I have started out with a 50" Panasonic plasma, to which I want to add a 5.1 speaker setup. In addition, I want to build out a hi-fi 2-channel stereo system. I recently visited a great guy in my area who is a reseller for some great equipment (Cambridge Audio, Rogue Audio, Totem Acoustic, Joseph Audio,...

For many years now my wife has recorded onto cassette tape, from her hifi unit using its programming facilities, the daily radio BBC R4 plays, talks, and the Archers, and then listens to them on her walkman while doing housework, gardening, and so on. She's gone through many walkmans - the cassette deck mechanisms eventually wear out. As an old telecoms/electronics engineer, I've enjoyed...

Does anyone have any info on this TT? I just bought one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330072066100 Specifically, I was wondering if anyone had a user manual they could email, or any tips/tricks. Thanks Rob

Hi, Does anyone know were to find a schematic diagram or service manual for the CA 540A amplifier? Thanks, Max H.

Hi, I've recently acquired an early 80s Quad 405 which had been converted to a Quad 405-2 by Quad in 1996 (the front label has been change to 'Quad 405-2'). This upgrade appears to have involved replacing the complete output boards as those in the amp are marked 405-2. These '96 boards are fitted with TLO71 opamps and I have read elsewhere on the net that these ought to be replaced by OPA604...

I like to listen to such programmes as "In Our Time" on Radio 4. I can download them as podcasts for 7 days after transmission but I can "listen again" to them for many months after transmission. Is there any way I can download them from the "listen again" site to my iPod or to my hard drive in any format which I can later convert to MP3? -- Alasdair.

Without wishing to start the usual DAB/FM argument, I would point out that this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACOUSTIC-SOLUTIONS-DAB-TUNER-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ190069897041QQihZ009QQcategoryZ22637QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem is an absolute bargain (in DAB terms) atm! I have one of these (paid a lot more than this!) and I would say they are very good on DAB (in a 'DABBY' kinda way) but can't speak for the FM...

I thought some here might be interested in this local event.;=}) http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=83464605 I hasten to add that this isn't me;- just a local (large) "new & s/h" store http://www.realgroovy.co.nz/ They've had a basement sale of lots of vinyl. Recently they had somewhat of a Dutch Auction on a lot of classical LP's; at first $10 ea; a fortnight later $6.; I forgot...

I have some (originally photographic) SCSI-to-PCMCIA 'drives', which I thought would end up in a skip, but tonight I managed to rescue my ailing Roland VS-880 harddisk multitrack recorder using one with a 1Gb CompactFlash in an adaptor, removing its noisy HD, and getting the machine to boot up and record faultlessly and silently on the CF card. It occurs to me that other VS-880 (or similar...