Hoping the electronics DIYers here may be able to help with a repair. I'm pretty good at taking things apart, fixing, not so much! So after taking apart a DVD player four or five times in an attempt to spot anything amiss causing an awful vibration/rattling sound, I now have a strong suspicion...

Hopefully this forum is appropriate to ask about CD player faults and fixes? So my latest CD player (/tale of woe...) makes a horrible noise on insertion of CD that I can only describe as attempting to achieve take-off! I'm sure lots of us are familiar with that from computer optical drives...

I know, this is a shameful post to put in the DIY forum but here goes. Many moons ago I put together CKKIII amp, which, amazingly seems/seemed to work. Unfortunately, due to a combination of lack of tools and skill, it was never properly cased, so has been sat gathering dust. I would really...

I could do with replacing the pads on my venerable Beyerdynamic DT231 but am struggling to find any in the UK at a reasonable cost. These are relatively low cost headphones so I don't really want to be paying more than about £5 for a couple of bits of fabric and foam if possible (ideally less!)...

So many questions! I'll try to keep it brief (kind of) to start with. I'm using a program called morituri to rip to flac but am having trouble making sense of the results, partly because I don't fully understand how it uses the MusicBrainz and AccurateRip databases. (BTW, I'm aware of whipper...

I'm currently using an Audio-GD Sparrow but was wondering if I could get a meaningful improvement, at minimal cost to change, by switching to a DAC-only unit. I need an optical input and USB would be nice.   In the past, I have briefly heard the Music Fidelity V-DAC and Cambridge Audio...

So here's the situation. I bought the Radiopaq Classic and some time later decided I'd like a spare pair. The pair I ordered appeared to be the same but the pair that arrived were the updated version (these have braided cables). To my ears, they have less clarity than the first pair, so I'm...

Yes. Okay, that may be a somewhat facetious answer; I'll expand on it. If you're using the headphone out of, for example, an iPOD, soundcard or stereo system, then that output has/is an amplifier. So, in that sense, you need one but you already have one. The real question is, 'Should I buy a...

Introduction   I was fortunate enough to be sent a pair of Lindy IEMs for review and here's the outcome. The Lindy Cromo IEM-75, to give them their full title, are a dual driver design with an RRP of 70GBP. I should say that I don't regard myself as a typical IEM user. I rarely listen to...

So I'm (sort of!) happily listening to some music whilst getting on with my work, when suddenly the volume increases. Turns out some oaf (my boss) has decided to have a little play with the amp.   I reacted angrily and he was somewhat taken aback. He was 'just having a look', apparently...

Anyone here have much experience of Paramo jackets?   Before posting an essay about what I'm considering, I thought I'd gauge the interest/experience here!   As it happens, I've just bought a Fuera Ascent, which I hope to be able to make use of in a wide range of conditions, particularly...

I started looking for a (67mm) polarizer and, of course, the lenstip test and its addendum (http://www.lenstip.com/119.1-article-Polarizing_filters_test_-_supplement_Introduction.html) litter the forum suggestions; fairly so, as I've not found anything else that directly and objectively compares...

I thought it might be worth starting a new car advice thread, seeing as the similar one was closed. My intention is to have a thread where people can ask about repairs and common issues with models (for instance if they're looking into buying a vehicle). I'd like to suggest modification and...

Now, I know these are going to be low end but I was intrigued nonetheless.   I saw some Maxell Pulze and Color Budz the other day and noticed that they are 32Ohm, 100dB(/?) sensitivity, 13mm drivers. Knowing next to nothing about earbuds, I just expected lower impedance and higher...

I have been looking for a pair of closed, clear headphones. I was happy to consider outright neutral, or something a bit warmer for relaxing listening. I have kindly been sent a pair of Premium Hi-Fi headphones by Lindy for review. I was very much looking forward to finding out which position...

Pretty much as per the title. Is the original version (Curse Of The Black Pearl) available in better than CD quality? I've looked on iTrax, Linn and HDTracks.   As a side note, do DVD-Audio discs just contain hires files that can just be copied onto a computer for playback? If it's available...

It's evident that there's a significant amount of effort gone into the power circuits as one moves up the Audio-GD range, which has led me to a couple of questions (there's no point me posting my musings as I don't really know what I'm on about!). What are the design reasons for putting all...

I'm thinking of RCA to 3.5mm, 3.5mm extension, optical cables etc. Where do UK head-fiers buy these? I'm not after anything fancy, just decent and robust. Looking around Maplin, Super-fi, Richer Sounds, Currys and so on there's a huge price range for the same thing and I'm completely lost. I...

[This is computer audio but not equipment, please move if necessary]   I have a lot of flac files and have discovered the metaflac --show-md5 command. Armed with that, I would like to check the accuracy of the rips against a database (I understand EAC does that at rip time).   The files...

Well, I hope they've got more than one pair because I just bagged myself a bargain with these babies      http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/587517/Sennheiser-HD-595-Open-Headphones/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0     Good job I wasn't drinking my tea when I read that!

I apologize for the cross-post but I don't know how active the other forum is and I'm trying to sort this quickly. Thanks for the indulgence.   http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/498909/anyone-know-about-these-acer-laptops#post_6734090

I'm trying to decide between an Acer Aspire 5332 and 5735 and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the issue.   Primary usage will be playing music, browsing and watching DVDs, odd compilation of source code, e.g. mplayer.   Both have 3GB RAM and ample hard disc space, same size...

I've noticed that the times of posts are in the local timezone when I'm logged in but not otherwise. Previously the timezone seemed to be remembered somewhere, even without being logged in. Is there a way to revert to this behaviour?   Apologies if this is a browser issue rather than a...

I hope I haven't created a needless thread, I couldn't get a definitive answer from my search.   So, I want to case up my CKKIII. Here's where I'm at.   The mounting positions for the jacks and volume potentiometer are plastic. I will connect all the signal grounds together.   The...

Anyone else see the Gadget Show (UK) review of noise cancelling headphones this week?   Sony MDR-NC500D Bose QC15 Sennheiser PXC-450     Two things stood out for me. Firstly was how badly the Sennheisers faired. I'm wondering whether this was due to a more neutral sound signature...