Can any body advice? I am looking for a new DAC. It is to replace my second source which is a Bel Canto DAC2 being fed from a Tvix 4100SH(LINK to set up). With my set up the sound can sound a bit digital and a strident, a lot of this is me being very sensitive to higher frequencies. I am...

Can anyone make any suggestions. Main listening will be FM radio and then podcasts while at the gym. Don't need much memory, but would like it to be small. Not a massive budget £50/$100.

I have a Bel Canto DAC 2 and was wondering if moving to a Lavry DA10 is just a side step or a up grade. Another thing I was thinking of was to re-cap and re-clock the Bel Canto. Would this be a better road to go down then the Lavry, would I get more for my money doing it this way.

Looking to buy my first mp3 player. I want to get a pair of ER4-P as I used these a while back with my PC set up and really liked them. Will only want to play MP3's, SQ is my first priority and will need at least 60GB storage.

I had a chat with a company today who modify HiFi, and and have been told not to bypass Black Gate's with film caps. They said instead to use the same type of Black Gate with 10% of original value. Any thoughts as I have bypassed some Black Gates in my pre with very small value film caps(0.01uf)...

Can anybody advice. I am going to change the Panasonic caps in the output stage of my pre amp for Black gates. There are also two RIFA caps, 630VDC with a value of 0.001uf bridged on each Panasonic cap. First off what do these caps do, and secondly will they benefit upgrading to a better quality...

I want to change some capacitors on a tube tuner. The one’s on the tuner are Wima and the value written on them is 1.0uf 400VDC. I would like to swap them with some Jenson PIO copper foil. I have been on their site and the closet is 1.0uf 630VDC, could I use these? If not, any recommendations of...

I want to get some speaker cable. I have heard it is better to put all your money in a single run and get a better quality cable, as suppose to buying something at the same price that is Bi-wire. Any advice?

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I put a tuner on eBay for £1200. Some body brought with a "Buy It Now". This was a first time buyer who deregistered as soon as he brought. They were registered here in the UK, but I done a IP search and saw that the bidders email was being sent from Israel. He had told me he had just moved to...

Not sure were to post this, but more of a chance some one would have gone down this road here. I had a Tricord Clock 4 with a never connected power supply fitted to my Bluenote Koala CD player about 4 weeks ago. Can't say I like what I hear, it seems bright and forward sounding with a...

Just thought I would post some thoughts of comparison of a Leak Throughline 2 and a Dynaco FM-3, both of which have been modified and the Leak with decoder added. I will also comment on the Sansui TU-X1 as this is a bit of a benchmark tuner. I have one myself and have always used it as reference...

Could any body tell me why, when I make a MP3 audio CD though Nero I get a skip like a scratch on a record? It can happen so bad on some CD's that it is not a pleasure to listen to, some times only once or twice and very rare occasions never. If I do a straight MP3 dater burn all is OK. I wont...

How do you know which is the negative and positive of a capacitor. I have a Elna Starget and a Jensen paper in oil silver cap. The starget has the white line that runs up one side so I presume the wire coming from this side is the positive. The Jensen has a short straight line running round one...

Has any body heard the scan-speak R2904/700000 ring radiator tweeter. I got my cross over's tweaked last week and dropped a pair of these drives in my speakers. The detail in the upper end is pretty stunning, and the sound stage is massive sort of extends right out to the walls of my living...

After a couple of warnings off Tiscali for heavy usage of my broadband connection during peak times, I have now been moved to shared bandwidth with other heavy users during these hours. I now get better download speeds in this time period then I did when I shared with the masses. Good old Tiscali.

I have two Sansui TU-X1 tuners I want to sell on eBay. I am in the UK but the biggest market for these tuners is the US. I really do not want to get paid through PayPal as I will have to pay them a big fee, especially if these tuners go for what they usually do. I do not mind bank transfer but I...

Can any body point me in the right direction for a good AV forum. I am looking to buy a flat screen TV and hard drive recorder, and want advice so I buy well and hopefully not regret my choice 5 mins later. Thanks

I can not see the point of Parcelforce web tracking. If you try to track any thing you get no info until about 5 days after it has been shipped. By that time whats the point as it usually has arrived. I hate parcel force I need info now

Hi can any body help out? One of the bulbs in my Sansui Tuner has blown, it takes 8V 250mA FUSE TYPE LAMP. Can get them in the US LINK Any body know were I may get one in the UK Thanks

Can any French speaker help me out. I have sold some cables to a guy in France on eBay, he speaks no English and I need to tell him that I have not sent them off, and to expect a delay. Unfortunately I have been struck down with Laryngitis and a lung infection and I just about can get around the...

I brought some used amps a few months back that have wooden cone feet added. Unfortunately they have been glued on with araldite and I need to get them off. With these feet on I am very limited to what racks I can buy to house my system on, just to much height. Any body know how I might get them...

Wow what a pain. I brought a Croft pre and power amp off eBay about a month ago. I had them for a few days then sent to them to croft for a big buck up grade. They had them for 4 weeks, but they arrived this morning, as agreed with tubes wrapped and packed inside amp for safe travel. I have just...

Can people help me out. I am about to invest a load of money into a web site to advertise what my delicatessen dose, also to sell product on line. I am looking for ideas, these are a couple of site I have found that I like the look of.link link link If any body could give me some links to...

After a long search since November I have finally put my money into a new CD player, the Italian built Bluenote Koala. Costing £1500 I feel I have got a real bargain in regards to bang for bucks. It arrived on Thursday and have put on some hours burn in. I also have a Benchmark DAC-1 and the...