Jlo, I would point you in the direction of ScummVM. You can even play it on your Palm if you like... Andrew

Try Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck. Plenty of anger in there, but not, perhaps, the most melodic. Look for the DG recording with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Andrew

Wow, that looks like a great old console! It could be pretty good, depending on what's inside it... if it's a valve FM radio and amplifier, you might get some good music out if it, those older pieces of kit make some sweet, sweet music! My recommendations would be to carefully open it up, and...

Hi ZT, sorry for the delay in getting back to you, pesky work! 1. I have an old Mission dac5 DAC which I got for 15 quid, and I think it makes a big difference to the sound, compared to the analogue output of the M-audio, although I haven't bothered doing much of a comparison. Generally, an...

Hi ZT, happy to help. 1. I would like to go down the all-Bluetooth route, but I don't have the cash at the moment - I just use an Apple USB keyboard and MS mouse. But if that was what you wanted to do, then a basic setup would have only one wire coming from it, for the power. There is an...

I'm using my Mac mini for just that purpose - playing my CDs ripped to Apple Lossless through my hifi, and watching DVDs. I've found the Mac mini to be more than capable. It's actually become my main computer, and I've sold both the PCs that I owned! I like the combination of the small size and...

I'm a final year med student (three months to go!!!) and I've used a Palm M130 and lately a Tungsten T for my work. They've both been really useful. I have a medical formulary (the BNF) stored on mine, alleviating the need for a bulky book, and in a few weeks' time the a new PDA version of the...

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I got a Compaq M300 for my fiancee, and it's proved to be a great laptop. It cost UKP100 on eBay ($200), and it's one of those laptops with no floppy or CD, which means it's really tiny and light, but it's also got a magnesium case, so it'll take abuse too. The P3 500 processor runs W2K with no...

Here's a vote for the M-audio Firewire Audiophile, I've just received mine (thanks Drew!), and I'm rather impressed - it certainly improves on my Mac mini's sound. It's deadly quiet, seems to do a good job of driving my headphones, and when joined up to my DAC, makes good music through my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyson Dostoevsky's "The Idiot", particularly the new Pevear translation. Here's another vote for The Idiot; I'd also recommend The Brothers Karamazov, by the same author. They're both gripping reads, without being needlessly flowery. Andrew

I found a video projector in a skip a few weeks ago, which is working happily, thank you very much... it's an old Liesegang VGA one, and replacement bulbs are near enough $700, but it works nicely with my Mac mini for surfing and watching DVDs on my wall. Oh, and about 30 classical records in...

A bit OT, sorry, but does the Aurilium do any resampling if outputting to an external DAC? It seems to be the cheapest USB soundcard with a coax digital out, which is what I need. Any comments/experience? I would love a Terratec, but can't afford one! It looks the part, though, would look lovely...

I've been using my Mac Mini for about a week now, and I'm very happy with it! It's basically met all my requirements for a computer - quiet, fast enough for word processing, email, surfing, watching video and listening to music. As Wodgy says, it is very very quiet - I spent lots of time and...

Another vote for the Xitel AN-1, a very cheap and handy way to get sound without messing about with drivers. Only thing is, output isn't terribly loud (on my Mac Mini), but that may be more a reflection on my headphones than anything else. Andrew

Apologies for a minor thread hijack... can anyone suggest a USB-digital coax device, preferably cheap, also for a Mac Mini? It'll be running into a Mission Dac 5. Cathat, what do you think of your Mini? I love mine! And I was a hardened PC user too.... Andrew

There is a much nicer way to do it. Make a new email, then highlight all your existing emails, and drag them onto it. Save this email, copy it to your other computer or whatever, (you could even email it to yourself...) and then open it, drag the files back into the desired place. HTH Andrew

Sonus Faber Concertinos with their dedicated stands should be within your price range. They look good and sound good. Also, Opera loudspeakers are nice looking too. Those Italians know how to do style. Andrew

Hi people, I've been working away at making my computer as silent as possible. It's an Ez Buddie thing, so it's fairly quiet to start with. The only problem is that the CDROM is mounted vertically, and I suspect that this isn't ideal because it seems to vibrate lots when accessing CDs, and since...

I don't mind lending CDs, I think part of the fun of finding good music is sharing it with others. But vinyl on the other hand.... NO-ONE gets my LPs, NO-ONE! Andrew

Duncan, that is the same type. The smell is a strong chemical one, although some are worse than others. I suspect I've just got a bad batch. I should actually try one in my headphone amp, but it's a little less demanding than a radio mic, so I wouldn't expect such an obviously bad result. Every...

Before you get that new drive unit, try rotating the current one 180 degrees, and putting it back in. Over time, things in speakers can sag, and sometimes rotating the unit will allow things to sag back into their proper place. I've tried this on a 30 year old B&W speaker which was scratchy, and...

I used to have Triangle Cometes also, and thought they were great! I used them with a pair of Quad II valve amps (15W) and they worked really nicely together. People rave about the Titus as being a really good monitor for the price, while also being very efficient (realtively speaking)...

Damn! 'Factory fresh' according to the ad; too late to give bad feedback now. Can you recommend a nice 9v battery that might work, then? Thanks, Andrew

Hi folks, I ordered a couple of boxes of these batteries off ebay a few months ago, for use mainly in a Sennheiser radio mic, and I've had nothing but trouble with them. First of all, they stink! And a new battery lasts about five minutes before fading out in a mic that usually runs for a few...