Recent content by Binman

Another vote for the Fiio D03k. Mine was £21.99 from Amazon. Small box, easy to hide behind TV, and can be powered via a spare usb port on the TV.

I had the same. I lost some BBC HD channels. There is some advice on the BBC website, something to do with them changing something with the signal. The advice didn't work for me. Ended up adjusting the aerial in the loft a bit to get a better signal - retuned and got the channels back...

Have a look at Synology. https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/app_packages/SqueezeCenter Come highly rated for ease of use. Just make sure you get a hard drive which is designed for use as a nas e.g WD red drives.

I can't give you any help about how it sounds but my dad had one in the 80's. As a kid I broke it with a magnet. I put a heavy powerful magnet on the platter to make it spin. What I didn't know at the time was that the TT platter underside is coated with a magnetic coating and there is what...

We use an A0 plotter at work, and the paper rolls come in strong cardboard boxes, which are the perfect size for CD's. I use the boxes - it maybe worth popping into a local printers to see if they have any spare boxes. Like these...

I've just tried some cheap banana plugs I had spare. They do fit buy are very loose. From photos of the maplins ones linked to above you'll notice that the shaft of the plug has 'springy' bits along the shaft. As the plug cannot be fully inserted into the speaker connector the 'spribgy' bits do...

The exact cable I have is Chord Carnival Silver screen. Link from where I purchased from is below. Just select length, select termination type and then put quantity of 2. The cable is quite thick so is quite difficult to hide...

I like getting properly terminated cable as its neater. I would suggest that you get banana plugs for the amp side and spade connectors for the speaker side just to be sure. Or you could get the same cable as me from futureshop. My friend ended up returning his cable to be re terminated with...

I have the Concept 20 speakers and I'm using banana plug terminated cable. Cable is Chord Carnival Silverscreen purchased and terminated by an online company called futureshop. Plugs fit fine. I'm replying to this thread as a colleuge had some banana plug terminated cable, which would not...

I want to introduce a subwoofer to my stereo setup for use as a 2.1 when watching films. Just need a quick check with you guys to see if I’ve got a few connection issues right. Current setup: Rotel RA-02 Integrated Amp being used as Pre-amp Rotel RB-06 Power Amp Q Acoustics Concept 20...

Yes to both of your questions. Just make sure you turn off 'data' so that you dont inadvertantly use any data when apps are trying to update or sync. I had written a better reply, but the forum wont let me post as its saying my reply was spam!

I did this task a few years ago. All my CDs are now boxed up in the loft. I used a program called dbpoweramp to rip. It allows you to: 1. Rip two different formats at the same time to two different locations. I use this to rip to FLAC to a external drive, and mp3 to internal drive for use...

I've gone from Bowers & Wilkins 603S3 speakers, which are large and really do 'go loud and low' to the Concept 20's. The clarity and the defenition of each instrument in the mix are much much better. Each instrument can be picked out when listening. The trade off is that the Concept 20s are...

One more thing I found with the Concept 20 is that they really show up poorly produced music and can make low bit rate music sound terrible. To add, my amp is a Rotel with 70 watts per channel.

I got one the other day for my dad via Tesco Direct. I use a Nexus 4 myself. I've been testing it for a few days. The moto is very good, really nice bright screen. I benchmarked my phone with it and the moto got a better score than my Nexus 4! Good: screen, speed, weight, should get decent...