Recent content by Blainetoner

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    Roksan Kandy III speaker match

    Thanks for that. I have always been a fan of those Dynaudios....I remember reading reviews of them when they came out and wanting a pair. How are they on placement? Are they ok up against a wall? Also always liked the original Quad 11Ls as well as 21Ls......Wonder'd if anyone had experience of...
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    Roksan Kandy III speaker match

    Thanks for the replies.... Due to the size of the room, I need something that is a litle smaller and that arent relient on being in a bit of free air....and can sit against a wall more happily than something with a rear port. My budget is £3-400. Wondering if getting a set of B&W685s or...
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    Roksan Kandy III speaker match

    Hi All, I am planning to set up a dedicated listening room in my house in a medim to small sized space, and have a lot of verious bits of kit that I am planning to build a new system I have a Roksan Kandy mk III that with a pair of KEF Q55s that I have never been all that happy with. These are...
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    Wireless Audio Transmitters.....

    Many thanks Mr Clough. That will be perfect....what with having an ipod touch as well as iphone....I can transmit to them till I get the apple tv.
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    Wireless Audio Transmitters.....

    Hi, I'd like to be able to transfer audio wirelessly from my PC to my hifi. I would just use itunes and airplayer.....possibly hooked up to an apple tv. HOWEVER......I would also like to be able to play spotify through the system, which I dont think i can with airplay....maybe a little radio...
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    CD Player started making dodgy noise.

    Yep.......and it does it with different discs as well.
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    CD Player started making dodgy noise.

    Hi, HELP.....my cd player has started to make a noise when it spins up.....sort of like a tisk...tisk..tisk.tisk noise when you place a disk into it. I'd not used it for a while and so it came as something of a surprise when it happened for the 1st time. Any idea what might be causing this...
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    Speakers popping when amp turned on

    thanks to you both..... turning vol down doesn't make a difference. I used to get a horrible sound from my old CA A1 amp when i turned it off....which would be stopped by muting prior to turning off.....but the rotel doesnt have a mute feature.....lovely sounding amp tho
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    Speakers popping when amp turned on

    Hi, I bought a Rotel RA 931 on ebay, which when I got it home and hooked it up to my main system worked fine......gave a very dull thump when I turned the power off.....but that was it. I have now hooked it up to my bedroom system and now the speakers pop when I turn the power on.....as...
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    2nd hand speaker advice sort to pair with Rotel RA-931 amp

    Hi, I am in the process of putting together a 2nd hand stereo for a mate for christmas, sourcing stuff from ebay / freecycle etc. I've just bought a lovely early 90's Rotel RA-931 amp and wonder if anyone on here could suggest a pair of standmount speakers that I could get on ebay that...
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    ipod touch

    with syncing your photos up to your ipod touch......what I do is the following.... I created a new folder in my pictures folder...I call it ipod pics........and I then created separate folders (portraits, stuff, NY 2009 etc) within that folder.....this means that when you select photos on your...
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    soundstage set up......help.

    and another thing.....how do you get links to actually work as links with this thing????
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    soundstage set up......help.

    Hi, Having finally fixed my left main speaker.......the main drive unit was fecked, so I was using a spare Q8 rear sat on top......I had hoped that the soundstage.....now that both drive units were at the same level.....would simply snap into place, but to no avail. I have moved the speakers...
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    Cases for the iPod Touch....

    Hi People, Does anyone have the belkin chocolate leather case for their touch?? Is it anygood, well made, treaty feeling?? Have seen it for a tenner on ebay and am tempted to get one. B
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    Ipod Touch Artwork

    This is the site that I use to get art work..... http://www.discogs.com/ ...I would say that you should have images that are at least 300 by 300 pixels. There is also Amazon.....when you have found the album that you want, select larger image......if this produces a small image with a loud of...