Recent content by davidlu

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    Chromecast

    I found the quality acceptable. I can obtain the same with the chromecast for tv but didnt want the tv on while listening to audio. Are you saying that you can have all rooms with a googlecast connected to speakers, on at the same time, or does one googlecast have to be disconnected in order to...
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    Chromecast audio V Sonos Connect

    Note to self .......... Must pay attention to dates ........ In your own time then.
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    Chromecast

    Have you tried using chromecast audio with windows ? Win 10 hopefully.
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    Chromecast audio V Sonos Connect

    if you purchased the chromecast audio, what happened when you connected to Spotify using your Android tablet ?
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    What are you listening to?

    Saw AC/DC at Colchester in a very very small cinema. A friend who was passing said they stopped for a listen. That would have been a more sensible distance for me. What with Rory Gallagher and AC/ DC i know my ears are ......
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    What are you listening to?

    Went to Rory Gallagher concert a long long long time ago .......... Still got ear whistle........... hope you did your purchase justice.
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    What are you listening to?

    AC/DC HIGH VOLTAGE 1976 vinyl. >) As i am approaching 70 the school uniform is a bit tight as i creak around the lounge !
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    Real shops selling vinyl ?

    Not Nana Mouskouri etc. ........ still not saying but i worked in a tv and record shop when i left school and i sold lp's such as my charity shop choice. That would be 60's onward. First stereo single and first stereo record player. History in the making.
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    Music without the buzz

    A few years ago i connected my new laptop to my amp to play some stored music but the hum/buzz was very loud. Looking on various help sites it seemed that this was the norm. Unplugging the mains supply transformer to laptop cleared it up. Haven't bothered since. Has this problem ever been...
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    Real shops selling vinyl ?

    Drove past a charity shop in Mersea, Essex that i hadn't seen before. Quick turnaround and on the shelf were about 40 LP's. I would think they were part of somebodies collection because they were similar in musical taste. Looked clean so got a few ( Not saying what but nostalgic for me ) Played...
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    Err well ........................

    Looked up your bits and pieces online and looks as though you have a neat and tidy system at not a great outlay and of course you can take some of it with you.
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    Err well ........................

    Today i have mostly been listening to cassette tapes. Recorded a long time ago on chrome tapes at good levels. BBC new year concert on FM from Cardiff, didnt write the year down. Saint Saen piano concerto 2 by Bella Davidovich with concertgebouw orch. Neeme Jarvi. A tape to tape copy of...
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    Now heres a little story.

    Oh !
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    Now heres a little story.

    Don't know if i should mention it (Overegging the pudding) but she doesn't like soaps. That means the telly goes off quite a lot and on goes the music.
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    Now heres a little story.

    I needed to upgrade my system and make it less obtrusive so i seized the moment when my nice yamaha surround amp stopped working on the volume control...... Not mentioning that it still worked on the remote i said out loud " Oh no, the amp is broken " To which my wife replied " No need to go...