Recent content by davlee

Fronts & centre are Focal 1028be

I just listened to a "Dali test CD". It was magic. Does anyone know where I can buy/obtain these?

I am having a cabinet built to house some home theatre equipment. Should I leave the centre speaker compartment open at the rear? It will house a Focal 1028be series centre speaker.

As I have only just set up a great sounding Hi-Fi, I am keen to know what well recorded CDs to purchase. So far my favorite is Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin

Despite being less than 3 years old, the battery will now only last 2 hours from full charge despite being well looked after. I wish to have the battery replaced but can't locate anyone in Australia that will do it. Any ideas anyone? Thanks, Dave

I am thinking of adding an A/V receiver to my Hi Fi system. In addition to Hi Fi use, I wish to use the existing speakers as the fronts in the home theatre set up. Can I simply add another set of cables to the speakers from the receiver? Is there a safer way of doing it via some sort of switch...

Thanks to everyone for their great ideas. I can see this forum will be one of my favourites. I hadn't thought that further toe in could make such a difference. I have a lot of experimenting to do and already notice the huge difference this can make. If not doing a dedicated sit down listen, I...

I have just taken delivery of Focal Electra 1028Be speakers which are driven by my Musical Fidelity A5 amp and CD player. The better my equipment gets, the more I find that much better sound is heard by sitting in a very small optimum area at the right height. When my wife joins me in the...

Thanks Another Joe, Changings settings as you advised has resulted in the Stream Magic now being able to load and play all music files in the Sample Music folder which is in Libraries. It won't load any other folder but will recognise & play anything I place in the Sample Music folder. Is...

I wish to play MP3s from my Windows 7 laptop to my Cambridge Stream Magic 6 via UPnP. I have installed XBMC and the Stream Magic recognises this with no problem. After the Stream Magic completes it's loading cycle from the XBMC library on my laptop, all I get is "empty". Can anyone advise what...