Recent content by Fee

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    Mixing Vintage and Modern Equipment

    There is no fundamental rrason why a modern turntable/cartridge shouldn't work quite acceptaby with 40+ year old amp and speakers. However, there are a couple of things to bear in mind; Connections - what connections does your amp have? I used to have an A&R Cambridge A60 from the late 70's...
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    Freeview Channels Missing?

    it's been quite stormy in some parts of the country, it could be that your aerial has been blown off beam.
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    Dire Straits SACDs

    How do you know if it's the 2005 release? My copy, which sounds pretty good, says Newly Remastered with new sleeve notes etc on it but has 1996 copyright all over it, no mention of 2005 that I can see, but I can't remember exactly when I got it.
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    Anyone got and old kits still running?

    Sorry, don't post much so haven't got the hang of replying :oops:. The Nakamichi IA3.
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    Anyone got and old kits still running?

    I've got one of those, fantastic amp. Always wondered how many others were around.
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    Best opening to an album?

    Lots of great ones here, but how about "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash..." then straight into Folsum Prison Blues, from At Folsum Prison. Fabulous.
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    FREESAT DEAD DUCK OF THE FUTURE?

    HD bitrates have been reduced all round, BBC HD on Virgin cable is nowhere near as good as it was when I first got a HD telly about a year ago, no matter what the BBC claim.
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    Ditching Sky - Shall I get a Freeview or Freesat PVR?

    My in-laws have Freesat, and once I'd set it to 1080i for them, rather than 576i the idiot who'd installed it had left it at, SD and HD picture quality is very good, up there with what I get on Virgin V+. Talking of which have you considered going that way?
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    The Beatles - covered?

    Johnny Cash's take on In My Life is rather wonderful, transforms an already great song into his own, and no harpsichord solo...
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    ESPN HD

    Saw some of it on Virgin V+, was certainly better than the SD channel when flicking between them, but wasn't totally convinced. As for the result!
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    BBC HD has new encoders but slashes bit rates by 40% at same time

    I've got Virgin V+, can't say I've studied it much this week or know if the lower bitrate affects it or just Sky HD, but have to agree that this week's Coast looked barely HD. It is nice to see they're finally getting some more HD channels though. Anyway, if there is a problem with bandwidth on...
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    When are we gonna see the new HD channels on Virgin

    Just had a look, all there but a couple of them were obviously SD content, Amy Winehouse on MTVN looked HD, pity it doesn't improve her looks! About time Virgin got more HD content, as the system is good. Roll on C4, ESPN and hopefully more.