Recent content by Gyp

I've been hosting one for a mate that lives in the US for a number of years, initially with the "classic" and lately with their freesat recorder. Quality at the other end (I'm on Infinity) is excellent apparently and whilst not quite broadcast quality, he's more than happy. I'd definitely...

As of yesterday, I'm doing something similar myself. Trying to keep things simple, I'm using the Raspyfi release (http://www.raspyfi.com) which is as far as I can tell a chap in Italy tweaking the raspian release with mpd to optimise it for audio playback. Not perfect, but he's definitely...

Since yesterday I've got a Rega DAC in the rack (on dem) and so far I'm quite impressed. It does feel somewhat odd that after years of keeping the signal path as simple as possible, I'm now getting the music to the amp from a NAS, across my mains wiring and a couple of ethernet hubs to a router...

Buy a wider sofa?

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Cheers Rick, i'm happy with used and did consider the CD-17Mk2 KI, but I know that they sometimes have tray loading problems, and I'd rather not replace one Marantz with a loading fault with another that will probably suffer a similar fate sooner rather than later. The Naim CD5si is certainly...

Matthewpiano, would you care to bring your other half round to my place, as after that, I'm sure you'd be able to squeeze a few more boxes and speakers in :) I just did a quick stock take downstairs and I think I've got a very tolerant other half. That and most of the kit is too heavy for her...

Hmmm. I wonder if i could go straight from my QNAP NAS straight into a DAC. Off to investigate.

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As it happens, it was a CDQ. My understanding was that they were basically the same under the lid, and to be honest if I'd liked it I'd have opted for the CDQ anyway so I could, after 20 years, be able to turn the volume up and down without getting off of the sofa. I didn't bring it home. The...

(let's see if this appears as my last few posts haven't) The loading machanism on my Marantz CD10 is becoming problematic *again*, so I decided that I'd go and see what all the fuss was about with the Audiolab 8200CD as i felt it might be worth considering getting something 20 years newer...

Any updates on how the belt replacements went and the longevity of the repair? I replaced mine a while back and the fault soon returned. I'm wondering if the "sticky" problem that CD 10s suffer from causes the belts to sretch as they mobilise the mechanism (see...

Yeah, I felt daft doing that as well. Mind you, seeing my friends seeing just how far they can get into my fridge and still see the picture is quite amusing too.

Just realised that having solved my "problem" I've not reported back. The TV I bought in the end was a used Sony MFM-HT75W which I've connected up to a Sony Freeview box. Picture are sound are excellent, but most importantly the TV gives a perfectly clear picture at all angles. It's only 17"...

Popped into HMV yesterday and whilst in there my lad (14) suggested that he might like some new headphones for his iPhone to further isolate him from the other teenagers on the school bus. I decided to consult the awards issue before making a purchase (Soundmagic E10s now ordered), but while we...