Recent content by JamesPart

Ok I have used my unit for around 20 minutes total and now it doesn't seem to be working at all. To begin with it takes ages to power up and then when it eventually fires up I get the error message 'No Comms' Well that was short lived....

Well the unit has arrived, first impressions are that it's very good. Quite an improvement from the Asus Essence ST, alot more detail. I've just been listening to the 'Kindered' EP from Burial on it and I can definatly hear things that wern't there before and the bass is alot tighter and...

Can someone ansrew me a couple of questions though: Does the SPDIF connection bypass the onboard DAC on my soundcard, I assume this is the case? If this is true, would it make no difference what-so-ever if I used my Asus soundcard SPDIF or my motherboard SPDIF connection? Thanks for all the...

Well as I've mentioned I already have an Audiolab M-DAC on order to try out at home, with QED coaxial and interconnects. Can't wait to try it out, should be arriving Saturday so I will let you know how it goes, I read a few people mentioning it's abit bright at times. To be honest though I do...

I've already booked the Audiolab M-DAC for home demo, does the CD player have the same sound and featuresas the DAC? Is the only difference that it has the CD built into it too basically? Thanks in advance.

Done quite abit of research this afternoon, my currents thoughts are maybe getting a Rega DAC or Audiolab M-DAC. Not too sure yet.

Hm just been doing some research and have found out that my soundcard has something called 'S/PDIF out'? I'm not really quite sure if I'm correct here but would this allow me to export my audio from my computer while bypassing the onboard DAC and using an external DAC? Would this be better than...

Hm you guys have kind of convinced me to go with an external DAC rather than a CD unit, it just seems a shame for all my CD's to go to waste, I love downloading the albums then purchasing the CD's later on just to have that physical piece of music and artwork to go with it. I currently use the...

Would the Audiolab 8200CD be a good match? Or would perhaps the Marantz CD6004 be better? I wanted to go with a Rotel unit but it seems the Rotel CD units are far inferior according to the reviews.

Hello What Hi-Fi community, I am looking to purchase a CD player unit to complete my stereo setup. For the last year or so I have been playing all my music through my computer (Asus Essence ST soundcard) to my Rotel 1520, but I think it's about time I purchased a proper stand alone CD player...

It's setting me back £88 for 2 tweeters including delivery and VAT, not too bad, I'll be more carefull from now on though, although I have just upgraded amplifier so should be a little safer anyway.

Tonestar1: 3. Put your hand up inside the cavity to the back of the tweeter and loosen large nut that holds the tweeter in place. Remove this, try not to drop it in the cavity :-) I was trying to look for this nut that you talk of for ages Tonestar1, then I realised the 'large nut' is the...

Ok well I decided to unscrew the woofer and carefully take it out, and straight away I find something just laying on the foam inside, heres a picture: I'm assuming this is the back part of the tweeter?

Tonestar1: See this thread. http://community.whathifi.com/forums/2/356052/ShowThread.aspx Can I made add if you are in anyway nervous or not very practical consider taking to an authorised dealer to do the work for you. I don't want to be responsible for anyone destroying their speakers...

robjcooper: Cheap suggestion to see if the crossovers are still working. Go to Maplin and buy one of these replacement tweeters for £3.49 : http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=44692 Remove the 'blown' tweeter from one of the speakers and wire the above in its place (don't solder...