Recent content by legoyoda

I have my rear surrounds up high due to necessity (high and level with the listening position not behind). They are B&W M1 satalliets. I found the soundfield improved greatly when the surround speakers were angled to point down and towards the listening position (effects sounded better and...

To add my 2p on the mp3 debate I'd like to add that it's all down to your personal taste and hearing. I can tell the difference between mp3 bit rates so please ensure you listen youself before jumping down that route. To my ears 128kbps is constricted, clipped and horrible, then bass and...

I'm pretty sure .mkv is just a diferent wrapper for .h264 codec (which Xbox does play). I believe you can transcode between the two quickly without loss of quality. Handbreak rings a bell (www.handbreak.fr) perhaps?

Double post... Sorry... :oops:

I was thinking about picking one of these up as well so thank very much (both of you ) for the reviews. Can i just ask anyone reading this who has this running on Windows what it shows up as? Do I need drivers or is it detected as a "generic sound device"? The reason i ask is that I'm using...

I personally Like the Shure in ear phones as they come with a set of foam buds that, essentially, act like ear plugs and are rather effective at stopping the outside noise coming in. They are good enough that I actually got a shock when I took them out at Victoria train station nd the volume...

I believe VDSL is what BT are rolling out in the UK as "BT Infinity". sometimes knows as FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet). Chatting to an engineer here the other day it's basically a better version if an ADSL setup with the only distance metric that's important being the line length from your phone...

Looks like there's a little more tweaking to be had then. Probably a good thing as I do find this part of Hi-Fi quite good fun (although it generally leads to upgradeitis!)

I'd read so many of them it seemed like a "your millage may vary" type conclusion so I finaly got round to trying it out myself. I think I was more suprised at how big the difference was TBH. Although I will stick the CDP nack in if it's only the Amps that have the issue. :-)

Hi everyone, Ever since I’ve been reading these forums I've been reading differing opinions on the benefits of using the 6-plug Tacima mains filter thing. The other day I finally got round to testing it on my two systems properly and with the use of an impartial 3rd party (my wife, I didn't...

Actually I have a question as well. I heard a while back that when they close down the analogue signal they'll boost the DAB signal. Is this true? My first move to DAB is via a Pure Classic and, bluntly, the DAB doesn't work. zero station pickup. The DAB bit was a bonus as it was primariuly...

I hear you all. I spent ages building up a 5.1 system with B&W M1's, REL QUAKE, Yamaha Amp and it was brilliant for games and movies (fast, punchy, dynamic) but just didn't set the world on fire for music (to the extent that it was flat out "odd" listening to CDs on the system). Adding in a...

Well, I moved from a "Argos Special" to an Atacama Equinox AV stand. Did it give me noticibly better sound performance? Probably... BUT I did gain the following benifits. 1. It really does dampen the vibrations. People walking near the unit no longer cause the CD to skip. THIS IS GREAT! a...

Surley it makes SOME difference. I had an old Creative 4.1 PC speaker system back in my university days. This had exceptionally cheep captive cable and a LOT of it. When the PC was OFF but the speakers were on and it was late at night I would often wake up to the feint sounds of French radio...

chris.s:...looking to spend no more than 50k . HELP! ..... way WAY out of my league but good luck in getting what's going to be something insanely impressive!