Recent content by macdiddy

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    Old Technics turntables!

    well Technics have been making turntables for over 40 years and have recently brought back one of the classics the Technics SL-1200 so in my opinion you should bother with the SL1600, the only thing that may need changing is the stylus (needle) but a quick search shows replacements still...
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    Cambridge Audio 851w

    I know this may seem obvious but have you tried google, just because what hifi didnt review it doesnt mean that no-one has, here is a pretty positive review, https://andreweverard.com/2014/05/30/review-cambridge-audio-azur-851e851w/
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    Onkyo Atmos Speakers

    most of the reviews I seen have not been of a positive nature about these speakers, it seems to be a case of you get what you pay for, £100 for a pair of atmos upfiring speakers may seem a bargain when other well known makes are charging up to £600 and over but as you have found out the sound is...
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    Chord Caught Out

    other than to inflate abacus's ego, NO ONE cares what the ASA does or say which is why they have no legal powers. Leave us that know cables make a difference alone to spend what ever amount OF OUR MONEY we like on what we like. *aggressive*
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    Subwoofer cable clarification

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/kenable-Phono-Socket-3-5mm-Adapter/dp/B004HSQJHY/ref=sr_1_11?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1528792075&sr=1-11&keywords=3.5+rca+adaptor *music2*
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    Channel feedback

    but sounds like gasolin is having several issues involving his soundcard, the first being that the output is much lower than normal, the second is that he can still hear the output from the card even when he has changed inputs on his amp. but without knowing the make and model of the amp...
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    Universal remote for Marantz amp?

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARANTZ-RC003PM-ORIGINAL-PM6003-PM7003-PM5004-PM6004-REMOTE-CONTROL/263550935198?hash=item3d5cdc209e:g:1V0AAOSwdGJaqldr not too badly priced, probably cheaper than a logitech harmony. *music2*
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    More Cassette Time

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Technics-9900-Cassette-Deck-working-order/282931603775?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49129%26meid%3D881b128d740a43a79c1a857e3a744a63%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D183176816279%26itm%3D282931603775&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 I...
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    Does 4K make a difference to the picture quality? Because I have now turned off HDR and Dolby Vision

    was a my local Richer Sounds, it was the first generation of 4K TV's (no HDR/Dolby Vision etc) and the only 4K demo material they had was a couple of video's on a usb stick, but still the difference between 1080p and 4K was clear, one of the videos was of a cityscape and the clarity and depth of...
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    More Cassette Time

    that sounded great, I know, while having a bit of a cassette revival myself a couple of years ago I managed to buy two off ebay, a single and a double, don't know really why I did (must have been having a mad moment), both arrived looking great for their age and sounding equally good. the...
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    £1600 for a Toshiba 55-inch Oled TV - will this one actually come to the UK though?

    maybe they have been hiding in the shadows waiting for all the HDR/Dolby Vision standards to be (hopefully) sorted out. yes gel, I too hope that some of these new tv's will come to the UK, both my previous tv's (a 28in CRT and a 42in flatscreen) were both Toshiba and I never had any issues with...
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    Living with the Samsung Q7f

    I went from a 42in to a 55in, quite a jump but due to the fact that the newer tv was much thinner in design and only had a half inch bezel around the screen it didn't seem to take up as much space, strangley it weighed less as well. I could never go back to a smaller tv, infact for my next...
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    Record Store Day experience (speaker cable)

    the reason you posted under the title of "Record Store day experience" was to avoid the "regulars" on this forum from saying that "you must be mad, all cables are the same, telling you what to do with your own money etc etc" *unknw* oh, by the way as I was work all day yesterday I didn't get a...
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    SKY3D

    but the 3D channel on the "regular" Sky platform was shutdown over three years ago due to the fact that they finally realised that trying to push 3D in the home was pointless. so I guess that Sky have done the same with their "Q" service. possibly also due to the fact that nearly all major...
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    Anyone buy The Last Jedi?

    as the reviews on Amazon are mostly terrible with some even saying that the 4k bluray version lacks a decent picture and that the soundtrack has been muted. maybe wait until it comes on Sky, or find a cheap one on ebay. *music2*