Recent content by Pooh Bear

I'm Confused. :rofl: Bigboss, I do want to use WiFi direct because it gives a better range than Bluetooth but does not require a network just peer to peer (as does Bluetooth). Another Joe, yes I agree that would be the best option (to use a speaker that does them all) BUT if I could use an...

Thanks muchly for the replies. I don't want to use airplay, I want to use WiFi direct but there are not many good quality WiFi direct speakers around. I was wondering if I could use WiFi direct to transmit to an airplay speaker. That is what the John Lewis chap said I could do but I thought he...

I want to use Wi Fi direct to play music from a Android Tablet through wireless speakers but dont want to use any apples. I know there are some Wi Fi direct speakers but a salesman at John L said that Airplay was the same thing and I cound link an Android to Airplay Speakers with Wi Fi direct...

Any News John Rega Planar 3, Kenwood DP-X9010 CD deck, Musical Fidelity Digilog, Musical Fidelity A100 (Class A) driving LS7's. etc, etc

I love my A100 for its "analogue" sound. I used to have a Audiolab 8000A which was very harsh with Digital but the A100 has tamed it beautifully. It blew a Bridge Rectifier a couple of years ago but I repared it myself and it still sings. It does get very hot of course and is not very...

John, did you try NTFS on the Stream Magic 6 ? Rega Planar 3, Kenwood DP-X9010 CD deck, Musical Fidelity Digilog, Musical Fidelity A100 (Class A) driving LS7's. etc, etc

Just thought I would Poke my head above the parapet. Had a few years back in the eighties of being very much into Hi-Fi as the CD started to come out. Used to have one of those Mission DAD 7000R 14 BIT oversampling players based on the original Phillips and Marantz Players. Had Audiolab 8000A...

11814 WAV tracks on the USB drive Formatted FAT32. Rogers Stream 83i turned its nose up. Does play on a computer though. I dont have anything to play them on and I have no reliable way of knowing what will work. Where next, back to CD? Still my old Kenwood DP-X9010 CD deck, Musical Fidelity...

Crossie, Good one. Just tried EASEUS Partition Master 7.0.1 Home Edition and it worked. Brilliant. Really fast too. Loading up the Drive with WAVS whilst I type. Still not sure what to connect it to though. Very good first step though thanks for that.

No word from Ketan then. I have tried formatting a 1TB Portable drive with FAT32 on a Vista Machine using the DOS command line and although it appeared to be working after about 12 Hours it came up with a message that the Volume was to big for FAT32 and the Volume is now formatted as RAW...

Some electronic componenets will degrade with age such as electrolytic caps on the PSU for example. Internal connectors may become oxydised over time and any potentiometers may degrade if not twiddled now and again as the wiper contact degrades. Obviously mechanical parts such as the complete...

Seems like the Onkyo 8055 the Denon 720 as well as the Cambridge NP30 and possibly the Marantz 7004 maybe good options, thanks for those suggestions. I was also wondering whether there may be a semi portable or all in one solution with a decent sound quality. For a example a device such as the...

John, thankyou for your reply. The manual does state that the file system should be FAT32 as you say. I think it will probably just come up with an error message but please dont break anything on my behalf. It would be very interesting though!

The Cambridge NP30 clearly states in the manual that an HDD can be used but states that the current limit from the USB connector is 500mA, which is to the USB specification. The manual states that the FAT file system only is supported not NTFS. The Pioneer N50 states that it is not compatible...

Lee, you are right of course but most streamers offer the ability to play directly from USB without any apples being involved. There are other catagories of device that will also allow USB to be played but none that I have found that will play from a HDD. They all seem to exclude Portable HDD's...