Recent content by rob.exley

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    Hi-Fi: Resurrect or start afresh

    I'm finding I'm not using the tuner since the Sonos arrived as it was never hooked up to a proper FM arial. To be fair, I haven't used the turntable for years as it needs a new cartridge but equally I'm loathed to get rid of it altogether (I will be looking into how much a replacement cartridge...
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    Hi-Fi: Resurrect or start afresh

    Dear all forum members, I'm looking to take advantage of the collective wisdom of you all. I have a rather old separates system and I'm looking for advice as to whether I would be best looking to resurrect and extend the lives of some of these components of whether at this stage I should start...
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    Arcam Solo Music vs Solo Movie vs Solo Music + separate Blu-Ray player

    I can't remember the model number exactly but it is definitely a 32-inch Sony Bravia LCD (about 2 years old) - I think it's a KDL-32V3000 (could be a V5000?). As far as I remember this is a HD-ready TV (768p) not full HD - although this could be completely wrong. - Rob.
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    Arcam Solo Music vs Solo Movie vs Solo Music + separate Blu-Ray player

    From the conversations I have had so far with him blu-ray isn't important... he doesn't have any discs and if the DVD upscaling on the Solo Movie was good enough, probably wouldn't be in any great rush to move to blu-ray. However the quality of the music is important, this would be primarily to...
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    Arcam Solo Music vs Solo Movie vs Solo Music + separate Blu-Ray player

    I recently arranged an Arcam irDock for my father-in-law to allow him to connect his iPod to his existing system (Technics Separates - about 20 years old) which is paired with Castle speakers (Eden I think). Part of the reason for the Arcam dock was as a precursor to him upgrading his system to...
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    Panasonic TH37PX80/PS3 - Any benefit in putting out 1080p over 720p

    Yes, this was my thought process. Based on the assumption that the least amount of pipeline processing the better I have set both games and movies to be output at 720p, I did attempt some back to back comparisons between this and 1080p but found it hard to see any significant difference. I was...
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    Panasonic TH37PX80/PS3 - Any benefit in putting out 1080p over 720p

    Having bought a Panasonic TH37PX80 just after they were released (JL c/w 5 year warranty price matched S&V - very happy), and a PS3 at christmas I have a question regarding whether there is a general concensus as to the best combination of settings. Whilst the TV will happily handle 1080p and I...