Recent content by Steve983

It's not even worth talking about. Enough said.

Sorry to hear that, you were right the first time: AVOID. Did you buy this unit on E Bay?

Ah fair enough, if they've serviced it and then you find a fault - just plugging headphones in should not be a problem. Pleased that they are now responding to the issue, good luck with it.

I'm afraid this is the risk you take when buying old second had gear when no servicing has been carried out and no returns policy stated. These traders have acquired this unit likely from a house clearance or such like and are merely selling it on. When talking about 80's gear, even if the unit...

Yes, hifi will gradually fade away as prices become greater and the perceived need for separates reduces. I would imagine the demographic of customers leans to towards the boomer end of things who have had hifi all their lives and have a few quid in their pockets to carry on enjoying the hobby...

I think if it was going to die off it would have already done so. There's still some life and demand there for a while I think.

Golf Girl, do you come from the Land of Grey & Pink by any chance?

You just select the audio track required from the menu on screen or my Sony Blu Ray player has an Audio button on the remote control that enables you to switch between them. I have a number of the Steven Wilson Yes remixes which contain multiple versions of the album, remix, instrumental mix...

It was a faff for me because when I turned my tv off it switched the Blu Ray off too! Then I changed the HDMI settings on my Blu Ray player and rectified the problem. As for the sound I have a number of Steven Wilson's albums on Blu Ray and the 24 bit stereo mix sounds amazing - better than cd...

Kansas (ok they are named after a US state!)

Of course they do.

I need something to break before I can buy anything else :)

Rest In Peace Ozzy Osbourne, so sad just a couple of weeks after the farewell show. I discovered Black Sabbath in 1980 when Dio joined for the Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules albums - I saw them live twice. Then a guy at work gave me a copy of Paranoid and I got Ozzy's Talk Of The Devil live album...

This was our Ferguson model, probably got it in 1975. Which reminds me that its 50 years ago this summer that I bought my first proper LP; Elton John's Greatest Hits - still have it!

I wouldn't call it hi fi but when music centres appeared in the 70's they were a slight step up from the previous radiograms. My family had a Ferguson one, my cousins had a Sanyo one. Then in about 1980 I saw an advert for an Akai rack system that was made up of separates with amp, tuner...