Recent content by Stormboy

Hi Thanks to all of you for your advice I've looked at the PMC speakers on the net and they look very good. What Hi-Fi certainly seems to like them!! I have one question. The PMC PBi speakers are 40 cm deep. In my system, this means that there rears will be only 20 cm from the front wall. Is...

Hi I have an Electrocompaniet ECI-6DS DAC/Streamer/Amplifier and I am thinking of buying a pair of Focal Utopia Diablo speakers to replace my KEF XQ40s, connected with Atlas Hyper 3 speaker cable.. I sit about 2.5 metres from my speaakers and the spearkers are about 1.9 metres apart and the...

Thanks It was the router. Becasue all my devices could access the Internet, I didn't realise that they couldn't see each other over the network. Once I rebooted the router everything worked fine. Computer music is great when it works but it can be so frustrating when it doesn't. Apple help is...

Hi I have been using the Remote app on my iPad to control iTunes for some time with no problem. However, today it just stopped working. I decided to download it again and set it up. When I did this, it gave me a four digit code to enter and told me to select "iPad" from the Devices list...

Hi I have just found this interesting article about problems with high resolution audio. http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html It suggests that inaudible high frequency sounds, captured by high resolution audio, can cause audible intermodulation distortion at lower...

Hi Yesterday, I discovered that Acoustic Sounds have a set of Japanese inport SACDs for all of the Dire Straits albums up to Borthers in Arms (including Alchemy). At US$ 60 ea, they are expensive but if they are a step up from the CDs, I am interested. Does anyone know if these are any good.

Hi John Thank you for the advice. I suppose I will have to get a long USB cable and use a repeater, or get a Mac Mini. Stormboy

Hi I am thinking of buying a high quality asynchronous DAC - such as the new Arcam D33 - so that I can play music on my iMac through my stereo. However, the computer and the stereo are in different rooms. Therefore, I am thinking of putting an Airport Express next to the DAC and connecting it...

Hi I have a poor acoustics in my listening room and I cannot fix them by passive means. To overcome this problem, I am thinking of buying a Lyngdorf RP-1 room correction system. This works in a similar manner to HT systems such as Pioneer's MCACC but is designed just for stereo. Furthermore...

Hi I am thinking of buying a Cambridge Audio Azur 840PRE / 840W two box amplifier to drive my KEF XQ40's. Is this s good match? Stormboy

Hi I always leave my speaker grills off because I can't believe that having something like that between the drivers and my ears can be good for sound quality. Are grills really transparent to sound or do you have to give up some sound quality for the protection and aesthetics that they...

Hi Jed C The jump in standard by replacing the 3001 satellites with the XQ20's was substantial. There was a massive improvement at the top end and in the mid range. Also, when listening in stereo, there was no need for the amp to redigitise the signal and apply its crossover and then use its...

Hi I have a KEF system with XQ20's as front left and right and a KEF KHT3005 system for the rest of the speakers. Obviously, the XQ20's are far superior to the other speakers. This is most important for the centre channel. Due to space restrictions I do not have room for a larger centre...

Hi I agree with the advice about the centre speaker. However, I simply have no room for a large centre speaker. My Pioneer Lx508 sits on a low AV rack and the KEF KHT3005 speaker sits in front of it. There is only just enought room for it to fit and to not obscure the screen. Rearranging...

Hi Thank you for your advice. The more I think about it, the more likely I am to buy an AVR600. Everybody seems to recommend it and It is just on the limit of my budget. Stormboy