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    Cheers, at the moment i'm just sorting out the CDs into racks in alphabetical order, then it'll be blu rays Just found another pile of Cds, that means moving over a thousand as each goes in it's place
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    Quote Originally Posted by MartinT View Post
    Yes, I *hate* buying a CD with an 'A' artist as everything has to move to the right
    Box sets are or can be problematic. I had to add a single CD recently, by the time i'd gone through the whole alphabet i was moving more than 10 CD albums
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    Not to mention DVD-A albums with their tall cases

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant View Post
    <snip> I'll use the regulated linear wall wart until i receive the Paul Hynes PR3i regulator

    Of course the problem is i won't be able to get to the back of the switcher or the Belkin PF40 unless i strip the whole of one side of the rack out. However i have a cunning plan that doesn't involve turnips

    What i have done is make a new DC lead for the wall wart that is attached to the output of the wall wart with a terminal block, when the PR3i arrives it'll be fed into a screened chassis enclosing the regulator & transformer etc. What i'm using for a DC lead is some rather nice & very handy cable i bought from Chris (The Grand Wazoo - cheers once again chap ) which you can see here. I'm using the 14 guage stuff which is nice & thick so no real voltage drop, the cores are twisted & screened - perfect!

    The cable is long enough to connect to the HDMI distribution amp & feed to the very bottom of the rack & out of the front, so when the time comes i can transfer it to the new power supply. I'm doing the same with some Mark Grant DSP 2.5 mains cable but fed from one of the Belkin PF40s & to a mains socket. When the time comes the socket will be replaced with an IEC plug which will plug into the new PSU..
    Well the Paul Hynes PR3i regulator should be here in a little less than a week & i still haven't sourced a case yet Time to get on with it as i have the transformer & everything else i need to get this thing together This should give a good upgrade to the picture quality over a cheap wallwart, as well as that it'll allow me to use both displays at once, though i can't imagine why the heck i'd want to

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    Well it took a little longer than expected as you can't account for the weather setting things back or illness come to that

    Regulator is now on the way via special delivery Having had a quick chat with Paul about a load of power Mosfets i happen to have here i might do a bit of Mosfet rolling (ok so they don't roll very easily but still) As this is a low voltage supply i can use some 30V Mosfets that i have here which should (so i concluded) increase the regulator performance, which Paul agrees with

    PSU testing & build coming shortly in the DIY section...
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    Keep us informed

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