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Hope this is the correct section to ask this question. (Perhaps a Mod could move it if not)

I have an elderly Pioneer PD-8700 CD player, it does not get a lot of use as its a backup...

For me this new found Vinyl revival has drastically increased my CD purchases.

Why pay £40 plus for a digital recording on Vinyl when it's available on CD for £10 or less.

Purely a coincidence but my lightly used first SSD drive a Crucial MX300 has started failing the Crucial diagnostics, did a quick sector check and one bad block was reported, don't know how valid a...

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It's my understanding that the life limiting side of SSD drives is if you constantly write to them, it's the writing that shortens their life, but I don't know by how much it shortens it.
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Have a look on EvilBay and search for locking Phono plugs.

IIRC they are only suitable for use on realy thick cable like the 60pf Van Damme stuff ;)

Paul

Audiophilia is now a recognised mental illness

Does that mean we can't make jokes about their insane love of expensive interconnect etc

Will it be classed as a hate crime to even mention their...

What is can Audiophile

He will be different to different people.

One view is that an Audiophile is a special person with extra special hearing who is constantly striving to improve the sound of...

For what they cost you can't beat a well setup TD-160, they can be often had for quite a bit less than $£€200, I paid £145 For mine a few years ago, if I was to buy something similar new I would...

Fleetwood Mac's Time,

Bought to complete my FM collection but what a dissapontment, the most un Fleetwood Mac album ever

Apparently in law a Solicitor knows more about mental health than Doctors do. If the Solicitor says on the day I saw the client they appeared to be of sound mind that is good enough.

The bit...

Just a quick update

3 years down the road and it's still not sorted, the two firms of Solicitors have pretty much split the estate value 50/50 with their collective fees

Had to sell our house...

Looks like they dropped the 601 and have reintroduced the 301

No price shown though so must be be pricy as it comes with a 12 inch SME arm

Thanks for all the replies

In the end I went with these, well made and a perfect match to the Van Damme Shotgun Cable I use

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163915903131

A good prices as well as I...

This is my slightly DIY version. If I take the rubber mat off it measures the weight at close record height

Seems to work well

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Would that be one of these at £3
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Prior to offering it for sale I wish to replace the 35 years main Filter Caps on my Pioneer A-70 (The original 80's version)

But having a little trouble identifying the correct ones to...

To me a clone would be a copy of something but sold as a copy

A knockoff is a copy of something but sold as the original

Problems often arise when you get a knockoff of a clone, as with most...

My concern would be were has the copper oxidized, just at the ends is ok and just needs an inch or 2 chopped off, all tgec way through would indicate the outer plastic is not tight on the inner...

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Going through a box of old documents for my various Hi-Fi items got me wondering.
One of my CD players a Pioneer PD-4300 bought new in 1988 is still going strong after 32 years of quite...

Thanks for all the replies, I was starting to think I must be all alone here not hearing what all the Audiophiles were going on about, but obviously nice to know I am not alone in not hearing the...

Ok first of of I must be honest, I worked in heavy industry and have as a result damaged hearing, I also have Tinitus and do not as a result posses those elusive golden ears, they are more like...

Just out of curiosity what is your current system lacking that makes you feel the need to upgrade, given that most need to upgrade often only needs to another need to upgrade when it turned out your...

I used to have a Chromecast, but found it a little unreliable with sound dropouts etc, I found I needed my device so close to get a reliable link I might as well just used a wired connector. The...

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There will bo loads of options, but I used one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XKG6ZX5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Worked realy well and now I can...