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[Dane Trethowan]

Hear me talking about the Sangean WRF28D Wi-Fi Internet radio.



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Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
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My Hi-Fi Review Corrected

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

I am publishing my review again as the new version contains many corrections 
and links to various products discussed.

Thanks for the invaluable feedback which has helped.

The following is a review of my new sound system, it was delivered yesterday 
and I’ve just spent an enjoyable time both setting it things up and listening 
to the result.
I decided to review my system not through sheer vanity but in the hope that my 
review may help some people, I know that the list often gets asked about 
accessible sound systems, computer speakers, amplifiers and associated 
equipment so perhaps I can deal with all these topics in the 1 review.
The system I set up is cheap by professional audiophile standards but 
nevertheless its certainly not the worst system out there and the system does 
your ears justice without a doubt.
The system isn’t complete yet by a long shot but the basics are in place and 
that’s what I’ll be focusing on.
My interest in building a new-hi-fi system was rekindled due to 2 factors, the 
first being the very poor quality of computer speaker systems around, there’s 
no doubt that if you’re prepared to pay you can get some wonderful! computer 
speaker systems but by the time you’ve paid? Well you may as well  have gone 1 
better in a complete Hi-Fi system and take advantage of all the extra benefits 
that brings, - excellent sound, your choice of custom components and the thrill 
of letting your imagination do the talking when it comes to building and trying 
it out. -
The second factor was a well known quality Hi-fi shop several miles out from 
Melbourne’s City Centre, they’ve been in business now for 60 years and should 
know there stuff, they certainly have many of the big well known high end 
brands on sale such as Denon, Rotel, Audio Research, B & W etc, it so happened 
that the store - Encel Stereo - were having a big sale, I just happened to be 
following Encel Stereo on Twitter thus could see the many items on offer.
So when going through my Tweets one morning I noticed that Encel Stereo had a 
40 watt per channel continuous power integrated Rotel amplifier for sale for 
under $400.00, I jokingly replied “So what speakers could you sell me for this 
amp” and I got the suggestion back of some Polk Audio bookshelf speakers for 
around the same price.
At the same time I was becoming more and more annoyed at computer speakers, I 
had purchased the Harman Karden Sound Sticks and was extremely disappointed at 
the cheap construction, - non replaceable cable between speakers etc - so I 
began thinking about Amp, Speakers and associated topics.
The usual arguments filtered through my head, “I already have a good 
surround-sound setup in the lounge, what do I really need another Hi-Fi system 
before? Its a good amount of money I’ll be spending, will it all be worth the 
while? Don’t want to waste money on Hi-fi like I’ve done with computer 
speakers” and on it went.
So time to use my friend “Google” and do some research into Rotel amplifiers 
and Polk Audio speakers and all reviews and associated articles spoke of Polk 
Audio and Rotel in a positive light.
The fact of customisation and all replaceable components drew my attention even 
more so a fortnight ago I went to the Encel Stereo web site and made my 
purchase, I also bought some screened speaker cable with the thought that, “If 
a job’s worth doing then its worth doing well’, after the purchase including 
shipping I had change from $1,000.00 Australian so bare in mind if you’re 
living in the U.S. that prices are bound to be cheaper than here.
Now for the juicy bits and I’ll start with the Amplifier which actually 
resembles a slim line tuner more than an amp given its thickness which is more 
thin than thick.
When Rotel said they’d gone “Back To Basics” with the design then they weren’t 
kidding in the slightest, this amp is indeed a very basic amp with most of the 
features you’ll ever need.
All the controls on the front of the unit are rotary controls accept the 
“Bypass” and “Power” buttons.
The amp has the usual volume, balance, Bass and Treble pots along with a couple 
of surprises.
There are 2 3.5MM jacks to the right of the power button, at first I thought 
these were both headphone jacks but no, 1 is a “Music Port” so you can plug 
your music player directly into this and the other is the headphones jack, 
first time I’ve seen a 3.5MM headphones jack on an amp but I guess it makes all 
the sense in the world.
The amp has 4 sets of line in sockets, tape in and out, a set of fono sockets 
for a turntable and preamp out sockets, quite a good collection of connections 
by anyone’s standardds.
The speaker output connectors are your usual A/B configuration of binding posts.
The Polk Audio bookshelf speakers are smaller than what I expected, actually 
they’re not all that much bigger than some of the computer speakers I’ve seen 
but when connected? Well there’s no doubt about it, the sound produced from 
those puts most computer 

Glossary of Electronics Terms | Audioholics

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

We often talk about audio and Hi-Fi on this list it seems so perhaps the 
following link may be helpful to those who wonder what some of the terminology 
means.

 


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Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
Fax +61397437954



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Audacity

[mark t]

Hi can any one tell me using Audacity how do i get audio to switch between left 
speaker to right for efects then back again
for example 
welcome comes out of the left speaker then out of the right then back to the 
left
mark.
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