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--- Begin Message --- I can sympathise. My wife and I replaced our system because she didn't like wires. We got something smaller. We have now gone back to a similar arrangement with BMW speakers because it sounds so good. Paul Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Oct 2016, at 16:40, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > You have my deepest sympathy’s I can assure you . > I’ll be going down to have a listen to a few Bowers And Wilkins floor > standing models in a few days, the floor standing units I’m after range in > price from around $1600 for the basic to $3500 for the top model though > secretly I’m hoping the basic model will sound good enough for my ears and > even that will take a bit of time to get. > Floor standing speakers in my lounge are going to be put exactly where they > were intended to be put, they will stand on the floor. > The “Old Man” has his speakers in the ceiling believe it or not which is an > eye opener to me - pardon the terrible pun - didn’t know that some > people were born with ears on the top of their heads. > >> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 10:58 pm, John Gurd wrote: >> >> Hi Dane >> Yes, I've had the following set up for about ten years. >> B&W CWM8180 left right and centre speakers >> B&W MT1 rear speakers >> Linn Sizmik sub-woofer >> >> Sadly, all the above are now obsolete so it's not much help to you. The fact >> I have kept them so long shows I have been very happy with the products. >> Mind you, it could also show I couldn't afford to replace them either! I am >> still very happy with the sound. The centre speaker blew a driver a couple >> of years ago and I was lucky to get a part to replace it as I was warned >> there weren't many left. >> >> The mistake I made at the time I bought them was having the 3 front speakers >> built into a purpose built media cabinet. We were having the living room >> completely renovated at the time and my wife has always hated my previous >> floor standing speakers with a passion because of their size and the >> trailing cables. She hates wires. She says when I die she will wrap me in >> all the wire I have around the house and bury me in them! So the cabinet was >> a way of hiding the cables. I even had the cables leading to the rear >> speakers plastered into the wall. The problem I have now is that when I have >> to replace the front speakers I will either have to find something the same >> size that will fit the cabinet or get rid of a very expensive and elaborate >> piece of furniture. Secretly I would like to go back to floor standing >> speakers one day but she will kill me! >> >> John >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >> Trethowan >> Sent: 03 October 2016 00:43 >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Bowers And Wilkins Speakers >> >> Hi John! >> You mention you have some Bowers And Wilkins speakers as part of your system >> so which models do you have? I m looking at their range of floor standing >> models for the lounge, a bit of saving to do to own a pair of those but - if >> the B&W A5, A7 and Z2 active speaker systems which I ve owned are anything >> to go by - then a year s saving will be well worth the wait, any additional >> comments? >> >>> On 3 Oct. 2016, at 5:12 am, John Gurd wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jim >>> I just saw your enquiry. I don't have the Sonos Conect:Amp, but I do have >>> the Sonos Connect. So I don't know how good the Connect Amp is at powering >>> Speakers and How they would sound. I got the Connect which feeds my Arcam >>> AVR750 receiver with a digital signal which in turn powers a 5.1 set of B&W >>> speakers. I use the Connect with Wi-Fi and listen to streaming media from >>> Apple Music and Amazon. There is never any buffering or dropout. It sounds >>> surprisingly excellent with these music sources. I expected it to sound >>> inferior to my old Logitech Transporter but it doesn't. I never got around >>> to listening to uncompressed music on it yet which I hope should sound even >>> better. The only drawback may be that it can't play HD audio sources by >>> which I mean anything sampled above 48000 or 24bit. But anything at CD >>> quality is very good. >>> >>> As the Connect:Amp has its own amplification stage I can't comment on that >>> side of things from a personal experience. I will say that my other Sonos >>> equipment i.e.: a stereo pair of the small Sonos Play 1 speakers sound very >>> good for their size. >>> >>> John >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Sent: 29 September 2016 19:21 >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: SonosConnectAmp. >>> >>> I don t own one though I certainly will be looking at one in the coming >>> days. >>> The Songs connect gets good write-ups and I m looking forward to using one >>> for two reasons, I m looking forward to having a play with the Songs App
wireless headset recommendations
I am looking for a good quality wireless headset to both listen to the pc in one ear and phone calls in the other. I have a splitter box into which you plug in the phone and the pc. Thanks Paul To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
ripping tracks into 1 mp3 track using cdex
is it possible to rip the contents of a cd into a single mp3 file using cdex? if so, how do you do this. Thanks Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: total recorder 5.2 and skype
I had the same problem. I found that by unchecking accelerated recording mode in settings and restrictions in total recorder that skype now works. This problem has only come to light with the latest version of total recorder - Original Message - From: "Sun Sparkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: total recorder 5.2 and skype i am having a strange problem with total recorder and skype. i tried to bring up skype here a bit ago and my screen reader which is JAWS didnt speak right/nor did the splash screen go away is this a problem in the latest version of total recorder? if not is there a fix for this problem? just wondering? please let me know thanks. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
new computer for audio editing
I am looking to replace my existing pc with a new one. Would a new 64 bit processor dramatically speed up the editing of audio using Soundforge and goldwave compared to a 32 bit processor. I've been looking at Alienware. Does anyone on the list have one of their machines? ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
external soundcards
I bought a pcmcia Creative Labs audigy 2 but unfortunately it won't fit my Dell Latitude D400. Can anyone recommend a suitable usb card. All I want to do is to record from video recorders, play dvds through a surround sound Yamaha amplifier. Someone mentioned a small creative unit but I couldn't find the model number. Thanks Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Creative audigy pcmcia soundcard
Is anyone using this card with Jaws and if so are there any problems. Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Archos and recording
I am trying to record on an Archos recorder 20 with the rockbox software. I have tried recording both with the built-in microphone and the line in. Files are created but they have 0 bytes. Can anyone help. Thanks Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
external soundcard for a dell notebook
I am looking for advice on buying a suitable external card for a dell Latitude d400. I want to be able to copy sound from videos but the microphone socket provides poor quality recording. Can anyone suggest a model or a better way to get sound from videos. Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
realplayer and winamp playing streams with firewall
I have an ADSL router with built-in firewall. Unless I disable the firewall I can't play streams with realplayer or winamp. Can anyone help Thanks Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
running vb script to make archos accessible
i've downloaded and installed the rockbox software to make the Archos talk. There's also a vb script called mp3ClipGen.vbs which when you run it creates names of folders on the archos which are subsequently spoken. I've tried running the file but instead of running it it opens in wordpad. I have tried the same file on another machine and it works. I'm running xp home on the machine that works and xp pro on the machine that doesn't. Can anyone help with this query. Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TV cards?
For people in the UK there is either the pc card or usb box that will pick up freeview and also audio description on the channels which carry it. The software is a little tricky but is usable by using the JAWS cursor. You can also record in mp2 or mpeg formats. The card and box are available from http://www.nebula-electronics.com/ and costs around £120. - Original Message - From: "Chrissie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: Re: TV cards? > Hi Guys > > The tv box I have was got from pcnextday ltd, an on-line store. > Unfortunately I don't have anyone sighted here at the moment so can't see > the make nor model number as I've forgotten it would you believe, but I > really have been very pleased with it. it's about the size of a 20 pack of > cigarettes, plugs into the usb socket and has it's own tiny antenna. I > didn't think it would even work with it but it does, mind you I'm in quite a > good area, but a good roof antenna will certainly work with it. All > features are easily accessable with speech including the electronic > programme guide and you can schedule it via the guide to record things both > on radio and television, for time shifting. If you're going to use it on a > notebook machine as I do you need to disable power management as it's a bit > powr hungry but it really is excellent. > > Chrissie > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
converting mp2 to mp3
I am looking for a utility to convert mp2 files to mp3. Soundforge 7 will do this but you need to buy an extra plug-in. Paul ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
