Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Cheers.

It hasn't worked for years. That's why I was wondering about seeing if I could get it working, replace the speaker, and then run some sort of aux cable out of the holes in the bottom.

You'd really need a schematic to mod this for line-in.

Usual suspects for old valve amps are: plate resistors gone open-circuit, power supply resistors gone open-circuit, failed electrolytic caps, dry joints or dirty switches and pots.

KEF subwoofer started to buzz after being away on holiday for a week... just buzzing not out putting any 'woof' at all... any ideas?

Poor connection anywhere? Poor earth somewhere?

will check

Does anyone have an old speaker/enclosure with space for an 8" driver they could donate? Doesn't need to be functioning, and will probably be tearing the back off it. Going to make something for my school's music tech class and this is the last piece.

I've just dipped my toes into the Sonos-flavoured-water.

Can anyone recommend me an amp for piping audio into a CONNECT. My old-fashioned hi-fi has been chopped and changed to pieces over 20 years and is now reduced to 2 x Technics 1210s, an Ecler DJ mixer, an old TEAC CD/radio/amp unit (almost broken) and some £10 JBL bookshelf speakers off eBay.

I want to keep the DJ setup, get a new (not necessarily brand new) CD player, amp and possibly tape deck and connect it to Sonos. I like older stuff, amp-wise and I'm no audio snob. Just something that packs a bit of oomph, looks sup3r s1kk and has enough inputs and outputs. something like a lovely old Marantz/Rotel/Denon amp.

Anyone got a phono pre-amp they want to offload? I'm running a passive pre ATM and would like to spin my record player.

Mm or mc ?

Welllll my cart is a Denon DL-160 which is high output MC, so designed to work as MM. Got a selection? ;-)

ah cool - no the one I have is for MM / HO-MC, just wanted to check it wasn't for a low output MC cart :)

I used it with a DL-110 with very good results, so it should suit the dl-160 very nicely.
I would keep it, but its going to be a few years before the TT is up and running again due to small people in the house... (they have already killed the cart/needle)

It's an Angle Audio stage - very un-prepossessing looks but VERY good sound (and British made). It's the version with external power supply rather than battery supply.

£65 posted?

Le PM :-)

they have already killed the cart/needle

Nooooooo.....

yeah, went to order a replacement thinking - oh thats ok, they are only £70..... oh wait.

I feel yer pain danb, my step son accidentally killed a nuded DL-103 when he was about 15 after my partner asked him to 'pick the needle up off the record as she's busy at the moment' . He's 26 y/o now and buys me pints of ace Ale down the pub now so he's forgiven. Mostly :-)

Agreed, DL-110 is fantastic IMO. Amazing taste of MC at ~£140 mark. Tracks superbly too. Only cartridge in my own set up I've ever heard give it a challenge is a 103R but its about 2 x the cost of a DL-110 IIRC and need' either extra gain or SUT's.

small people in the house... (they have already killed the cart/needle)

Lost an Ortofon Kontrapunkt-B needle like this... can the needle be replaced?

This all seems a bit arse before tit.

The Sonos acts as a source for your amp, which then plays the music through your speakers, alongside the other sources. This will give you digital music, controlled by your phone or tablet, coming out of your speakers.

If you go Sonos multi room, then you could plug one source (CD player or tape deck or decks) into the connect which will digitise it and allow you to synchronise it to other rooms. But you only have one input on the Sonos.

You COULD get a pre amp and use it as a switch over your sources before going into the connect. Bit clunky...

Last call for my old Akai receiver and Wharfedale Laser 80s or they're going to charity shop. Free to a good home.

After 6 months of very pleasurable listening , Apone's gear is free to a good home as I've finally got my old stuff back from storage. Nice receiver, lots of inputs, phono stage, good strong FM reception, built-in aerial in case you don;t have an external. It's a really nice setup. Take it off my hands in Brixton pleeze people.

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^first dibs to @Apone of course

Yeah that's exactly what I want to do. Sonos support confirmed today that I can do. I would have thought this was a much more common use case than the internet - and Sonos' documentation - suggest.

Basically I want to beam music from my trad hifi around my flat wirelessly. Have I missed something glaring? Sonos seems like the best way.

Plus Sonos has the benefit of being, as you say, a digital music source for streaming services and my digital music.

Found this at one of our venues today.

Now, where can I get some of these?

Edit was talking rubbish.

Just use the line in on the sonos box. Any amp with a tape loop will be suitable.

Yes there is, because I can do that with my Sonos setup as it is now.

They have an rca in, don't they?

No inputs. The output needs these.

#oldskool