I've got an Arcam CD72 player, several years old, which has just stopped
playing newly burned CD-R discs. I've previously had no trouble playing
home-made discs, but I recently replaced my CD Writer with a Liteon, and
ever since, the Arcam gives me a "no disc" message. These discs play
perfectly on my computer, Pansonic DVD player, Sony car stereo, AND a
very old mini hi-fi system which my wife uses. There seems to be
something about the way my Liteon burns discs that the Arcam doesn't
like. All other previously burnt discs WILL play.

Any suggestions please?

Something struck me the other day whilst reading this group.

All these "do they/don't they" arguments about speaker cables and
interconnects... if there is a difference then the likes of Pinkerton,
Phil Allison, Krueger etc are so busy trying to out-Tourettes each other
that they wouldn't be able to hear it over the swearing anyway.

And these people expect us to take one word they say seriously?

I have just bought a "Shintaro USB MP3"
player, which plugs in to the car's
cigarette-lighter socket.

I got it working by downloading some of my
MP3 files on to a flash drive, which I
plugged in to the unit.

The quality of the sound is faint and
terrible, and I wonder if anyone has had
experience with this unit, and if there is a
work-around.

If not, is there a high-quality alternative
available?

Peter

I have just bought a "Shintaro USB MP3"
player, which plugs in to the car's
cigarette-lighter socket.

I got it working by downloading some of my
MP3 files on to a flash drive, which I
plugged in to the unit.

The quality of the sound is faint and
terrible, and I wonder if anyone has had
experience with this unit, and if there is a
work-around.

If not, is there a high-quality alternative
available?

Peter

test

In any speaker, when you put the volume up high, there is more
electric buzzing.

1) What is this buzzing called?
2) What specifications in a speaker reduce the amount of buzzing as
volume is turned up? e.g. low/high impedance, sensitivity, etc.

I have just bought a "Shintaro USB MP3"
player, which plugs in to the car's
cigarette-lighter socket.

I got it working by downloading some of my
MP3 files on to a flash drive, which I
plugged in to the unit.

The quality of the sound is faint and
terrible, and I wonder if anyone has had
experience with this unit, and if there is a
work-around.

If not, is there a high-quality alternative
available?

Peter

Hello all
I have a Project record deck, and recently replaced my Ortofon stylus,
and now I'm picking up noise/feedback type distortion when playing
LP's.
It seems to be picking up vibrations from the next groove ,as when I'm
standing over the record deck I can clearly hear whats soon to come
out of the speakers................
For some reason it always appears worse from the middle of the LP to
the end, and any scratches etc really sound magnified (when standing
directly over the record.
Could this be a problem with the arm weight? (I have tried moving the
little weight onto all 3 available grooves but it makes no difference)
Could the new stylus be the problem.
The most distortion comes from older (1960's) LP's could that be the
cause?
By the way I always clean my records with washing liquid and cold
water when i get them, but this has never been a problem
before...............
Any help much appreciated
Thank you ...

Repaired a Technics SU C2000 control amplifier, which is just a preamp. An
LED displays that it is in this VBO mode.
The SU C1000 has a battery back for this, but no battery pack in the C2000
unless it is somehow hidden in the faux (poids for your bucks) heavy metal
sub frame. No monster caps either , so what is this all about ?

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