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by al newall
Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:11 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Owston meet 27+28 Nov 21-add your name here
Replies: 189
Views: 40878

Re: Owston meet 27+28 Nov 21-add your name here

Sorry but after driving 30 miles, I heard the M62 was closed in two places. Surrounding routes are bad as well.
I made the decision to turn back. Gutted.
Happy to pay any costs, don't want Steve to be out of pocket.
by al newall
Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Owston meet 27+28 Nov 21-add your name here
Replies: 189
Views: 40878

Re: Owston meet 27+28 Nov 21-add your name here

I have COVID tests twice weekly, and I'm clear.
by al newall
Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:55 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Owston meet 27+28 Nov 21-add your name here
Replies: 189
Views: 40878

Re: Owston meet 27+28 Nov 21-add your name here

Finally managed to log in to the forum, with help from Nick.
Old age and stupidity led me to use the wrong login details.
Look forward to meeting up again at the weekend.
by al newall
Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:22 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Audio Talk, days gone by.
Replies: 11
Views: 8679

Re: Audio Talk, days gone by.

Yep i remember being impressed by that simple design idea. It was perhaps better when we were new to all this. I won't forget turning up at my first Eggfest, with a tiny T amp and some full range speakers. After seeing amplifiers the size of a dining table, I wondered why I had bothered. But it turn...
by al newall
Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:30 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Audio Talk - what is it?
Replies: 159
Views: 65678

Re: Audio Talk - what is it?

This forum doesn't need a kick up the ar*e, it just needs some input from young people who are interested in how things work.
Sadly there are very few about.

My interest hasn't waned, but my needs have changed.
Happy new year, by the way.
by al newall
Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:32 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Audiofile CD transport.
Replies: 25
Views: 15947

Yep.
I think people get a little carried away with these projects, and imagine great results.
I built a new linear power supply for my PS1 and it still didn't excite me in any way.
Never regretted doing it though.
Sometimes you just have to find out for yourself.
by al newall
Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:50 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4652774

IslandPink wrote:

The average user must be doing a hell of a lot more vacuuming per year than I do :? .
Maybe not, but people like my wife probably boost the figures. She's got through more than twenty vacuum cleaners in as many years.
The Dysons have lasted the longest so far :)
by al newall
Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:10 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Audiofile CD transport.
Replies: 25
Views: 15947

And, looking at where the SPDIF needs to be taken from, it's two legs of a surface mount chip. Shocked
I think i used two lengths of CAT5 twisted together for a flying lead.
by al newall
Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:47 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4652774

Interesting project Phil. I tried it a few years ago but stopped short of using a remote control, and reboxing it.. They're quite easy to work on, as i remember. Sadly i don't have any of the bits anymore, or i could have sent you some spares. I couldn't see any improvement over my regular CD transp...
by al newall
Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:04 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: NEXT DIY MEET 7/8 JUNE 2014
Replies: 226
Views: 85716

So in my mind first we have to establish a place in the venue for this speaker or that speaker to sound best. then it occurs to me we could have our other stuff portable and briong it into that place. Whether there are two of those places or just one. (each end or the entrance end, which I suspect ...
by al newall
Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:28 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Poet's Corner
Replies: 24
Views: 14451

There was a crow, sat on a plough.
If he hasn't gone, he's still there now.
by al newall
Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Recommended Read
Replies: 2
Views: 4351

I liked the look of that, so I just downloaded it.
Well spotted.
by al newall
Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:10 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4652774

Thanks Nick. That's pretty much what I had done. Bone scraping. Tendon repair. Muscles pinned back in place. I've got most of the range of movement back, but only with the assistance of the other arm. Will be some time before I can move the right arm fully independently. Feel like progress is being ...
by al newall
Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:08 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Android music source?
Replies: 3
Views: 4682

Cheap Android tablet arrived. Recognises a 320gb hard drive and plays files. But........ Don't think tablet usb port has enough welly to power the hard drive, as the connection sometimes drops out. Decided to transfer files to SD cards and play music from there. Less cables and less fuss. Sounds ok ...
by al newall
Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:07 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4652774

Three weeks on from my shoulder operation, i'm finally rid of the arm sling. Just have to get the arm working again. Lots of exercise and pain will apparently sort it out. Thank God for physiotherapy; it would seem an impossible task otherwise. Another month off work at least, is what they reckon. N...