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amazingly the HDMI inputs are holding. Children are happy.

If you have a read here https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/diyaudio-com-articles/163570-masters-noise-thoroughly-modern-tube-phono-preamp.html there is a section on how to use a PC soundcard to get the transformer loading sorted. Not a beginners guide tho! I know a lot of people enjoy the fun of tuning...

This is interesting and kind of reinforces why I don't like transformers for MC stepup. Unless you can get them on the bench and measure the ringing and work out correct loading (which may include a Zobel) you are slightly flailing about. That is a fairly mightly click for a mono record. Have you ac...

Ref MAF sensors I had all sorts of trouble on my last car (diesel Passat). Great car, esp after a minor ECU tweak but as I kept it to 290k miles it did sometimes have a few gremlins. The problem was the car suddenly going into limp home mode. Now this could be embarassing if you'd just pulled into t...

hi all, longtime lurker finally posting… i have 2 of wayne's MM preamps, 1 MC preamp, and the switcher/EQ board. all i gotta do is some metal work… duh. I suffer from that problem too! one of the MM preamps will be dedicated for mono. i have several ortofon mono carts—a CG 25, a CG 65, and an SPU M...

Soylent Green?

In the fight against the grey squirrel in Uk (as we like our cute but useless Reds) the pine Marten has been found to prefer eating greys so they have been introduced back into some forests. I can't see what could possibly go wrong...

Troubles come in threes. So the tumble dryer door latch has broken. At least that's only £25 and 2 screws to replace.

What will be #3?

HDMI inputs are working again, and I've put a hot air station on my xmas list. Ham fisted oaf I am I did manage to solder 2 pins together on the QFP and took an age to clean them up again. There are certain things you don't use very often then realise why you really need them!

Sigh. Sat the kids down to watch a DVD this afternoon and, 2 minutes in got a 'no signal' message displaying on the screen. Thought that the DVD player was dead so left it an checked by plugging a laptop in this evening. Nope it's the TV. Ar5e. Quick check on line suggests a known issue, part therma...