I took my amplifier in for a re-tube and got a loan amplifier for the 10 days or so it will take. On plugging it in, I noticed the interconnect from the CD player was the wrong way round on the left channel. Ie., the arrows were pointing back toward the CD player, instead of up into the amp. Obviously, I connected it up wrong 3 weeks ago when we moved. I've been playing the last few weeks with the cable the wrong way round. When I connected the loan amp, and dropped in a CD - I only got the right channel. The sounds of silence on the left. Suspecting a dodgy amp, I turned everything off.

Greetings Stephen, edit options seem fine at time of making the actual posting, but after they are done the edit option goes away after a while (no idea how long). I would have thought they should remain 'edit-able' until someone has made a direct reply to 'your' posting, but maybe that is just me being silly (?) I did notice this on at least one posting after around maybe three or four days.

Hello everyone,

I am brand new to the world of "stereophilia", but I am working on a project and you seem like the folks to ask for advice.

I recently inherited my grandparents' old hi-fi console. It is a beautiful piece of furniture with all the original finish and electronics intact. I had the idea that I would like to "remodel" the console to include a high-end-ish stereo but still look vintage on the outside. I am somewhat handy and can probably pull off the woodworking that needs to be done to accomodate the updated system.

Hi folks - I am new to this whole hifi audiophile world - and what an interesting world it is !

Heres the guts of it - I finally cleared off my old crappy bits of system to the back shed and forked out on some new gear. After much reading and sussing out a couple of shops I went with the following : NAD 325BEE amp, Monitor Audio BR2 speakers, Cambridge Audio 640P phono pre amp for my old technics turntable and am soon to replace my old sony carosel CD player with a 525BEE NAD to match the amp.

are there an advantage in having mono Blocks amps vs. Having stereo amps or Receivers..... I have a couple of Carver Mono Blocks that I have had for 17 years and they work just fine. I was thinking about upgrading to the Krell mono Blocks. are the Krells worth it? ;)

Thanks I'm a newbie here.

I've spent most of today evaluating some new software I have, particularly algorithms for sample rate conversion and dithering.

Both processes come into play when creating a CD master. Since I record in high resolution at 24 bit and 96k sampling (with some current experimentation at 192k as well), in order to create a CD master, sampling rate must be brought down to the CD standard 44.1 kHz and word length must be brought down to the CD standard 16 bits.