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Feb 28, 2017
Kinect sensor bracket
Cheap, so I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be exactly what was needed.
Oct 07, 2012
British speaker design at its best, the one and only famous Ditton 66s...
1 of 1 found this helpful I bought these speakers as I was having problems with my then-current speakers and amp combination (a well-known mismatch, it appears). The Celestions were cheap and internet reviews were generally positive. My concern was that the listening standard might have moved on since 1970, when these were made: not a bit of it, these are fantastic.
These are the only speakers I have used that I could simply forget about, the experience is of being in the concert hall and the electrical part just fades into insignificance. Having had season tickets to classical concerts for several years I think I have a rough understanding of the sound I'm expecting. I often listen to the Proms and generally BBC Radio 3, but Genesis, Gabriel and Led Zep have also floated across these beauties.
I use a Naim Nait to power them, it might only have a rating of 30W but I really daren't open the volume beyond the 9 o'clock position in our newly-built house. REALLY LOUD is 11 o'clock, but that only worked in our detached Victorian monstrosity house when all neighbours had left the area, and they still sounded clear. Should I need more? It might be an elderly setup but I'm happy to let it be, why spend a lifetime and a small fortune searching for a few more small points of perfection via the path of frustration?
It's rare that I start ploughing through my recordings to experience my oldies anew, but that is what these inspired me to do. It's like having new ears grafted on.
I had to replace the capacitors early on in my ownership, the parts are readily available and it's not a major problem if you know how to solder and think clearly what you are doing. Can't remember where the parts came from (Leicester? - definitely the UK Midlands), but the suppliers were really helpful and understood what I wanted. And the speakers are large, with contenders for the biggest box in Christendom. They are neither light nor family friendly, so I was really lucky in having a wife who allowed me to commandeer the attic room for only these speakers. Give them space to breathe and they'll really deliver quality sounds.
My big worry is what to replace them with if they ever die: I've auditioned other varieties up to £8000 and still felt let down. One bass speaker is scraping a little and is about to be replaced with an ebay spare, but after ten years I have no intention of changing these lovely representatives of the art of speaker design.
I just hope I haven't bumped the value up too high for any spares I may need...
Dec 03, 2020
Essential lubrication for small plastic mechanical parts
When your favourite CD player starts groaning and moaning as it opens and closes, then skips randomly and unrepeatably during playback, then the grease applied by the manufacturer could have dried out.
This is where this grease comes in handy. (Repeatable skipping is probably a damaged CD, sorry but this grease is not a miracle cure.) Dow Corning's unit sales package is vastly oversized for the average home user, so thank you to the eBayers who repackage this in small affordable boxes. Only a tiny amount of grease is needed, so I've now got a small quantity that will last for years for a relatively tiny cost. Applying the grease is simplicity itself, the problem is gaining access to the parts. If you are capable of opening and reassembling the unit - safely - then there's no contest but I can't assess your skills from here. In my case a decent classic hifi CD player was rescued from an early grave, with not a single groan or skip since, but it could equally have been a scanner or printer; something with small plastic moving or sliding parts. My only regret is the number of CD players, printers etc that have already been scrapped unnecessarily. Five stars.