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by spacejay
Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:50 am
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: Is it possible to not use PayPAl on eBay?
Replies: 4
Views: 2575

Re: Is it possible to not use PayPAl on eBay?

if the goods cost in excess of £100 you lose any protection the sale of goods act (i think) accords via payment with a credit card and you are left to paypal to sort it out. once you make contact you can discuss other payment methods ie cash, bank transfer. ebay don't like this though because they l...
by spacejay
Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: EBAY
Replies: 12
Views: 5948

Re: EBAY

i'll answer my own question - they are stopping it in 2013 and it is still worth a whopping 15 pence today.
by spacejay
Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:26 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: EBAY
Replies: 12
Views: 5948

Re: EBAY

or luncheon vouchers
by spacejay
Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:14 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: hi-fi idiocy
Replies: 12
Views: 4789

Re: hi-fi idiocy

And finally , shunning the funk firms expensive upgrades , i tried to cut a circular hole in 10mm carbon fibre with the wrong tool [ drill with woodcutter hole attachment ] and spent 3 hours in surgery with a plastic surgeon fixing the bones and the tendons in my thumb. was it an improvement though?
by spacejay
Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:54 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: hi-fi idiocy
Replies: 12
Views: 4789

Re: hi-fi idiocy

i bought a phono2 and got the doc to put an extra set of outputs on the back (one for the headphone amp and one for the pre-amp) so i didn't have to keep unplugging cables. anyway i plug the cables in and can only hear out of one channel. i email the doc and he says send it back. in my mind i can't ...
by spacejay
Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: hi-fi idiocy
Replies: 12
Views: 4789

hi-fi idiocy

just off to work now but was inspired to start this because of figlets admitted idiocy regarding his multi-meter. any others out there willing to share.

i have a good one which i will post tomorrow.
by spacejay
Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:28 am
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: NVA Cubix
Replies: 86
Views: 84419

Re: NVA Cubix

What amp did you listen to the AN's with? They are voiced for valves so may sound tiring with some SS amps. Fallacy and forum bullshit. Audionote loudspeaker are direct copies of Snells apart from some better crossover components and silver wire. Snells were designed with solid state amps. one of m...
by spacejay
Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:44 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: music pc
Replies: 7
Views: 3387

Re: music pc

oh yeah i know that i would have to get j river to use in conjunction with gizmo. i wouldn't want to shell out for it though if i can't achieve what i want to achieve.

i think i will have to rethink the whole idea....
by spacejay
Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:39 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: music pc
Replies: 7
Views: 3387

Re: music pc

the music pc is standalone and in a different room to the router so i would need to make it wireless. no laptop. i got the o/s down to the bare minimum using the instructions on cplay.

just had a fiddle about with tablet and it looks like i can download gizmo
by spacejay
Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:58 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: music pc
Replies: 7
Views: 3387

Re: music pc

crikey terry , you have bamboozled me somewhat. i think i will have to downgrade my opinion of my limited pc skillset. maybe i should give more details to you and jason. i have an htpc where i keep one set of my music as a back up (as well as one on a hard drive off site). when i rip a cd it goes on...