EU survey on appliances and right to repair

Digital is as good as it needs to be for the human ear. Maybe dogs might complain....

And analogue is full of interference. The losses in digital are nothing compared to that. That's why everything nowadays is digital, so noise can be ignored.

so is analogue. Discrete electrons and all that.

Nope that's an approximation too. molecules of air bouncing off eardrums etc.

Bit of a broad statement. Does that mean you believe analogue isn't?

Musicians can't play properly in a dead room.

Can't they use monitor speakers or headphones?

that's what gold plate is for, situations where corrosion may occur. Otherwise it's of no use.

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Oh yes, the 22 is grot, despite its reputation. That's why I said II not II/22.

ESLs won't kick many arses. But for the rest of the spectrum they're in a class of their own.

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I don't think it is true. How long does the average £200 moderate-fi l ast? 5 years? 6? 7?

How long do average £5-10-20-50 old hifi components last? 30 years? 40 ? I've put together various such motley systems for people with old kit - n ot the ultimate but pretty good and all way under £200.

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There were some top notch Sansui amps and some right dross. I'm betting he has the latter.

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They use it on memory chips in computers. Not sure why they would corrode. I always thought it was less resistance at very high frequencies, so not really necessary for audio.

I was given it (faulty, but I replaced the power switch, volume control, re-attached the VU meters and put LEDs in place of the blown bulbs) and it's loud and as good quality as I've ever heard. Maybe I'm just not fussy. It's a Sansui A-80 Integrated DC Servo Amplifier. The reviews say it's decent:

gold is higher R than copper.

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reviewers say that of all amps. The A-80 is far from their worst or best.

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Google says it's to do with oxidation. I guess there must be a lot of people with computers and stereos in rainforests with 100% humidity.

The trouble nowadays is there are fake reviews posted by the manufacturer themselves. Mind you they're usually over the top and easy to spot.

The A-80 seems pretty good to me.

ing he has the latter.

l, re-attached the VU meters and put LEDs in place of the blown bulbs) and it's loud and as good quality as I've ever heard. Maybe I'm just not fussy .

themselves. Mind you they're usually over the top and easy to spot.

they're almost all fake reviews in that they're bs. I've read hifi & car ma gs & seen garbage praised & good equipment mercilessly criticised. Reviewer s usually big up the kit so they get given it free, regardless of how crap it is. Do you remember the record decks that could only do one speed? Lol.

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That would suggest they only want to be given garbage?

Can't really remember my current deck - nearly 50 years old - ever being used other than for LPs. I don't possess any 45s.

that makes as little sense as usual

Plenty of parts of the world have very humid weather for some or all of the year.

Electronic stuff, notably connections suffer in these places.

Old fashioned floppy disk drives would suffer bits of rust dropping off and onto the surface of the magnetic disk, which would then be dragged into the dust removal slot and destroy it.