ef37a wrote: There also seems to be no reports of any other problems from people with earth free supplies so I say again, why make most of them with an earth?

Dave.

CYA and fear of lawyers

Anyone got any thoughts on this?

I know the vocal recording is poor, and I intend to re-record it (crap mic and 'difficult' environment).

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hi, i had a friend who had this problem, we simply did the 'unplug the bugger' trick and that worked. btw, i'm not an electrical maven but i always assumed that it was an issue with the sudden current draw causing a voltage drop, not a 'spike' per se. have i got it backwards? cheers, d Exactly - si...

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A perfect example of design by committee. So full of compromises it isn't actually best at anything!
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Oh come on! It's high time the English became cool about one of their national forms of dance. Done well, it is great to watch, even better to participate in, and Cotswold morris tunes in particular are the hidden gems of our musical culture. +1 We should stop apologising for our culture. Is it rea...

You could of course turn the fridge off for the duration? If like my son you work mostly in the wee smalls, nothing will spoil if the door is left shut for hours,but you will have to come up with a foolproof warning system to turn it back on before pitting. Dave Bog standard timer switch on the fri...

Hmmm. Only just discovered this thread :frown: 3.5mm to 2 phonos is as cheap as chips, so just get one specifically for this job, and at the phono ends use a craft knife to make a slit in the outer insulation of the cable close to the plug to expose the screening. Carefully pick up the strands with ...

Simply moving the card to a different slot can make a lot of difference. Do you have a graphics card, or on-board graphics? If you have a graphics card then the sound card wants to be as far away from it as possible!

As Dan said it's all confusingly counter-intuitive, even to those of us that think we've got a bit of a grasp of it! Another factor that muddies things further, is that when people say they can hear the difference between 48k & 96k sampling rate, what they are most likely hearing is the performa...

In real terms, assuming the users have a conventional player I wouldn't assume more than 50dB S/N. Dolby is moot, because, again the user probably won't have it, in which case it will simply appear to increase the noise/distortion as the treble content will be unnaturally lifted and compressed. As s...

ef37a wrote:Always match the plug/socket with its mate. Not only does it stabilize things but it keeps the pins in place..SOME cheap XLRS actually melt!

Dave.

Spot on Dave, I've done that with all plugs and sockets ever since the days of the fully meltable 5pin DIN plug

But what I do to smooth the bottom for a better fit is to use a piece of 600 to 800 grit Wet & Dry paper and use the radius of the fret board to help out. I wrap the Wet & Dry paper around the fret board close to the saddle slot, and then carefully run the saddle blank over it a few times t...