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Hi Fi Repairs

A heads up to all in the Bolton/Manchester area to who diy repairs are a disaster waiting to happen. My Musical Fidelity A308 cd recently expired and a phone call to the above mentioned manufacturer frightened me to death so it looked like my cd was scrap. A look around the net turned up Mike Powel hi fi repairs in Bolton . A swift call later and I was assured the repair could be affected. 2 weeks later the 308 is back repaired and cleaned to mint condition for a fraction of MF's quote ! .I wholeheartedly recommend this great guy contact him at www.mpavservice.co.uk or call [See Website] and save yourself a fortune on dealer prices!:):):)
 
Hi RockDog,

Thanks for sharing your good experience. Do you know what exactly was wrong and what repair was carried out?

I've removed the phone number because auto call centres / spammers will more easily find it on a forum. It is still on the chaps website for those interested. I also changed your wording of 'troll around the net' to 'look around the net' because troll is a person who posts negative comments and winds others up on internet sites for the fun of it.
 
For components, I mostly use CPC-Farnell, who have over the years always done well for me. However, if you just want, say, one or two 1N4148 diodes, then CPC's minimum order charge will be a disincentive, so I use eBay traders for that.

For all loudspeaker parts, but especially crossover capacitors, Falcon Acoustics are very good. Excellent communications and sensible pricing.

I also often buy a Velleman kit for something I want to build, then modify it to my needs. Their prices are reasonable, and one gets a very decent PCB, which makes assembly an awful lot easier and neater than Veroboard or what I prefer to use, uncoppered matrix board.

S
 
Sergeauckland said:
For components, I mostly use CPC-Farnell, who have over the years always done well for me. However, if you just want, say, one or two 1N4148 diodes, then CPC's minimum order charge will be a disincentive, so I use eBay traders for that.

For all loudspeaker parts, but especially crossover capacitors, Falcon Acoustics are very good. Excellent communications and sensible pricing.

I also often buy a Velleman kit for something I want to build, then modify it to my needs. Their prices are reasonable, and one gets a very decent PCB, which makes assembly an awful lot easier and neater than Veroboard or what I prefer to use, uncoppered matrix board.

S
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Love Velleman kits! They have a great assortment.
 
jbhunter1 said:
Love Velleman kits! They have a great assortment.
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I'm currently modifying their Precision VU meter kit to be a PPM.

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The PCB holds the LEDs and their drivers nicely, and I've removed the half-wave rectifier averaging circuit, and am replacing it with a full-wave rectified peak-detecting circuit.

My digital players have a maximum fixed output corresponding to 0dBFS, but LP playback doesn't have a fixed maximum output, it depends on how hot the LPs have been cut. I've set my turntables' output to be 0dBu for 5cm/sec recorded velocity, so with the PPM, I should be able to see how hot my LPs are cut, up to +15dB above 5cm/sec. If I regularly see levels above +15dB, I can always adjust the PPM such that it reads up to +20dB or whatever I need.

S.
 

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