Had a quick peek on t'net and the 'Burr Brown PCM3052' gets very reasonable reviews. Certainly try before spending money on an external converter.

The EMU is a cracking deal at the price.

The converters in the Emu 0202 USB get really good reviews given its price of around £70. A lot of Headphone buffs use it (or its bigger brother 0404) as the converter when listening to music from computer.

It sounds like the strips are meant to be white but have UV aged/discoloured.

Jandyt: h1npw: Rather than they've contributed to, they all get a mention in spark to icon? LET'S HEAR IT FOR NIGEL! !! Yes indeed, they are all mentioned in 'Spark to Icon' Tom, you were so near and one or two of you skirted around it but well done Nigel. You have won........ .....a great sense of satisfaction. Thanks to everyone who

I've had my notification already but it's not due until April - I've always been a " jit " payer

I love the article on the official site telling why, because of the new auto colour calibration function, your new BV4 will be the only plasma still working to a reasonable level in a few years time. Bit of a sickener fro those who spent 15K on last years model then

Alex: I heard a Linkin Park song all the way through today (a new experience for me) and wasn't impressed, partly because all the sounds in it were all presets I recognised . They hadn't even bothered to make patches themselves. Only falling short of the voice, violin and soprano saxophone, the synth is the most expressive instrument IMO, although

The service manual is available on site if you were to upgrade to silver or gold membership

Peter : I usually scan as pdfs myself but can work with almost anything! If gifs are better, happy to get those! Gifs keep line and edge detail but round the colour up to the nearest 256 colour (or greyscale) from a pallette and so they are ideal for compressing line drawings, text or business graphics, but no good for photos as 256 colours isn't