Never did see any different coloured frets.

Also www.cpc.co.uk - owned by farnell but stocks more domestic/consumer electronic parts/goods, similar to www.maplin.co.uk . As an aside cpc is also quite good at white goods spare parts.

"Velvet Underground & Nico". Haven't listened for ages, still a great album.

I would say overwhelmingly male - we're suckers for gadgets and if it looks good and sounds good then its a complete no brainer!

kimberley: Surely the Beomasters 5000,5500 etc have a pair of 'line out' sockets? I certainly use by BM 5000 with a apir of AVI monoblocks this way. The earlier BeoMaster 6000 was different, though: when I tried the same trick with that, I found that the 'pre-out' came before the volume control! Correct - although I was recommended this

eddglynn: Thanks for the advice Thing is I'm not sure what my speakers are supposed to sound like as I've only had them a few months! They're RedLine 45.2s which would make them late 80s-early 90s, and I suspect the last owner kept them in his garage/shed. They're by far the best speakers I've ever owned, but if I had to criticise

I was told of a lead that dropped speaker level to line level when I was investigating using my Beomaster 5000 with active speakers, I believe the part number was 6270795. It would be best to ask your dealer. On the other hand this isn't ideal as it will have been through the whole power amplification system for no reason and the power amp stage

Had a mooch around the 'net at lunchtime perusing the current state of "serious" audio opamps. The LM4562 from National Semiconductor would appear to be King of the Hill at the moment and although it's still not readily available in the UK from the usual sources (RS, Farnell) yet, it is available here for approx. £5.

Dillen also supplies Capacitor kits for the RL60 crossovers and offered to refoam the ABR's if you still have the surround and the metal plate. I have repaired two pairs of RL60's with the replacement "ported plate" from B&O and they do sound fine. (I also have a spare pair of plates for RL60 brand new from B&O unused and still

LEE's proposed smileys do include a Cowboy though - should be handy in the Sales/Wanted forums p.s. Coolskin - I've told you a million times not to exagerate!