u/BURTOSAURUS

Hi there,

I’ve got a bit of an odd one for you. I’m working closely with a client regarding his HiFi system, and he’s noticed that intermittently he gets a change in the sound; it becomes very treble heavy and thin sounding. We believe this is due to a council water pump near the bottom of his garden, that helps move water up the hill he lives on.

I’ve tried using a two different mains conditioners, better power cables, and other HiFi related things that ordinary work with noise and other mains issues. On my last visit I used a mains tester and it showed that the voltage was stable and within acceptable limits. I also used an extension cable to run the system off a different circuit in the house, as the room is on its own spur, and that didn’t change anything.

I have spoken to an industry friend who experienced something similar, and he thinks it could be down to a loss of current to the house when the pump is in action. He said he’s had a previous experience of this and it was milling machine at a farm close by and they solved the issue by changing phase of the mains. I haven’t been able to test this yet as I don’t have the correct tools.

I appreciate this is a very niche situation but it’s driving my client and I mad, so any help you can give will be appreciated!

I guess in short I’m asking:

Is this something someone else has also experienced?

Will a 3 phase mains/changing the phase work?

Is there anything else you think might be causing the issue?

Hopefully this is a straight forward one! My girlfriend has recently bought her first house and has asked me to move in with her, upon completion. She will be the sole owner of the property, so from what I’ve read, that means she’ll be solely liable for building and home insurance. But where do I stand in terms of contents insurance?

We’ve spoken briefly about it, but not had a chance to fully get into the finer details. She tells me that other than her laptop, she doesn’t have anything of real value.

I, on the other hand, do have a fair bit of value in my possessions. I’ve got a decent spec PC, laptop, a couple of games consoles, some fairly expensive HiFi etc. Even though she has little in terms of value, should we look to take out a joint policy, or should I take one out just to cover myself?

Thanks in advance!

Hi There,

I built a really simple spreadsheet using Google Sheets that helped generate a price for a package of products, but I realised that whilst this works, it would still allow for certain bits to be selected even if they aren't compatible.

I'm trying to make this more advanced, I think I need to daisy chain a selection of drop down boxes, having the options available changing on what's been selected in the box above. I've created two additional sheets, one that shows retail pricing and one that has tables that show what products are compatible with each other.

I'm getting stuck on how I can filter these ranges down and then get them to show up in the main 'Config' sheet. I've attached some screenshots of each of the sheets so you can hopefully understand what I mean.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Here's the link to the spreadsheet, apologies it wasn't included initially: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pC_DnpjJZTy9PvCJWYLvmt4im-V442pmzxKhlrPFNFM/edit?usp=sharing

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Please can someone who’s got the standard black version of the ‘Live From Fenway Park’ album let me know what the pressing quality is like when it’s played through and decent turntable and HiFi system?

I pre-ordered a copy of The Great Divide and finally pulled the trigger on a copy of Stick Season too, and I’ve found both to be pretty decent pressings, so I’m hopeful that Live From Fenway will be the same! I have been stung before with decent live recordings not transferring to vinyl well.

I use vinyl quite a lot at work for demonstrations so the pressing quality is pretty important to me. I also love good quality for myself, for when I get time listening on my own system!

I appreciate this is probably quite a niche question, so I might not get the answer!