In response to calls from frustrated customers, The Chord Company is supplying its first ever electronic component. Many owners of flat screens and projectors have benefited from connecting their components with Chord’s award winning HDMI Silver Plus cable but this hasn’t solved an increasing problem: the lack of available HDMI inputs. The solution is an…
Month: February 2009
VAT Reduction – Complete waste of time?
The 2% ish reduction isn’t enough to bring prices down to the next optical price so what has happened? Some retailers still price in store at the ‘old’ price and take the hit at the till. Good for them – I guess the loss of sales for not being quite as obviously competitive is cheaper than the cost of the many thousands of new price signs that they would need to print. Too many retailers have just increased margins to compensate.
Behringer SRC2496
The Behringer SRC2496 has got to be the best value DAC around. Mine cost £99 delivered. Not only is it a good value DAC that upsamples (if you wish it to) it is also an 24/96 Analog to Digital converter. I’ve started to experiment with digitally recording vinyl. Absolutely fascinating. I’d always assumed that digitally…