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Thats a good week at least most the items are from work here is my last week

Dog smashed my £1800 smart tv

24Hrs later Lcd went out of warranty

Kids dropped both vita and ps3 broke both

Oil leaked on motorway And F* a 2 week old bike (new to me)

Aprox 6-8k damage in 1 week

They dont know whats up only thas its not rght. They mentioned gasket and pistons but they cost of repair was around 500 and could not guarantee it would resolve the problem. He advised me to buy another engine butthats 1500 inc fitting which is a lot more than i have now ajd in the near future.

who serviced the bike?

Some place in b-ham got the recept somewhere

Done loads of riding/testing of the bike and its not down to me getting used to the speed. Tested it onthe motorway 5 times and 60-75 mph seems to of lost a bit of pace but nothing major but by god the bike now vibrates like mad. Tank,seat,bars and footpegs all going mental.

0-45 has not improved and still feels slow and hard to get going at times, engine seems louder and hotter but maybe i didnt notice that before.

Something new happened yesterday engine went up to 295f and the indicator was flashing likemad and a red light came on

 

Is the chain too tight??

Have you checked the coolant level?

Something not right...

Yes on both

Heading up to to jordons now to hopefully get it fixed

Done loads of riding/testing of the bike and its not down to me getting used to the speed. Tested it onthe motorway 5 times and 60-75 mph seems to of lost a bit of pace but nothing major but by god the bike now vibrates like mad. Tank,seat,bars and footpegs all going mental.

0-45 has not improved and still feels slow and hard to get going at times, engine seems louder and hotter but maybe i didnt notice that before.

Something new happened yesterday engine went up to 295f and the indicator was flashing likemad and a red light came on

Quote - "Bike was serviced 2 days before I bought the bike and had an oil change".

Did you buy it from a shop? Warranty...

No got it off eBay

Is there any tests that can be done to check if my engine is damaged?

Bike was serviced 2 days before I bought the bike and had an oil change. A few days ago on m62 to Morley and my oil nut ( or whatever it's called) popped off without me knowing and how long it was pouring oil I have no idea. Bike slid across lanes and was Lucky not to fall off. Took it to jordons bikes for a oil change ect they said it was ok.

But the bike now feels like it's not right. It's stalled twice, feels like it's lacking power under 45mph, not as much power when coming off the line, exhaust is louder, having to twist harder to get the req power, when taking corner it feel to lack some power when coming out.

Any advice would be very nice

Off to tesco soon

Even at 29 I'm still hooked on gaming which might explain my 122k gamerscore and I'm not even fussed about them LOL. Buying games and trading them for the wii u.

Can you replace the screens? Just the glass bit not the LCD

My new bike smashed mine Lol

What are rights regarding this matter

On 2 separate occasions I have tried to purchase a game on blockbuster marketplace with 2 different cards and twice it's bee refused but twice they have taken the amount due without sending me the game.

Now before I make a fuss in the morning what are my rights? Are they allowed to take this money without my consent after all they said my card has been refused. I will be demanding my £30 back which they stole

We have 2 pedigree Siberian huskys and they are brilliant sometimes I want to trade the kids for 2 more Lol. They howl on command but demand a lot of time and energy but are amazing members of our family and better than buying a crappy iPhone

Worked for a guy called shaft a cat Lol

Congrats

Life only goes downhill from now LOL

Pretty sure you can't fool them as they require you to add the bag at the start so that it can compensate the weight of the bag

Monitor Audio and Marantz on a bike forum? briiliant pound for pound two of the best companies out there at the moment.

Been selling and repairing HiFi for years

a 5.1 system for music?? hmm only if you want background muzak.

Throttled, studio monitors are accurate and revealing, usually too much so for domestic use.We used to sell Yamaha NS10 speakers back in the day, very popular in studios the world over. BUT waaaay too much info for the music fan. You're mate who replaced his speakers would have found any of todays HiFi speakers an improvement on what he had. and if his system was "very high end" it wouldn't have had a mini disc player

You have to laugh tho, we've gone from Hifi audio and 4:3 ratio CRT televisions to Hi Def LCD/Plasma television and LoFi audio.

I used to spend more time listening to music than riding my bike over winter months so figured it was fair to spend as much on the HiFi as I did on bikes. Current one is 8yrs old and with the right cd can still cause a dropped jaw

What technological improvements have there been with passive speakers since the late 1990s and now? My friends TDL (stand mount, don't know the model) and the Mission floorstanders (again don't know the model, cost about £500 about 2001) still sounded great till it was time for them to go or got damaged by the kids. OK, so it is not very high end to audiophiles, but it is to most people.

There are many changes to speaker over each model some are slight and other are major just like when fresh models of bikes come out. If they were no different we wouldn't spend the cash cos we all listen before we buy so we are the testers. Lets take my old speakers can't remember the name but they cost £495 in 2001 and they were great and thought they were good enough for me at the time but they broke and although i can get my stuff fixed for free. I bought some kef Q and again they were better than the others but then i got the bug. Moved to the new at the time IQ and WOW they were miles better than the dated Q.Last year i tried the new Q range and they blew me away with there sound quality and they sounded like nothing i have heard before and are still amazing £1600 later.

So to answer the question even though it wasn't directed at me over the years speakers have changed a lot just my bikes and cars have

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This is the same as my setup i have the same fronts,mid and sub

Maan! That sounds really good. Oh! Wait! I'm listening through my £24.99 errr...rubbish?http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z28/Colin_the_bear/nene.gif

I can't see the point of 5.1 surround sound. Ok a sub woofer is good and apparently you can't identify the direction of low frequencies. However you only have two ears. I remember doing a blindfolded hearing experiment at School. There's a line around the head where sound direction sounds the same. Doesn't matter if it's in front behind or above. The brain uses other senses to put it in context.

The sound card on the pooter has a virtual surround sound effect and I've been out twice to see who was messing with the car till I clicked on.

The telly has a similar effect and I rushed upstairs cos I could hear somebody talking in the bedroom.

Or maybe the house is haunted or I'm going daft or perhaps all three

Never said they were rubbish you did

Pointed out that there not my cup of tea

Vox

B&W

Bowers and wilkins

Bose

OH NO

You didn't just name drop that company

monitor audio

For those of you who may be tempted by the idea of active speakers, they are still mainly used in pro-audio rather than domestic hifi. Recording engineers and DJs have always used them due to the accuracy of the sound reproduction. They tend to be less coloured in their sound and more neutral and detailed. Also, they do this for much less money than audiophile hifis. Search under studio monitors as well as active speakers.

The best place to source active speakers are pro audio shops which cater for DJs and those who want to record music. In Glasgow there is a great shop called Rub-a-dub in Howard St near the St Enochs Centre.

http://www.rubadub.co.uk/equipment/studio-monitors

I went with a mate who bought these, Mackie MR8

http://www.rubadub.co.uk/equipment/stud ... ors-pair-1

to replace a very high end but damaged and old (he had a mini disc player) audiophile setup. For way less money they sound just as good with better bass than before.

Might test out your theory side by side with some monitor audio and see which is better.

Bang & Oulefson!

just like colin said You don't always get top quality for top price stuff

B&O make some pretty nice looking stuff but it isn't any where near the quality of products you can get elsewhere for less.

Meh CA will never be on the same level as KEF well not in my life time plus its just a basic 5.1 and forgot to add cd player to the list i use a marantez cd6004 with a pm6004.

 

LOL, we could argue about this forever!!

In my case i don’t even watch many movies, or play much music, so didnt want giant speaker stacks dominating the room.

In fact all of my gear is hidden away with nothing on show, with all of the wires routed behind the walls. All that’s on display is the wall hung UE46D8000 TV, which thanks to its frameless design looks like a picture hanging above the contemporary designed wood burning fireplace.

So the idea behind the Cambridge Audio speakers is to a achieve a high quality yet discreet installation. With the tiny white speakers mounted in the corners of the room, I doubt most people will even notice they are there - until I switch them on and they listen in amazement to the cinema like surround sound..

I would win

The little speakers and sub are nothing new but CA don't make decent speakers imo. There parent company Arcam now thats a company i would buy anything non speakers from they make the best stuff but come at a real high price.

Last gig- Dimmu Borgir

Next gig-Behemoth,Machine Head,Hatebreed,Testament,Nile and Dimmu Borgir

Audio isn't that great on 5.1 though.

Also, I don't know what Ipods use but I always get the highest quality possible. If its off a CD its usually lossless.

I had a 300-400 pound active speakers, but needed a mixer for it to sound right as they are better for mixing on. They do pack a punch mind!

My current setup is:

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio- ... 268/review

with

http://www.whathifi.com/review/marantz-pm6004

And that was holding back

Thats a pretty nice setup

I have the cd6004 and pm6004 and there both brilliant

This is the same as my setup i have the same fronts,mid and sub

You do need an amp but it covers my ipod,home cinema,music and gaming so its money well spent.

 

Well you see, I'd have to disagree... for the following reasons:

For home cinema you really need Surround sound, not just a pair of speakers. you need satellite speakers with separate sub, or you wont be getting the best sound from your home cinema.

For your iPod your playing compressed music - no matter what speakers you play the iPod music through, it still wont be "excellent quality", as the encoding used to fit all those tracks onto your tiny iPod throws away a high amount of audio data.

For gaming, again you really need surround sound to fully immerse yourself into the game and hear the bad guys creeping up behind you.

For just 50quid more, you could have bought the Cambridge Audio Minx S215 5.1 Surround sounds speakers.

http://www.richersounds.com/package/speakers/speaker-packages/pah01470

Perfect for home cinema, gaming, and iPod music, and the speakers I have on order (in white so they dont stick out against my white ceiling like a sore thumb! ) for my home cinema

Meh CA will never be on the same level as KEF well not in my life time plus its just a basic 5.1 and forgot to add cd player to the list i use a marantez cd6004 with a pm6004.