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IFA Berlin 2008, Opening Day, Consumer electronics show. Kids, children playing with Netbook computers at the Medion booth at IFA Berlin 2008, Consumer electronics show.
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Flache Fernseher werden auf der Internationalen Funkausstellung (Ifa) in Berlin in Wohnzimmeratmosphäre präsentiert.
Flat TV screens are shown in living room sceneries at the International Consumer Electronics fair (ifa) at Berlin.
Audiolab has won more major awards in UK hi-fi magazines than any other brand of high-performance audio electronics.
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Formed in the early 1980s by Philip Swift and Derek Scotland, audiolab earned worldwide acclaim with the 8000A – an integrated stereo amplifier that became a classic ‘step-up’ from the budget models of the time.
During the ensuing years, the 8000A established itself as one of the most successful British amps ever produced, and was joined by a range of electronics including CD players, pre/power amps and an FM tuner. The brand switched hands in 1997, changing its name to TAG McLaren Audio; and it so was known until 2004 when audiolab became part of the International Audio Group and returned to its original name.
“If ever a product defined its market, the 8000A is the one. Reliability, ease of use, engineering excellence and a well-behaved sound are the pillars supporting the justified reputation of the 8000A. Over the years, audiolab’s no-nonsense, evolutionary approach to design has widely been recognised.”
– Audiohile with Hi-Fi Answers.
8000A & P Still used to this day. Have upgraded the power supply,
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Seeking a fault!
After quite a long time in storage in my loft, this radio emerged for a period of activity.
However, it was completely dead!
The radio lit up, dial lights and valve filaments on, some slight hum and hiss from the speaker (more when the BFO was on), but not a dicky bird of a radio signal to be heard.
I figured it was a front-end fault, as there wasn't even a crackle as the band switch was operated.
Having spotted some "stressed" (i.e.semi-cooked) resistors around V1, the heptode/triode frequency changer stage (all starting to make sense now ...), I probed around with my test meter and fairly quickly found that V1's cathode resistor (150ohm) was completely open circuit. Not "high resistance", but infinite ohms.
Close inspection showed (sadly I didn't take a photo of this) there was perhaps a crack through the resistor body (I tried wiggling it, but it wouldn't budge).
Anyhow, infinite ohms clearly wasn't correct, so I de-soldered the resistor, which unsurprisingly came out in two parts, and replaced it with a 180ohm 1-watt resistor from my stock.
Hey presto, one fixed radio!
It now works just as badly as it used to! :-)
Mom: [laughs] This had to be his second birthday?
Me: Yeah. You got a lot of cards.
Mom: In those days, we all sent a lot of cards.
Me: I was in a stationery store recently, and I was looking around, and thinking "I don't understand this store anymore. I once did, but now I don't" The emotions behind the cards seem so...foreign to me.
Mom: Hmm. In what way?
Me: It's the whole idea of letting a pre-fab thought speak for you.
Mom: Yes.
Me: It seems...I dunno. A little pointless? Although I can see circumstances when a certain amount of distance is more socially expected. I guess.
Mom: Yeah.
Centrepiece of our home designed "media centre" this unit features a MiniDisc recorder/player which was its main attraction at the time of purchase some years ago.
It has analogue and optical inputs - the optical is used for the sound connection from our TV set.
IFA Berlin 2008, Opening Day, Consumer electronics show
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The 2023 Bristol Hi-Fi Show is in full swing. Held at the Delta Hotels Marriott, Bristol City Centre Hotel from 24-26 February and now in its 34th year, it's a welcome return after a Covid-induced absence of three years.
For UK-based lovers of quality audio and the equipment that produces it, a visit to the Bristol Show is a must. It is Britain’s biggest and longest-running exhibition event of its kind and it's certainly been good to be back.
More than 160 exhibitors are showing their wares this year, and Team What Hi-Fi? are here too, answering queries, bringing you highlights from the show floor, and giving live demonstrations of our bespoke custom-built, multi-speaker AV surround sound system incorporating the latest TV tech.