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[quote name='bremen' post='391515' date='Jan 26 2009, 11:02 AM']I could send you a sample if you like.[/quote] What about the Lemon oil though........... I'll get me coat!

Try these guys..... Cable is ok... not the best but for what your doing it's fine..... 1.5M for£5.50... [url="http://www.cabling4less.co.uk/Optical_Digital_Audio.php?referrer=google&gclid=CJDhlOqHrJgCFc0a3godbiLmlw"]Cable for less[/url]

Yeah as long as you can route the fx through the s/pdif your rockin.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='391476' date='Jan 26 2009, 10:14 AM']Has anyone ever used this? I want to set up 1 PC for FX processing, and the other as a master/mix console. Exactly what sort of cable do I buy? All the SPDIF cables around are so vastly different in price! I'm hoping to link two PCs with a Delta 1010LT in each. So... What do I do? Any advice?[/quote] Depends on your interface.... if you can.... opt for the toslink/Adat/Lightpipe type interface

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='391480' date='Jan 26 2009, 10:19 AM']So is this one example of a UK manufacturer who prices better for an overseas market but not their own domestic market? (Essentially the reverse of the US examples above). Or is this a result of the exchange rate?[/quote] Absolutely.....

Again I think it depends on the manufacturer.... I know that the company I work for have manufacturing in both Europe and America (well Mexico) and the pricing does vary a bit but they are addressing a global pricing policy ATM. I think it makes complete sense from a manufacturers point of view as it helps them retain their market and in turn helps the retail stores (bricks and mortar type) retain their profit margins. Obviously in the world of Bass equipment it's a much more niche market so I guess the manufacturers are more likely to offer direct pricing. I know that for instance the restructure of pricing for Status Graphite means that those in the US get a better deal at present.

I think it depends on the manufacturer..... You have to remember that a lot of them have European hubs nowadays which means that UK retailers will be buying in Euro's. Even large american companies such as Harman work this way.

SX compare favorably to any Fender I've played.

Plus the fact that Manufacturers are putting the clamps on e-tailers which stops product being sold way below street pricing.

[quote name='noelk27' post='391374' date='Jan 26 2009, 01:04 AM']If what I was told by a sales assistant at Reverb on Saturday is true, then it would appear that the Reverb chain is being sold, and a number of the stores are set to close. This may explain why the prices of certain ranges have been slashed - the ones where the stock is wholly owned by the chain - although the suggestion that certain items are being sold "without warranty" did strike me as being curious from a legal standpoint. This after another local store that always had a significant number of used instruments in stock closed last year. A few weeks before the shutters came down for the last time, when I was browsing the final bargains, I asked why the store was closing, and was told that the balance of sales had shifted so that more stock was being sold online or on eBay than on retail premises, and that it had become uneconomical for the retail store to try to compete with the big online retailers on the new lines stocked. As far as the people I was talking with were concerned eBay has decimated the demand for high street shops to sell used instruments - even without the chance to try before you buy the infinite variety on offer beats any and all competition.[/quote] Yes I've been hearing rumblings for a few weeks that Arbiter is in serious financial trouble yet again.....

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='391248' date='Jan 25 2009, 09:21 PM']I could be totally wrong about this but I recall many moons ago at the Bradford Festival one lunchtime seeing the Deidre Cartwright Band, which was an all female ensemble. What stuck in my mind was not that she was playing a Parker Fly but the Bassist was playing a WAL. Can anyone back me up on this?[/quote] Wasn't she the guitarist in 'The Belle Stars'?? I'm sure she was...

From a trade website - The petition against compulsory noise limiters in live music venues is now number one on the Prime Minister’s petition website, with over 70,000 signatures. This comes as the petitioner himself, Warren James, admits on his website that it is a false alarm: “It is great to see so many people supporting the comments made on the e-petition on the Downing Street website which started early in 2008, all of you seem to agree with the issue raised. Although the issue that I was angry with and petitioned against in late 2007 never actually came to fruition. It is a fact that this never happened in 2008, thus allowing live music to continue 'reasonably' un-interrupted.” Andrew Bishop owner of amp and PA manufacturer Carlsbro noted: The petition has more than double the number of signatures of the petition calling on the PM to impose an arms embargo on Israel following its Gaza offensive. Once again, public concern about the regulation of live music proves to be greater than the either the government or the media appreciate." Bishop also added that the rumours were indeed unfounded: “The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed last week that the government had no plans for new noise limiter legislation, and that the petition was unfounded. It would seem that rumours in early 2008 about the end of a two-year moratorium of enforcement of Noise at Work regulations at entertainment venues were the petitioner's starting point. But even under that legislation noise limiters cannot be forced on a venue.”

ISM3 is a de-reg frequency

Status all the way......... I am completely biased though.... ^_^

Do you know what frequency it's on... I may have a spare

....... Well Essex is 'Home of Bass'!!!!!