Konkordski

Every owner of the JVC XM-R70 MiniDisc recorder knows it is a very nice player/recorder but there are terrible problems caused by the disc tray lid/door. It doesn't close tightly and if you press or shake the player it can trigger the open/closed microswitch. This resets playback and/or you lose unsaved TOC changes. Originally when I bought the player in 2005 I fixed this by adding a ball of glue on the lid (see below in green ). Looks ugly and worked but after 8 years the glue has gone yellow and brittle. So I decided to open the player to find a better solution. This first picture shows the problem and my first solution. When the lid closes it pushes a steel arm ( red ) which rotates and presses a microswitch ( blue ). Unfortunately there were very poor tolerances such that the lid does not close tightly and the steel arm remains loose, often not even touching the microswitch. My new solution is to bend the steel arm so it's always in contact with the switch and fully pre...

Dusting off my MiniDisc player recently I remembered I'd recorded some BBC radio documentaries a few years back titled The Record Producers .  These were usually broadcast on Radio 2 on Bank Holidays and I managed to catch the first few live on first broadcast. Hunting around for other episodes I found a nice collection of later episodes here: http://bigplansforeverybody.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/record-producers-ultramegasuperpost.html However most of the early episodes I had weren't available so I set to work.  Considering these have gone through three different types of compression (DAB > Analog > MiniDisc > Analog > MP3) they turned out much better than expected: Trevor Horn (2006) - http://www.mediafire.com/?hj4bzbfhjbacw45   Tony Visconti (2006) - No link, gets taken down as has been released on iTunes Bob Clearmountain (2006) - http://www.mediafire.com/?jzcos513019bp1b Hugh Padgham (2007) - http://www.mediafire.com/?iagtnddhrp8w06x I haven...