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After a lot of messing about changing configurations etc... I was about to give up on Airtunes. I returned my Netgear plugs to PC World and felt resigned to never ever using my MAC as a music centre again.


That was until I found myself home alone for an afternoon afew days back. Expecting to hear the usual snap, crackle and pop, I booted up my MAC and selected remote speakers. Joy of joys music, just music. Excitedly I grabbed my iTouch and used the remote to select another track, that worked too!!!!!


I spent from midday to 6pm , sound playing without interruption, well I never, I have no idea what is going on, I just hope it lasts!

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See, told you. Dunno what all the fuss was about. Big Smile

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Re: Airport Express Woes, I don't know :0>>>

Thanks John.


Part of me wants to know what the problem was ~ I still cannot play two AX units togther, but that is fine as I'll just use one and increase the volume so as I can hear the music round the house!


The other part of me is happy and content to know that once again, if something doesn't work I can  just leave it and hope it fixes itself Wink


 

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Yeah, that's the thing with wireless networks - turn everything off and turn them on in the right order, and bob's your uncle. People get paid big money to know what the right order is though......

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Re: Airport Express Woes, I don't know :0>>>

I did notice that the Beresford was a touch quieter than the CD player, do you get that with the magic?

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I did notice that the Beresford was a touch quieter than the CD player, do you get that with the magic?



No, they're pretty much on a par, but two could quite easily be different, depends on whether its line out is exactly 2v or not....
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Re: Airport Express Woes, I don't know :0>>>

It's not a big deal ~ I can live with it.

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Could also be down to either cable differences (my Chorus seems quieter than my Cobra) or just the Beresford being a bit cleaner and therefore your perception is that it's quieter. Dunno.

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No worries - off to pub now ;0)

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HiFi Mick:
The other part of me is happy and content to know that once again, if something doesn't work I can  just leave it and hope it fixes itself Wink


Back when I was a nipper, when an electrical good went faulty, we would stick it in the loft for a few months. Bring it back down again after that and it generally worked again. I still use the phrase that something sounds like it needs a session in the loft to this day...

(though unfortunately I no longer have a loft )

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Good call.

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JohnDuncan:
People get paid big money to know what the right order is though......



Not all of us John, not all of us...
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JohnDuncan:
People get paid big money to know what the right order is though......



Not all of us John, not all of us...



Not me after the 31st, certainly.
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Re: Airport Express Woes, I don't know :0>>>

When things went wrong, we used to give it a good bang. Even the repair man used to do this with tellys. Couldn't imagine banging my kuro. Probably knock it off the wall!

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Oh, computers also benefit from the "foot" fix PJ Big Smile ...

Still not found anything then JD?

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Oh, computers also benefit from the "foot" fix PJ Big Smile ...

Still not found anything then JD?



Working on it. Meeting someone tomorrow which seems very promising...
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