The King of the Underworld

Advantages: Great music, cheap drinks and friendly customers
Disadvantages: a bit on the small side

...Bar Phono is not the most easy club to find. It is well hidden in the Merrion Centre in Leeds, next to the newsagent at the McDonald's end. It is just a small doorway, that leads to the depths of Bar Phono. You may be forgiven if you're a little intimidated by what you first see, I know I usually am... The decorum goes with something of a dark feel. The lights are few and far between, with the majority of those existing being UV. This has great potential as you will later find out... The room itself is like a square, with seating around the edges, a dancefloor in the middle, and a big pole in the middle of the dance floor for some reason. The DJ booth is in the far right corner as you go in, and the bar is in the far left. The toilets are absolutely horrible, with wet floors and stale smells, but they work so it's not all bad...

nicolap 31.01.2002 · Read review
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Review of Bar Phono

Diana Ross's Slick RCA Records Debut

Advantages: The Rock-Funk classic, Mirror, Mirror
Disadvantages: Few of the tracks are just mediocre

...In 1981 soul music legend Diana Ross hit the headlines when it was announced that after twenty successful years she was fleeing Motown Records for a whopping $20,000,000 deal with RCA Records. Ross had signed to Motown records at the tender age of 16 and gradually became the labels biggest selling artist. Motown was the pioneering record label in black music and Ross and the companys boss Berry Gordy had helped change and shape the whole face of black music in the twentieth century. Ross went to Berry Gordy to see if he could match RCA Records' deal for $20,000,000 but he simply told her he could not afford such an extravagent deal and pointed out to her that she would not be afforded the same lavish care and attention her career had always received elsewhere. When Ross' contract expired in early 1981 she was adament that she was not...

IanPhillips 07.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Diana Ross

Diana Ross's RCA Records Debut Album

Advantages: Contains a few great tracks
Disadvantages: A few weak links

...Diana Ross' brand new life at RCA Records kicked off to a promising start both personally and professionally. She enjoyed the satisfaction she'd craved for so long in producing and generally being a more creative force with her studio albums. Diana virtually controlled every aspect of this album right down to the revealing cover shot where she is dressed in a startling zebra-skin outfit which she had incidentally designed herself. Aided by six studio technicians, Diana produced all 9 tracks on the Why Do Fools Fall In Love album which was belatedly released in September 1981, six months after its origanal schedule date. For somebody who had never produced an entire album before she certainly did remarkably well. Oddly enough the premier RCA single would be the cover version of Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers classic hit...

IanPhillips 31.08.2006 · Read review
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Save Your Old LP's NOW With This

Advantages: Save LP's and Tapes To CD With Ease
Disadvantages: Initial Cost

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penguin1052 22.01.2004 · Read review
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Review of TerraTec Phono PreAmp Studio USB

Certainly works for me.

Advantages: Light and easy to use ,great sound quality
Disadvantages: none to date

...on a gig with my band I use a small stereo mini jack to RCA/phono connector ( about £3 from radio shack) plug it into the headphone output on the shuffle and this allows me to play it through the bands PA system, I hit the random play and away we go instant DJ support for my band. The boys in the band could not believe the sound quality coming from some thing so small.Can't be bad. Battery life so far seems to be very good and the 1gb storage is ample for me ( 240 four minute songs) as it is so easy to up and download songs and edit your play list through itunes. I also bought the wall charger for it . This was £19.99 from apple plus shipping although I now notice that it can be found cheaper from the likes of Jigsaw24 online. All in all I consider this to be a great little piece of kit....

cliffie 01.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB

Great value for money

Advantages: Sony quality
Disadvantages: More inputs on back, just has Scart with S-Video on front of unit

...claim it will burn to all + and - DVD's including R and RW. Just to clarify on the spec: REAR: HDMI out (with 1080p upscaled pictures) Scart 1: RGB, S-Video and composite video + stereo audio out Scart 2: RGB, S-Video and composite video + stereo audio in; S-Video and composite video + stereo audio out Component video (via 3 x RCA/phono sockets) with PAL/NTSC progressive scan S-Video out (via 4 pin mini din) Composite video & stereo audio line out (via 3 x RCA/phono sockets) FRONT: S-Video (via 4 pin mini din), composite video and stereo audio in (via 3 x RCA/phono sockets) Playback format compatibility: DVD-RAM, DVD/-R/-RW/+R/RW (including dual layer formats), CD/-R/-RW, DivX, JPEG, MP3, S/VCD Record format compatibility: DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW, -/+R Dual Layer...

ninjatech 08.01.2008 (07.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Sony RDR-GX 350

A bargain LCD tv that doesn't compromise on quality.

Advantages: Excellent picture quality, great value for money.
Disadvantages: Sound is tinny - needs a subwoofer, stereo or surround.

...would say that there is a noticeable drop off in quality if viewing at an odd angle). Audio 5W x 2, speaker 100mmx30mm x 2 - this means that sound is going through just one set of stereo speakers at 5W per channel, which is quite feeble - it is not surprising that the TV sounds very tinny and needs some bass. Connections UHF Antenna (bog standard antenna cable) PC IN - standard PC socket 2 x SCART sockets 2 x RCA pin L/R + Y (for video camera, etc) SPDIF - digital audio output AUDIO OUT L,R (standard phono sockets) HDMI x 2 - digital HD sockets Power consumption 100W, standby <1W...

drewish 21.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sharp LC-26SB25

Sony RDR-HXD 870

Advantages: Built in HDD, Plays Alomost All media, Built in Freeview
Disadvantages: none that i can think of

...Compatible Video Noise Reduction Specs: DVD recorder / HDD recorder with digital TV tuner Remote control: infrared Audio: Stereo Hard disc drive - 160 GB TV Tuner: PAL, SECAM Digital clock Timer Simultaneous recording and playback Progressive scanning USB 2.0 compatibility PictBridge compatible Chasing playback Digital EPG Power: AC 230V (50/60 Hz) Dimensions: 43 cm x 28.6 cm x 7.7 cm Connection types: 1 x USB (4 PIN USB Type A) - front 1 x USB (4 PIN USB Type B) - front 1 x composite video/audio input (RCA phono x 3) - front 1 x S-Video input (4 PIN mini-DIN) - front 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) (4 PIN FireWire) - front 1 x RF input - rear 1 x RF output - rear 1 x composite video/audio output (RCA phono x 3) - rear 1 x S-Video output (4 PIN mini-DIN) - rear 1 x component video output (RCA phono x 3) - rear...

pfishers 13.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony RDR-HXD 870

X-540

Advantages: Great price,great sound quality, matrix button gives great 5.1
Disadvantages: Lots of wires!, Remote on quite a short wire

...what you get from your TV. On most sites it says that the box contains a console adapter,this isnt true. However it does come with a handy adapter which takes you RCA audio cables and turns into one 3.5mm phono jack. This plugs into the back of your Bass unit, and then takes the sound to your speakers. This only gives you 2.1 sound,but when you press a button on the remote control Called "Matrix" then it somehow splits the sound up and gies you an artificial 5.1 surrounding. It works amazingly, sounds just like real 5.1 and emmerces you into what your watching and gives a real feeling of depth. The remote, sadly is on quite a short wire,which means you cant sit right across the room and just flick the matrix switch. The lead itself is about 1.5m long and the remote has 2 buttons; power and matrix. And 2 dials, one for main colume and one...

Jiggy93 08.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Logitech X 540

G51 - Great speakers, not just for your PC!

Advantages: Phono input, Great sound quality
Disadvantages: No remote control

...the sound, there are two options to choose from with the matrix, these are "Gaming" and "Music", switch on the matrix and you will hear a difference, it makes the experience so much better. The G51 features two inputs one for your PC (You will need a 6 channel sound card, which your PC most probably have if its quite new), and one for the stereo phono RCA thing (The red and white plugs). These speakers are designed mainly for PC's but with the phono inputs you can connect it to almost anything, for example mine are connected to my PC and my TV so I get the surround sound experience from my PC, watching TV and playing on my xbox! Another feature of the G51 is the speakers are customizable, you can print off designs (Get them from the Logitech site or make your own) and stick them under the plastic of the speaker so that the speakers fit in...

Lucaio 03.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Logitech G51