Since age 15 I've been fascinated by high fidelity sound reproduction. That means I still love things like reel-to-reel taperecorders and 78 rpm records. In fact I still collect both, from garage sales.

In Ottawa, I would like to sing the praises of Bao Nguyen, of Centek Electronics, C5-2285 St-Laurent Blvd, K1G 47Z, tel (613) 738 8787. Bao can repair virtually any audio or video device, and recently did a great job on my Revox. The part came from Hall Electronics; see below.

If you are involved in sound systems in churches, you may like to know that there a Canadian company that specialises in training people to operate church audio consoles and solve audio problems: Sound Advice. In Ottawa, Mark Warren Sound is recommended for concert audio and audio problem solving.

• Acoustics V-Dosc
• Audiogon - high end audio on line
• Audio SIG (NCF)
• Dewar Audio
• Domenics Music Store
• DVD region codes and unlocking them
• Electron tubes / valves
• ExpressVu direct TV
• Hall Electronics
• Kanata electronics repairers
• Avenue A/V: audio video systems;Marc Grondin, (613) 834-6963 (Orleans)
• Rane Corp, including solving hums and RF problems
• Sounds Simple in Audio - training for church sound teams. Tel 1-877-776-8637
• Sound Advice - training company for audio PA technicians including church audio technicians
• Shark Fin Digital Audio Mastering Specialists
• Track 7 Studio
• Tetra Speakers - President, Adrian Butts. 3059 Carling Ave - Unit WR. 613-226-3550
• Wall Sound - 225-2190, ask for Neil, ext 236