Never had an acoustic coupler, but yes to dialling up Maplin and ordering way too much stuff! Recently I came across a folder full of all my old Maplin receipts. One of these days I'll go through them and add up what I spent – probably a bad idea! I still miss Maplin.

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I frequented a couple back in the day, the one Kev mentioned on Oxford Road opposite what was BBC Manchester, and one in Stockport on the A6 near the college. Spent way too much in both on components. And the staff in the Stockport branch were particularly helpful.

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Absolute scenes in our garden this afternoon. The bird is definitely the word! 🐦

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Well that's two hours of my life I won't get back. Thought I'd try to get my Nest Display to act as a Bluetooth speaker for my Dell XPS-420. It's already on my desk and would save me hooking up a set of PC speakers. Could I get them to pair? Nope. Think the BT card in my Dell is too old.

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The Bluetooth is built into the 19 in 1 USB bay. May whip that out and see if it can be upgraded. Might just be a USB dongle hidden in there.

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