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 I have purchased a couple of HP computer speakers to use with my laptop. I need a set of headphones. The Apple lightning to mini-phone jack adapter did not work. I suspect the adapter is not bidirectional, but is one way. Bottom line: I could not use my iPhone ear pods with my laptop. Update: I bought, and have been using wireless headphone set from Sennheiser. There id a wifi/charging base with a slot for charging an extra batterry. Two batteries came with the unit but I bought two more for spares.

 After the lightning strike, my AVR front panel display does not light. The unit seems to work fine otherwise, but I need to repair or make a workaround.    This is the 1023-k. I still have the 42 Elite which can be made to run by bypassing one of the safety circuits. I may do that. Right now, the 1023 has the advantage of being programmable for bi-amp sound. Newer amps ste showing up at the outlet I discovered. I may get another from there sometime.

 A few months ago, my promary laptop stopped working (after I dropped the thing to the floor). A replacement was found for free on Facebook's Marketplace site.  There was a box of cables and miscellaneous hardware along with the laptop. After a good cleaning and charging, the laptop was almost as good as new (2015). But, in the box of 'stuff' were two things of interest. The first was a Roku desktop box with remote, and the second, an Android desktop box to make ordinary TVs connect to the web, i.e., become 'Smart.' My TV is a 55" LG OLED and does not need a desktop smart box. The Roku works and I'll give the unit a test run when I have more time.