Recent content by keithp

>This can be a difficult subject: 1.Remove your pre-amp, add a pot between signal source & power amp it will sound ghastly (obv the pre-amp applies voicing & gain) 2.No one mentions our hearing is extra sensitive around 4Khz. 3.A studio speaker without voicing (flat response sounds just...

>Stay away from Francois, his preloved equipment at AudioExchange including all iFi products, why? XCan IDac2 Black Label Gryphon MC152 Ref5 Still paying this sh1t off.. -_-

>This is really not nice stuff to look at with ass stuck in Africa, TEAC AI series using Hypex NCORE class-D modules is no junk i would of owned long ago if my ass wasn't so. https://www.ecoustics.com/products/teac-ai-303-integrated-amplifier/ Depicted 4 toroids in UD-701N is a discerning...

>It's a respectable price as well, this product available in ZA consider a bonus/becomes a semi-privilege to obtain considering.. raw 4.4mm connectors this country i'm sure are still hens teeth, i gave up on that, imported but cost much more. like R1100+ (group buy)

DB1 was replaced with DB1D, 20 months ago priced around R130k i wanted two 'pre-loved' but that in ZA is just a wish.

>If you are not streaming with codec AAC256 (is actually not lossy) vinyl or had your vinyl sampled then AIF with WAV PCM format (have identical bits Apple format vs IBM/Microsoft collab) FLAC should be next choice, with & from FLAC 'downwards' are all 'folded' (compressed with algorithmic)...

Some thing that weighs 52kg value US$8000 free delivery in US also Europe became ZAR138k inclVAT But in the same range larger 152kg value US$16000 also free delivery became R430k exVAT 'come again'? *Should that not be (2x138k)=R276k ? it would be relative overseas but not in ZA for some reason...

This budget contains tax increases to raise an additional R15 billion in 2024/25, predominantly through personal income tax by not adjusting tax brackets, rebates and medical tax credits for inflation. Tax revenue for 2023/24 is R56.1 billion less than estimated in 2023. This shortfall is...

A great report, concise wording, being able to achieve this kind of feedback in ZA is a special thing doesn't happen often in Africa, both sides need to come to the party together, suppliers & consumers rely on one another more so than is realised is a mere statement requires unending passion...

>I heard these exact speakers driven with a Yamaha system 1984 in a furniture shop Durban, i noted was the best crisp HF I've ever heard, i'm sure are beryllium HF & MF drivers, different A/N series in range.

Pristine condition!

You would need to build a server room for these.

FLAC is folded (translative/encoded then decoded), WAV & AIF are flat PCM files, IBM/Microsoft & Apple develops four years apart. The short of it is you cannot develop AIF or WAV to be better sound quality wise, the only direction is reducing file size for various different reasons &...

Front loaders will have an energy rating, top loaders not. I went back to DEFY from AEG, then again the AEG lasted 21 years all the plastic parts inside became brittle.

Bophuthatswana Recording Studios is built in Mafikeng Mmabatho then President Lucas Mangope, i resided in Mafikeng three years and witnessed the finishing touches to the installations absolutely spectacular Studer Revox throughout, built on the edge of a golf course & next to a casino resort...