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You know not a day goes by without me reading of blown HDMI boards and HDMI not working. I have never ever had an issue because I turn all the equipment off and unplug when connecting HDMI cables (anoying but nescessary), it really is both a useful but fragile technology. Therefore I feel this...

So I finally got a Umik-1 (Actually for a DIY speaker project) but for the heck of it I took two initial sweeps of my listening room with the 0deg calibration file loaded - 0-20Khz, mic in head position one reading pointing at the RHS speaker and the second at the LHS speaker with only that...

I have been fiddling with REW after some extensive room treatment I just wanted to take some measurements. Having nothing else at the time I (maybe stupidly) plugged my Audyssey mic into REW. Loopback test signal output to mic input is all good to 20 Khz but with the mic itself plugged in I...

Does anybody know who the Krell agents are in SA? I have a CD player needing a part.

The last six months for me has been purist stereo, using older sources and much enjoyed. Tonight I was in a different mood and listened to some 12" mixes from my 80's youth, put the Med8er/AVR/subs on and using 7 channel enhanced, in simple I spent several hours really enjoying it and probably...

Recently acquired a set of these beauties. My Mark Levinson no.332 doesn't quite cut it these speakers are hungry! Currently using something else temporarily I have that's got some horsepower, am open to suggestions of what works well with these speakers I have read they can drop to 2 Ohm or...

Ok so the Ellies ones no longer available. All I can find will require me to make screw holes in my speakers ( Just not happening), so can anybody point me to an alternative? My Boston A26 I want to mount has a sort of + shaped hole fitting for a bracket but for the life of me I cannot find...

Ok so I have 20 odd cassette decks NAK, Technics and a few others, also fiddle with DAT and DCC. Just bought my first machine with Dolby-S A Denon DN-790R which also has the ability to self calibrate BIAS per tape type. I and astounded and the performance of Dolby-S and metal tape if I did not...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiXQl7grPQ&feature=youtu.be I hope this is not a repost. I heard Yanny which means the holes in the side of my head are younger than my age. Try it.....

I got hold of a Technics SU-8088K that I'm trying to repair. I really like it and would love to get it working but its becoming a bigger challenge than I could imagine. I have repaired many amps and generally have a decent understanding but the circuitry in this thing is confusing me me they...

When I joined this forum a few years ago, any and all PM's I sent were always politely responded to, and what a pleasure that was, nice friendly community of shared interest always open always engaging. Now somehow recently about a third of PM's are just totally ignored, I don't send a lot and...

After going through several pairs of closed back and cheapish ugly headphones and being drastically disappointed, I got fedup decided I wanted something different and changed the budget level. Started looking at what the pro industry use for mastering, DJ and so on. Its Pioneer, AKG, Sony etc...

After listening to probably 10 different DAC's on and off through the same system - Forget the list for now but its wide with new and old thrown in- and trying to judge to my own taste what I like and the criteria I am choosing, not just that it sounds "good" or "bad" to me but what exactly is...

I am waiting on about ten parcels three of which are fairly costly hifi kit purchased from overseas (Italy and US). Just tracked them all, appears they get to Jhb hub and just sit there or disappear from there. Are there any services or couriers that can go and intervene on ones behalf? I just...

Against my better judgement I bought a R600 item of EBay from the USA with around R1500 shipping (EBay global shipping programme). Been watching it knock around the states for a week being scanned and moved everywhere, no wonder they charge so much! It has not even left the US yet, I would...

It seems that most banana plugs are often too long for the binding posts. Sometimes it works but mostly not, they stick out too far looking really ugly. Reasonable quality banana plugs are not cheap, then one gets home and finds its a non-fit. Is there no standard for length/depth? I am just...

Now I have my AV room set up decently, I decided to fiddle with streaming music for the first time from my iTunes in my study. I am using Universal Media Server (free, came with decent reviews), am using a Pioneer BDP-170 using Wi-Fi and connected to my NAD T765 via HDMI (While I am looking at...

In need of a little advice Now that I have finally put together my mid 90's decent Rotel separates system which I have sourced used from all over SA over the last year, I was just wondering if its insurable? Would this be at replacement cost, or just what I paid? Alarm, security cameras and...

NAD T765 AVR I have a friend that is asking me the value of this thing locally (CPT preferably as it weighs a ton) before deciding to repair it. Unit is very clean with a remote. Does anybody have an idea what it would sell for after the repair and service, as it may not be worth repairing...

Against my better judgement I bought some eBay amp boards because the price was reasonable, did not expect much and I was just curious. After populating them I have an oscillation issue only on the positive swing. Have tried several things now including adding Zobel's on the outputs but...