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OK, so we're not exactly power TV users - I had a fairly bleeding edge 74cm Nicam Stereo in the mid 90's but since then low usage and other priorities resulted in still using a 40" Sony from 12-15 years ago. My wife now OK'd a larger (but not obscenely large) TV so I'm looking at 55" options -...

Hi all, I have a pair of IE800's with one dead channel. Not sure when this happened - it was in storage for some time. Basic measurements tell me the problem is above the Y-split. Who could I ask to have a look at this? Thanks, Francois

Hi all, In a moment of unrestrained self-indulgence I decided to buy a set of classic loudspeakers that will definitely require some form of room correction. I have a fairly large lounge / dining room, with a small entrance lobby and open plan kitchen sprouting out to the left, and...

For the third time this year, we woke up to no water, with no clear indication when it may be resolved. With no sign of an end to loadshedding, pump run-time is insufficient to keep reservoir levels up, and the slightest disruption causes an outage. Add deficient and poorly-maintained...

Hi all, I need to move a piece of gear from Bloem to Pretoria / Centurion and would prefer someone to bring it in a car rather than using a courier. I will gladly pay a courier fee or make a fuel contribution. Shipping weight: 63.50 (kg) Shipping Dimension: 66.04cm x 66.04cm x 45.72cm...

Since they upgraded the FNB app I get a mousewheel every second or thrid time I log on. Restarting my phone is the only cure. Anyone else having the same issues?

Karcher K3 for R2199 on Takelot today. Is it a good one and is it a good deal?

I much prefer to buy directly from the owner without WeStealCars hiding all the defects and adding their 50% markup. Many years ago there was a good proportion of private sellers on Autotrader, not anymore. Gumtree ... dealers only. Same with FB Marketplace. So where do people buy and sell cars...

So I bought this little bottle on a kerkbasaar wine auction. The wax seal is cracked, recently by the very limited fluid loss to date. I contacted Rust & Vrede who offered to unkork, topup, recork and reseal the wine for me, but I am in Gauteng and this is not exactly the sort of thing I would...

Following on from my solar geyser do's and dont's thread (https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php?topic=91967) I'm posting this separately as FD requested. In January I went ahead and installed a 300ltr EVT solar geyser, pre-feeding a 200ltr conventional geyser on the other side of the house. ...

About 9 months ago I had an SSD fitted to my work laptop.  On Friday morning I started getting CRITICAL PROCESS DIED and KERNEL DATA INPAGE ERRORS, and on restarting this: Port-0: GOLDEN MEMORY-480GB S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad, Backup, Replace. Press F1 to resume ... So I took it to Matrix...

My love and enjoyment of vintage headphones are well known.  Not all of them, but the better 80's models onwards are pretty damn good, regardless of age or price. This morning I read an SBAF write-up on the original Schiit Mjolnir...

Shamelessly plagiarising FD's thread concept (https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,95782.0.html) ... Where, when and how did you end up free-falling down this particular rabbit hole?

Hi all, I work for a specialised blow-moulding company.  Essentially we melt plastic, make a sleeve of molten plastic, and then blow air into the sleeve inside a water-cooled mould to make containers from 1 to 25 liters.  As the process is a thermal one, the impact of loadshedding is much...

Hi all, On a chat group I boasted I could get true high end sound for R50k.  Let's say we use Doep's Duntech Baron D300's as a cornerstone. That is R12k. Add a forgotten muscle amp from Krell, Class?, Jeff Rowland, Mark Levinson ... You get the idea. Around R20k. Direct digital DAC/Pre from Bel...

Hi all, As you may have noticed I will be taking this little gem off Arie's hands for a while.  My decision was partially informed by Hi-Phibian 's comments in the sales thread, which has been pruned for some unknown reason - I for one thought Guillaume's inputs added value to the ad.  In any...

I recently installed a solar water heater  based on good advice I got here https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,91967.0.html The savings are real and immediate. Our consumption has dropped from low 30 to mid teen units per day (family of six). The nifty little Geyserwise units tell me...

Hi all, I had a happy start to 2021 with my kitchen geyser popping on New Year's day.  I'm going to take a cash settlement from the insurance and put it towards a solar installation.  The more I read the more I realise I've been totally left behind with all matters solar, so I'd like to avoid...

So we have "now playing" or similar threads for vinyl, reel-to-reel, jazz, whatever ... but not for headphones.  Until now that is. Use this thread to show, tell and discuss what you are feeding your ears with.  I'll go first with a couple of favourites ... Try Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey

Anyone have any experience with this newly launched partner to the D90? Seems to pack a lot of value into a compact chassis.