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I use a Marshall Emberton II for camping and for the braai outside. Not as loud as the JBL Xtreme 3 but for a crowded party you can stack 2 units. I love the sound quality and the bass is surprising for the size.

Wife #1 liked about 10% of my music and I always had to play everything with the volume right down, so music was one of the reasons why we parted ways. Wife #2 is an angel from Music Heaven. Everything is played loud and despite a 12 year age gap we like the same genres with 2 exceptions; I'm...

The original Nissan sound in my noisy old Navara is horrible so the only one who switches it on is the Missus. All money spent on anything wheel related goes into camping equipment so it follows that a small Marshall Emberton supplies suitable melodies in bundu camps. Now, on our way to the...

Man, that song was an important tool in my early romantic campaigns. Didn't always bring success but all the girls still liked it. RIP Jane.

Under the reign of Wife No 2 I've only brought vintage gear home and I've always started the conversation by citing the prices of "comparable" new items and that I'll be restoring and reselling what I get. So I never lied about prices but now I'm in trouble anyway. I've only sold 1 amp and 4...

I wish I knew back in 1970 that feverishly chasing true reproduction of live music in my living room was a pipe dream. It took many decades before I surrendered and stopped at whatever felt good to my ears. Today I run ancient machines and I'm happy.

Some pre-tech perspective. Long long ago in the 1960's the Post Office was actually very good. Living in a small West Coast town 300km north of Cape Town I regularly ordered goods from a shop in Tottenham, London. My handwritten letter with Postal Money Order travelled to Cape Town by overnight...

In my house Proud Mary will always be a firm favourite. RIP

Someone just now peed on my battery.

Riaan worked on several of my old AR's, from fixing voice coils to replacing foams, and I've never been disappointed.

The mists of time and old age clouds the memories, but I seem to remember Tafelberg Furnishers in the Cape selling a NAD 3020 and AR18 combo at the time, and that was a quite popular set.

A much loved folk singer in my house. His music lives on.

Good thing Willie's birthday isn't on Monday with his legendary weekly poker game. Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey and Owen Wilson are regular victims. Memorable songs by Jack Johnson: "Willie got me stoned and took all my money" and Toby Keith: “I’ll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again”...

I'm in a Vumatel only zone (Northern Suburbs CT) connecting to various ISP's and the previous 6 months of loadshedding has been quite vrot with switches not switching and server batteries not lasting a 2 hour stint. At the same time friends 3km away under Openserve had no problems whatsoever. My...

My son would not have been able to settle comfortably in the UK without the perks supplied by the Army, specifically pension, medical and housing. The sacrifices included two scary 6 month stints in Afghanistan, a failed marriage because of his overseas commitments and a heartbreaking yearning...

In my case careful selection played a huge role in noise generation. I assembled my own small UPS and started off with a 1kw Chinese inverter which was so noisy I had to put it in the guest bedroom with the door closed. That was later replaced with a more expensive 600w unit with quieter fans...

My son went to the UK as a qualified Class 3 Commercial Diver, hoping to work in the shipping industry. But he started off as a security guard, then "progressed" to delivery driver and finally joined the British Army. Today he is a UK citizen and lives in Plymouth. So you have to be flexible...

Looking forward to Roger's masterpiece breaking the old DSOTM's 14 year US Billboard record. I've always been mad, I know I've been mad.

Sad news.

Vuma is not doing too well in my area either. Things have been running smoothly since fibre became available here, but since December last year buffering started rearing its head. Then this month we started experiencing outages, sometimes up to an hour. Opened a ticket with my ISP (Supersonic)...