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It was partially dissected in poor King Js thread on wheres the sweetspot - but i thought it demanded its own thread - so lets talk about soundstage and imaging - hi-fi artifact or the real thing  :popcorn: Lets get this out there first: I have no issue with those that prioritize speaker...

vinyl purists - shudder http://www.devialet.com/thelostrecordings/index-en.html

Check out this Crowd Funding Concert Platform: https://www.inboundsound.co.za Why wait for big concerts - money talks (hopefully) in getting the bands/artists you want to see  :groovy: :groovy: More info:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VbAiWYBjDU Slight affiliation - founder is the husband...

The Economist | The music business: Discs, jockeying http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21695063-lack-capacity-press-records-threatens-derail-vinyl-revival-discs-jockeying?frsc=dg%7Cc

hi On the wall next to the window of the guest room which is above the garage a colony of wasps have decided to set up camp. which i only noticed yesterday any suggestions on a relatively safe way to remove the nest - we are hosting some school kids for a tournament at our kids school so need...

Inspired by Stefan's (Air) post in Eldenes speeker thread i thought i would kickstart proceedings. System 1: Front end (can't remember), Amp- Krell FFB something (me thinks)  - Speekers - Sonus Faber Extremas It was at the Sandton hi-fi show way back - i mean almost 20 years ago I sat down...

I don't agree with all of the statements but agree with the central theme A excellent article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34801885 What a relief it's not only me "Then you play to them the things that you love. They will be bewildered at first. After all, how can this old geezer sit...

Ever since I acquired a Micro Seiki BL91 from Alty I have developed a fetish for the tables. Each to their own but IMO it was way better than my fully modded LP12 (at a fifth of the price). Pure beauty. With a FXR II arm and Koetsu cart - I was in music heaven So long have I lusted over the...

After two of my posts got censored on the same day (by being summarily dispatched to land of decontamination)  :shh: :shh: :shh: ......i thought i would try again and hopefully make it past the gate master :moron: :moron: :moron: and his questionable selective application of rules Enough...

Ok so i left my iPod Classic 150g and an iPad in the plane front pocket on Tuesday - of course upon packing my bags into my car and realising this and running back to baggage claims - the items had vaporised into the ether. Praise AON Insurance - they have settled with no quibbles - glory be...

Gotta love Devialet. Yip they have had their problems - my view growing to fast as a company. For Munich they have just announced a new firmware version: http://en.devialet.com/expert/#firmware-v8/ Since jumping on board with Devialet i have received the following upgrades (for free  :clap...

After listening to the impact of Dirac Room Correction Software, in Rodney's man cave last week, i took the plunge and downloaded the 14 day trial version, for mac. My 'pooter ineptitude aside, i managed just fine. i used a XTZ pro mic and followed the easy step by step instructions to measure...

Vivid G3 is Stereophile's Joint Loudspeaker of the Year and Overall Product of the Year for 2014 "Some years, we see a number of products that take first place in more than one category. This year, there?s only one, and it?s also our joint Loudspeaker of the Year: the Vivid Audio Giya G3. The...

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Interesting read - i don't have the tech knowledge to debate the issues But does confirm my thoughts that this high res movement is overdone - i would rather the industry focus on getting the recording sounding superb than adding more bits of rubbish - aka polishing turds...

There are a lot of reasons to love SA (especially Cape Town)! But Exchange Control is a relic of a bygone era and the fact that our government is so concerned with implementing this makes me wanna  :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: I am sorting out the upgrading of my bridged mono Devialet D...

From 1 June foreign suppliers of e-commerce services will be required to levy VAT on your purchasers. scroll down to section II: http://gallery.mailchimp.com/ddabfb4bac55774e6888f401a/files/c9f8e3d8-6e3a-40e3-a919-5aabb0fe429e.pdf

From HiFi News SAM (Speaker Active Matching) has been described by Devialet as its' second technical revolution following the ADH concept at the heart of its amplifiers. SAM was conceived to allow any Devialet amplifier to adapt its behaviour to the attached loudspeaker by processing the audio...

Just arrived back from the Hugh Masekela concert at Kirstenbosch. He totally rocked the place. Even the Southern Suburb WASPs were on their feet and groooooving Last years was great but he out did himself this year Sound from where i was perched was pretty good to for an open air concert.

Forget yellow cones, it is yesterday's tech - the way forward is pink biscuits http://www.kef.co.uk/www/pw6/pw6-loudspeaker-concept.html