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Now that brings back some good memories from the eighties. My Nakamichi tape deck (680zx or 682zx, can't remember exactly) was in for some repair at the dealership in Randburg. The dealer told me he had just removed a Nakamichi tape set from a Rolls Royce -- and simply gave it to me. TD-1200ii...

I'm a regular listener of FMR for town and around trips. They even have a smattering of jazz at times. For long trips, a 12hr at home wifi download of Radio Paradise Mellow Mix is just perfect.

At times after a load shedding period, the sound on my Explora is missing. If I change to another channel, the sound comes back. I presume it has to do with the system not loading properly at the time of reconnection.

I have a version of this. The Fox Ess is fanless, silent and suitable for a living area. 6kw or 10.5kw inverters. Approved for South Africa.

We need to replace a broken 7- or 8-year old 65 inch tv, now looking at this 2021 LG model: 65 Inch NanoCell 86 Series 4K UHD Smart TV 65NANO86VPALG. Seems a good mid-level quality television set to me. We watch a lot of tv during the day in a bright room with large glass sliding doors, many...

Fine Music Radio is on TuneIn too. I also listen to classicnl (no talk, 1min news and 1 ad on the hour, good rotation of classical material) and Classic FM Chill Out (easy classical, no ads, no talk)

This week: Colin Shamley Dies Colin Shamley was one of the great musical commentators on life, love and politics in South Africa. I first met him at Dave and Franny?s house in High street, Berea, where I was squatting and selling zol to keep body and soul together. Colin was playing at Mangles...

As a dedicated folk music groupy from those days at the old Rosebank Hotel I remember him with fondness and admiration, and today with sadness at this tragedy. 

I had small niggles with my Nakamichi equipment, so when the dealership in Johannesburg closed shop, I binned my: 1. Nakamichi 680 ZX tape deck. But I still have the small screwdriver tool it came with. 2. Nakamichi car stereo TD-1200ll, PA150 amp and operating system. I kept the speakers until...

I listen to classicnl (music choices are much to my taste. Apart from news in Dutch, no talking!) Classic FM Chill Out (no talking either, and gentle classical) Fine Music Radio (news, traffic reports, market news, classical Bon Bons..) Jazz24 - KNKX-HD2. (Middle of the road selections mostly...

A belated thank-you to Morgan (only visited this part of the site this morning). He did a professional and cheerful job installing the antennas in the only spare time he had available at the time. Much appreciated.

Hi all. Need help with a Ubiquity Litebeam p2p installation in the Cape south peninsula. Any recommendations for installers in this area? I posted this on MBB first without reply. Hoping for better response/assistance/advice on this forum.

No 1 for me. Heft counts.

Don't know if it's an option, but are you considering the golden ratio in your music room construction? https://www.tokenrock.com/harmonic_nature/harmonic_formation/

I am a very grateful person this morning, to Billybawb on this forum. A few weeks ago our house was burgled while I slept, and a number of electronic items were stolen, including my laptop. BillyBawb not only sourced the replacement machine I wanted, gave it to me at what I'm sure is a good...