Recent content by freakazoid

Have you contacted Balanced Audio www.balancedaudio.co.za. They are the agents for Yahama in South Africa?

I have just gone down this route and ended up buying a Western Digital media player. Setting up the WD player was simple but getting cover art and movie meta data to work took a bit of fiddling. Took me a couple of weeks of trying different themes and fiddling with directory structures before...

Um, no. Saving Private Ryan - opening beach scene was intentionally mixed to give you the feeling of being in the battle on the beach. Bullets whizzing over your head, people puking, wounded soldiers screaming, waves washing against side of boats. Das Boot (in 2010 ranked 45th in "The 100...

This is what I also thought was the whole reason to add a power amp. It might not sound louder but the sound should be cleaner and their is more headroom before the sound distorts? Does it also not have more power in reserve for those loud moments? I was also under the impression it takes some...

I have a 7 yr old Panasonic plasma that my son has been using for the past two years to play PS 3 games on. Some weekends he is on it from the time he gets up till late at night. School holidays it is nearly everyday. Not a single issue with burn in. It's a pity we don't have easy access to...

I currently have an A820 and previously had a Marantz. Given a choice I would take a Marantz over the Yamaha. Before I bought my first Marantz I used to be a Yamaha fan boy until I heard a Marantz. In my opinion, Marantz has a more cleaner and subtle sound. At the end of the day it all depends...

I have also been on a quest for a universal remote ever since I bought my Yamaha RX-A820. Previously I used the Marantz Remote which came with my Marantz SR7500. The Yamaha remote covers my Samsung TV (I only need power functionality), Sony Blu-Ray player (again basic functionality) but just...

Wow!! What a concert. The man still has it in bucket loads. Loved every minute of it and the 2h30 flies past. No support act and none is needed. No theatrics just good music. I dragged my wife with who is not a Santana fan and she enjoyed every minutes of it. Sound was acceptable to good where...

+1. I was nearly caught last year when I was in the market to buy a camera. A lot of the wozaonline tech shops claim to be from PE or East London. I used Google Streetview to search for the camera places address and it was an open field  :facepalm:

Ha ha ha. A good couple of years ago when I was into car audio, I would only buy a vehicle if there was stock space for mids and tweeters in the door panels. And they had to support at least a 6.5" mid. Did not matter what the car was. If it meant I had to cut door panels or have custom pods...

I have a 55" Samsung LED, bought in December last year, wanted 3D, changed receiver, bought 3D capable Blu-ray, only used once  :facepalm: In my opinion, 3D is a gimmick.

Thanks to this topic I managed to get two tickets. Follow Santana on Facebook and was aware he was coming but was not aware the bookings were open already. Today at lunch I decided to read some AVForums, spotted this topic and was shocked to see tickets opened yesterday. Dropped my lunch and...

Samsung S4 and S4 Active have IR blasters.

My assumption is that you were running previously with only two speakers upfront and no centre? If so did you initially run the auto setup for your amp? If the auto setup does not find a speaker connected to an output it will set that output to none. When connecting a new speaker you need to...

Has anyone spotted Harmony remotes at Hi-fi or Incredible in Cape Town stores? Really need to get a universal remote as the wife is driving me crazy with all the remotes. Other option would be to upgrade to a Marantz receiver  :rubhands:. My previous Marantz SR7500 had a very capable universal...