Recent content by Venkat

seems like a trend is for them to be expensive these days. I pay close to 4000.00 in levies for a small apartment. then there's rates. This seems to be a nation wide trend as well. Whats going to happen? in the not too distant future, its going to be such a significant cost that no one will...

I have a similar setup. I like vintage audio components and I have a TV. Your TV will have an optical out. If you get a DAC with an optical input then you can use that to convert the sound. It will make a significant difference. You can get a DAC with a remote control that attenuates the...

I would like to buy the new Tool album in some form of hard copy. CD or vinyl, I don't mind. However they only sell Taylor Swift at Musica. Has anybody seen it anywhere? I foresee the same nonsense with Metallica's S&M 2

I think I bought an AIWA CRT about 10 years back... from the hifi corruption. It may have been an AKAI. It didn't last a whole year. Id advise against it. Go sinotec if you just want a cheap screen. When I was in China I saw most of the hotels I had been to were fitted with skyworths. They...

oh dear. this sounds horrible. thanks for the link guys.

I'm not all that clued up with electronics. I have a question about glitches in digital formats on specific mediums. My old car had a CD player that could fortunately handle mp3 cds. However, once the CD got a slight blemish, a glitch would appear in the music. With time,though playing and wear...

Cant they separate sales in terms of prices?.... cheap and expensive? Or perhaps sub forums for "up to R5000", "up to R10000" etc

This is also my experience. Once getting a taste of larger HE (in my case, full ranger)  everything else sounded too much like it came from a box in the corner. My setup is stereo, but I have a TV connected to it so my "HT" is also stereo. I don't need a sub. The sound stage and imaging I get is...

A question for those that dabble in anything above 2 channels... What is, in this case, "7 channel enhanced"? The OP mentions old mixes from the 80's. I think its safe to assume that these are stereo mixes. What does the X channel enhancement do to a mix that is stereo? Does it separate parts...

Audio equipment are like toys for us. There will always be something new and fun to play with. The only time I've ever stopped upgrading is when I lost (or diverted) interest all together because of other priorities that cropped up... Otherwise there is always something that can be improved in...

Ah. I didn't think of these. Thanks for the tips guys. v

thanks for the link Shonver

Is this worth getting into? I see some products that insist you buy an ultrasonic bath and attach a spindle with a motor that sells for 200$. This still is a cheaper option that other record cleaners. Does this work and is this safe? V

Hello. I am new here. I hope this is the appropriate place. Is it possible to use the tape loop or at least the tape out on a vintage amplifier to trigger the VU meters on a tapedeck that has them. For me, vintage amplifiers (or any amplifiers) with the big blue VU meters are unattainable. I...