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    forum changes?

    there seems to be some small changes on the forum - theres a likes notification under last viewed posts and now also theres something called a "Karma" - whats that and how does it work? any other changes happened that we are unaware of?
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    HiFiman headphone bag

    so i managed to get myself one of these great little Hifiman headphone bags from Lumous audio as my first purchase from them - and I'm 100% certain that i will be purchasing lots of stuff from them in the future here are the pics of the bag - sorry for the cellphone pics and it was pretty...
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    anybody into high end car audio?

    is there anyone here into high end "sound quality" based audio - here is news of the new Alpine flagship series of car audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBAQxZOfIe4 its been a while since they last had a F#1 range - and now they are introducing a third generation of headunit thats...
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    Headphone stand

    i landed my self a set of Sennheiser HD599 from my buddies at Govan Mani - the headphones are pretty decent and not a million miles away from the higher end models in the HD600 range even though they are noticably lower end - but still a decent pair of entry level headphones So i was visiting...
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    Never seen anything like this before

    picture is pretty self explanatory - this is a modded Technics SL1200 turntable - and it looks as cool as hell  :thumbs: i might not use it in a club - but as a novelty semi audiophile visual gimmick it would be a great acquisition to do something like this - but all the actual technics stuff...
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    Foam tips

    so doing a bit of reading on the internet you tend to always see claims that foam tips make a big difference compared to the ones bundled with your IEM ..... so i was curious to see how much of a difference ..... so i started looking for something suitable that would work with my KZ AS16 IEM -...
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    media playback from a PC that fits in your pocket

    just came across this article - its a good thing to replace microservers for media playback - only way to make this better is to have it battery operated but then that is effectively a laptop but this thing is crazy cool in my books...
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    Universal GCam - works on any android phone

    Just a quick heads up We had discussed this earlier about the Google camera as used on Pixel phones - the guys at Gizchina have launched a new version of GCam 7.4 that is not phone specific - only one condition to be met is that your phone needs to have Camera2api installed and operating - and...
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    Project Battery

    So with load shedding a constant thorn in everybody's backside, i was on the lookout to make my life easier for the instances when it happened, and it seems like its not going to go away soon  :facepalm: :ticked: the process started when i decided to sell my flat and move into my sisters place...
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    Christopher Cross tests positive for Covid 19

    [url][https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/christopher-cross-tests-positive-for-covid-19-978192/?fbclid=IwAR12lCtjPvMUJ74A9Nn4O59V9rWmXuzoKm24dphBmNQstsvg6R6m5Mz9VNY/url] The famous people are getting hit one by one - this thing takes no prisoners
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    removing hard drive from decoder

    lots of guys have removed the hard drive from their old DSTV decoders - i have the Pace 4 tuner model but it needs a special spline to open it - where did everyone who removed their drives get this from and how much does it cost
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    Some more IEM experimentation

    So after Capetownwatches told me about his $20 "secret weapons" (KZ ZSN earphones) it is no secret that i decided to get myself a pair - and i have been telling all of my friends about it and there's one friend in particular who has an import license who has been busy getting these for a fair...
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    Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt

    so all the guys into portable music ie "music on the go" or basically "Hi-Fi in your pocket" ..... have you seen the Dragonfly Cobalt .... it certainly looks interesting - it uses the ESS sabre ES9038Q2M DAC chip and it features the jitterbug circuitry onboard and uses a different filter from...
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    Only In South Africa

    has everyone seen the news about the plonker who decided to kick Arnold Schwarzenegger in the back while he was attending an event in Sandton, and who then proceeded to scream some twuntish crap like "Help I need a Lamborghini" what an absolute clown desperate for his 15 seconds of infamy he...
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    Going in a different direction

    okay - i made what i thought would be a serious start to my Head-Fi hobby and it was up to a certain point but it was definitely overkill in comparison to the other stuff that i had and i was actually trying to run and jump before i could crawl ..... heres a link for the people who don't know...
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    How does one buy from Massdrop in SA

    as per the topic ..... if it can only be done with sending to some addy in the US and having that send to here then how risky is that? also has anyone tried the Sennheiser HD6xx and also the Hifiman HE4xx from massdrop - are they as good as the originals and are they worth it going over the...
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    my serious start

    so far i had been using a Nuprime uDSD and Sennheiser HD555 (with HD595 mod) as my portable headphone setup BUT currently my finances have dictated that i needed to sell my largish flat and i am going to move into a much smaller place where i can not use any loud music playback equipment and i...
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    which headphones?

    okay gents - my finances are forcing me to have to move out from the large flat that i have now into a much smaller place .... so im getting rid of all my audio equipment and restructuring because the new place has different rules etc in terms of loud music and loud TVs etc i have decided that...
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    Do You?

    Do you need to travel around the world and land up at the same spot to know that the world is spherical? .... or has the world advanced enough so that you know that the world is spherical or do you actually still think that its flat. in the same breath do i have to subscribe to a streaming...
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    I came late to the IDA-8 show

    I know that not many people want to read anything that i have to say .... BUT thats not going to stop me from saying it ..... so here goes. So for a long time I was after a Nuprime IDA-8 stereo integrated amplifier, and recently even though it was going to put me into more financial trouble...
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