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  1. Nico V

    When you rely on help that does not happen.

    Just putting it out there that it is really painful when one asks a fellow forumite to help sell a valuable item but one gets kicked in the knees. Unit possibly not working. Remote possibly gone. Can't get a hold of forumite for weeks at a time. Not naming and shaming. Just saying it hurts -...
  2. Nico V

    Impact on AV Sales due to current economic environment?

    Hi Gents What are your experiences over the past 4 months regarding the rate of sales of used AV equipment? I am experiencing a significant reduction in activity. What would you reckon the reasons are? Obviously first suspects are the utility and energy prices together with the hiked...
  3. Nico V

    Comprise/Sacfrice...?

    In Std 7 (yes, I am that old, I drooled over the high-end of hi-fi. At that time, to me, the CX and MX with a pair of M1000N's or Infinitiy IRS Gamma's were on my "to die for" list. Pehaps substituting with some Nakamichi (blank) where appropriate. The chaps from that time will obviously fill...
  4. Nico V

    Voltage 2000

    Listening to a playlist and up comes Hazel Dean with Who’s leaving who? And my memories involuntarily jump back to Voltage 2000, a mobile disco that frequented Pretoria and Jhb garage-, house-, venue- and event gigs from the mid 80’s to the mid 90’s. (Their setup worked at the time because...
  5. Nico V

    Is a power conditioner worth it?

    A Q to those of you who have one or experienced one: Is a power conditioner worth it? For use with macbook, iFi, Bryston, Rotel & Jamo Concerts? Thx
  6. Nico V

    Seattle

    Sitting and having a cuppa in Seattle coffee bar and reminiscing of those days when I sat here and browsed thru the AVSA & Whathifi mags. I appreciate that thing have changed for many reasons and probably for the better. But I just miss it. You actually h?d time to keep yourself up to date...
  7. Nico V

    Under severe pressure

    I haven't listened to my stereo setup for 2 months now. To make it worse, I got a new REL sub almost 2 months ago that I haven't even hooked up yet. Why? Because every damn evening escom proclaims that the grid is "under severe pressure". I'm not convinced about the pressure, but the voltage...
  8. Nico V

    Bring back any memories?

    So the pic says it all. The first few minutes of our long-since recorded trip nicely rolled around e.g the capstan roller... Can you remember those days? The pencil, sellotape, tipex. The resulting quiet/blank seconds. And of course your own customised on the spot vocal narrative that goes...
  9. Nico V

    Which older Mac for Tidal streaming?

    Hi Guys Can't afford a new or newish macbook. Can you pls advise me on which older model and operating system would (still) be compatible with current streaming apps eg Tidal HiFi,  Deezer HiFi, YT Music etc? That's all I want to use it for. Also, where I can look for one. I don't trust...
  10. Nico V

    Now how is th?s for an honest impedance statement on a speaker...?

    Nogal by the OEM themselves. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
  11. Nico V

    Streaming advice please

    Hi Guys I have been using Tidal (high-end subscript. It sounds thin. And then there's the issue that it won't allow the included 4 offline devices. It keeps asking for an extra paid subs for every offline device. So (as if I didn't do it), i have to deinstall and reinstall the whole lot...
  12. Nico V

    Reminiscing - HMV Oxford str

    Took out my "Very best of Azia" CD for a listen and found this slip inside. Thinking back on walking and browsing for hours on four storeys filled with discs, LP's, DVD's and what have you's in HMV Oxford str.  Picadilly Circus' store was also nice. As was Virgin Records across the road from...
  13. Nico V

    Music. And its merits...?

    Gents. Simply put: What would this life be without good/great music...?!
  14. Nico V

    Recommendation on a good AC spike protector - courtesy escom

    Gents What in-line AC spike protector would you recommend from your personal experience? I know there's a thread elsewhere about voltage fluctuations etc. Suffice to say that I started a similar thread a year or two ago - same topic with my home's voltages fluctuating from 190volts to 315volts...
  15. Nico V

    Denon HEOS 7 speaker value

    Hi Guys My brother (I can vouch for him) bought a HEOS 7 Wireless speaker together with his Denon x2500. His apartment is very small so he ended up never using it. He paid R12k for it. Seeing that it is new, what would the forum say is a fair price for it? I would appreciate you guidance...
  16. Nico V

    Bose Acoustimass sub repair

    Hi Guys Before you start - it's not mine. Can you pls refet me to someone who can fix a Bose sub' power supply board? Escom spike... There are about 11 sequential parts shot. Thx
  17. Nico V

    Keeping your speakers safe

    Saw this and just had to share. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
  18. Nico V

    Your own slice of heaven

    Av? I have this petty thing where someone invited themselves over 2 months ago to come "listen to my system." So this kind gentleman (1 Bar diy) pitched. And he brought along - without my knowing - another kind gentleman (3.6 Bar). Within minutes they dilluted my system to 1.5 out of 10...
  19. Nico V

    The final blow

    Whilst in [one of the last remaining/big) Musica's today I overheard the staff that, in short, they are lokking forward to working at Clicks. Needless to say this means the end of physical media. I couldn't bear to ask them what the Musica closing date is. I could see that basically the wholse...
  20. Nico V

    Quite sad

    It's quite sad when someone sells you expensive kit, new, with a warranty and a promise of an invoice nogal; you open the goods and find that it is damaged. And when you try to return it you have to pay the seller a sizeable amount to take back the damaged goods, that came with a warranty -...
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