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    Emigration dilema

    This is what I've done. I'm moving to an apartment in irvington NY where running a leaf blower on a Saturday morning can get one into hot water. I've sold everything and acquired a B&W A5 speaker over there until I figure things out there as to what I want to/ can do there. I'm also taking my...
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    WeBuy Hi Fi - Cape Town

    I've heard people who have been happy I've never actually made a purchase from him as he doesn't disclose things like speaker refoam etc despite being the one who has the work done, he refers to it being the same as an engine oil change and therefore not worth a mention. What else isn't he...
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    Dixon Products, any thoughts?

    Ok , so , n 2005 -2007ish Dixon did a pair of yellow Kevlar car speakers with a silk dome tweeter that sounded amazing. Yes , really. A friend asked me to fit speakers to his car he'd bought and after fitting , I tested it and I was amazed at the detail. I bought myself a pair and they were damn...
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    HELP - my system keeps tripping my earth leakage

    Ok , this used to happen to me and one day everything went crazy , some items in my house worked , some didn't and then BANG! A surge ! Surge protectores saved everything. A cable underground had damaged some time ago from road works or something and eventually the neutral cable burned to an...
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    Lift to USA wanted

    When does the lady need it and what part of the US is she in ?
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    Nivico (by JVC) anyone?

    I have that exact receiver and a novice turntable. Haven't a clue what the value is I'm afraid
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    NOT A GRIPE POST: Why are you leaving SA?

    I met someone online , she came to visit me from New York and does so every few months. So naturally, for the relationship to progress , one of us has to move as 10 000 mile flights every few months aren't sustainable neither is her love for Wookworths food stuffs ehej she is here , to her mind...
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    Car fan belts

    May have been an overkill, but the car ran really well alwyas. I left the belt though as I was curious to see over time how it would fair Spark plugs are cheap( non iridium) air filters too so I just did them. I later stared buying oil and oil filters from suzuki Bramely as tge Ecstar 5w30...
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    Car fan belts

    Thought I'd post an update on this. The belt did well for 5 yesrs /40 000km until the car was hijacked , no issues whatsoever.
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    Dual 10" vs single 12" subwoofers

    When I was running my monitor audio gs20s , I had 2x bxw10 subs in stereo cut off at 40hz at arpund 25% gain each and wow did that setup work really well. Had no bass sweets spot and it picked up where the gs20s left off nicely. I miss that setup but my tale away from it is 2 bxw10s sounded...
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    more local amplification

    As far as websites go , with the way Facebook is evolving , does one really need a website anymore ? Other day I saw a Google ads ad on Facebook offering me a large discount on Google ads. How times have changed.
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    Expiditing USA visas

    Visitors Visas only started being processed this year afyer bot being processed last year or tge year before Cr1 and K1 Visa's are taking 8 months longer Work Visas seems to be on track as i think exceptions were made for those.
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    Expiditing USA visas

    There is a massive backlog with them only really prioritizing work Visas it seems. Time lines  on other Visa seems to be 10 -13 months longer than ore covid . My visa is jn process and the UCSIS website has extended my expected timeline by like 5 months but in real world cases they are...
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    Drywall speakers

    Hi all I'll be moving to the states soon and,  jn new york , space being the premium it is , I won't have a room with a door that closes to keep cats and kids away. My current solution for there is a B&W airplay speaker or an Altec Lansing 650 Octiv which is a step away from the power amp...
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    RIP

    Rest well Chris. Only ever had pleasant exchanges with him
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    Schneider 8025 ls speakers

    12k resistor but it looks as if it came.out of the factory this.way No irregularities on the soldering,  caps are the same brand etc It looks as of this left the factory this.way O can't find anything online about this. One thinks , it comes out of Germany,  it must be good as they're anal...
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    Schneider 8025 ls speakers

    I haven't measured these yet , need to get a battery for my capacitance and induction meters
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    Schneider 8025 ls speakers

    At some point i thought I heard a difference between the 2 speakers,  but then listen again and shrugged it off ( one came across as slightly louder ) but being garage speakers.  I didn't spend too much time worrying about it Fwd a few years, the time has come for me to sell. When I can't...
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    RIP

    Betty white , shortly before her 100th Birthday next month
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    I Don't get it :(

    Regardless of the new value of the item you have to ask the question "What else is available at the same price I'm selling my gear for" The answer is simple, plenty. Quick off my head you can get an older pair of B&w 602 s3 and still have some change. It's got nothing to do with the new price...
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