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I'm setting up sound for a smallish dancefloor (room is 8m x 5m x 2.5m ceilings). Audience is very mixed bunch and I anticipate playing a large range of music - most tracks with the intention of getting people on the dancefloor. I want to decide what equipment to use. This is what I have...

Hi, Does anyone have recommendations for which projectors to look at. There seem to be a dizzying array of models, and it also seems like a lot of those recommended by US websites such as projector central don't seem to be readily available here. Budget on the lower side (R5k ish). Could I go...

Can anyone recommend a multi-tool suited to Hi-Fi/Electrical and other DIY? I was looking at a Leatherman Wave for example.

I listened to a recent NPR Planet Money podcast http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/05/30/317030992/episode-543-a-world-without-banks on peer-to-peer lending (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_lending). It's an interesting concept. I see there is a local enterprise called Rainfin...

Is there anything wrong with switching an amp off at the wall rather than using the power switch on the amp? The amp in question is a 40wpc integrated Myryad T40. I also have the same question about a sub.

Anyone have any suggestions for where I might look for a portable FM radio with the ability to plug in an external aerial? Based in Pretoria.

I've been thinking of building some speaker stands for my MA BX2s. I was thinking of constructing the stands from 22mm copper pipes, copper t-pieces and elbow joints. I was going to fill all but one leg with sand and use the remaining one to run cabling through. Aesthetics are a pretty big...

I'm looking to get the following cabling: 2 x 10m speaker cable 1 x 9m rca 1 x 1m rca to mini-jack (going to connect the RCA and RCA to mini-jack to form a long RCA to mini-jack from my PC) I am looking for cabling that is thick enough (for a pair of Monitor Auidio BX2s) and that has some...

I took over my father's Thorens TD147 recently. The auto shut-off and lift function ceased to work several years ago. Does anyone have an idea of what might be involved to repair this? Shutting off and lifting the arm manually with the switches is totally fine, but it would be great to get the...

I have a pair of MA BX2 bookshelf speakers attached to a 50 wpc integrated amp. I'm going to mount the speakers on brackets attached to a wall and I wanted to figure out what is the longest I could reasonably make the cables to the speakers? I want to run the cables neatly along the...

Anyone have recommendations for someone who could help me service my turntable. The turntable is a Thorens TD147 that my father gave me. Everything is working fine except for the automatic tonearm lift at the end of a side. Basically I'm looking for someone knowledgeable to look the turntable...

My girlfriend is looking for a cheap and cheerful iPod dock for her kitchen. She would like something that has a lightning 8 pin connector and also has FM radio. There are requirements about it not looking ugly too :angrywife: Does anyone have any suggestions? I think the Yamaha docks satisfy...

Anyone have any advice about how best to clean my vinyl? I have record brush (the type which you hold over the record as it spins). Second question I have is related to cleaning the needle itself - I have a little brush and some ancient fluid of some description - what is advisable here?

A friend of mine has asked me to help her set up a cheap media server - her current WD media server has packed up. She has an old projector (800 x 600 resolution) and sound system and a bunch of external hard drives that she would ideally like to incorporate into the media centre/server. She...

I've got a 2.1 PC speaker set that I want to send to Cape Town from Pretoria. The dimensions of the box are roughly 40cmx40cmx70cm and it all probably weighs about 10kg. I was looking at the speed services counter to counter service and also RAM, any other thoughts about the cheapest way to...

I'm wondering if speaker grilles alter the performance of a pair of speakers at all? While I'm certain manufacturers go to great lengths to prevent the grilles altering the sound (acoustically transparent fabric etc), I just wonder what is actually physically possible... My bookshelves have...

Anyone have any suggestions for a good flexible Android App that will let me use my Galaxy S4 (which has IR) to control my amplifier, a Myryad T-40 for which I have no remote. I've already looked at a few (including the pre-installed Samsung one) with little success...

I recently bought the Myryad T-40 integrated and the T-10 CD player advertised here (http://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,28411.0.html) from Chris. I don't own any CDs though - I have vinyl, mp3 and flac. Should I sell the CD player and split the set? Or just hang onto it? What price am I...

Hi, I'm still looking for a first basic stereo system and I saw a Rotel 920 AX advertised on Gumtree for R1500. It seems to be a decent little amp and I like the fact it has a phono input. Any thoughts on this amp at this price point? Perhaps someone has (or has had) one of these in the past...

I found this video an interesting intro to some of the concepts in Digital Audio and Video encoding... http://wiki.xiph.org/Videos/A_Digital_Media_Primer_For_Geeks