Search results

Due to poor regulation of visitors, all 11 of us in my department contracted the Covid, this despite we all having the double-innoculation. This week we were all Boosted and have better faith for the future.  We all feel much relieved now. Opposite side of the street is the University Clinic...

I am officially an expat now, living near Paris in France.  Getting a VAT refund and actually having the money paid into your local account is at the beginning a long-winded affair.  It is of necessity paid into a South African bank account. Having done this myself, FNB seem to offer the most...

The musical audio quality offered by Zoom can never be all that good If you compare the allocation of bandwidth to a concert - see the Jazz at the Lincoln Centre I have listed here, the audio component is transmitted using 24-bit 48KHz and the video is in HD.  Sure this demands a connection of...

This sounds great.  Plus, our time zones are the same now (we're in summer time) so if I am home early, I will join We all went back to work last week, the lab is half-full but there is a mountain of work to be done.  We were off for 5 weeks Pas de paix pour les m?chants as they say here

I live in Paris.  Will you ship? Otherwise my friend chrisc in Cape Town can have.  How would I pay?  Can do EFTs to South African banks

Father worked for Capitol Records from 1958 to 1966 and got this snap of two famous musicians in 1964 during their visit

I see one of your members is here in Paris on holiday and is enthusiastic on the Vinyl Record There are frequent Billets LP to be held throughout Paris and in other European centres, as follows 18 ?v?nements dans tous les lieux MER. 15 MAI Biglietti LP Milano 21:00 - Fabrique, Milano...

I'm currently on "loan" to the ?cole Polytechnique in Paris and being keen on audio I have been experimenting with metal coatings and surface effects on copper and other materials.  As long as the cross-section of the cable is adequate for the maximum expected current (plus 20%) then more effect...

What kind of music or instruments will feature at your meeting? I can pay you from an account in France, what is the SWIFT code of the bank?

The Xonar DAC you used - this is an inexpensive device - below ?90 is it not?  I have one about 5 years old in my apartment in Amsterdam and was astonished at the clarity.  Not as sweet and inspiring as a Devialet, but all the detail is there

The first part ? is it true that bits are bits ?  is not too hard to answer. This can effectively be described as stated, i.e. packaged "fancy" water being transported by a vehicle, but there is an additional variable, the USB packet CRC code. This can be painted in the ongoing narrative as a...

Chris, I have a box of CDs given to me by my flatmate.  All French and European pop music.  Your hi-fi club can have then but I won't be able to make the 29th.  Do you have anybody in Camps Bay/Fresnaye who could collect?

I am a South African living in France.  When I got back to Cape Town this week, the Home Affairs lady at the airport said I was nearly an alien.  Is there something going on here I am missing?  This whole post seems strange

If you connect a AA battery to the terminals, if the cone moves out, then the positive of the battery is the + of the driver If it moves in, then the positive is connected to the -

I am sure this one will come with a clamp of some sort.  But it is a gimmick, and a reasonable-looking one.  Many people think that B&O offers the highest possible fidelity sound, since their design is stunning, so no doubt the same may apply here - at least the person who designed it is hoping...

Stunning art-deco poster!

I think I am a no 4.  I took music at school and attended lots of concerts.  My parents had 2 musical evenings a week for about 8 people and Dad had thousands of classical records, he collected from the mid 1950's until 1985 or so when records became hard to buy.  I cannot remember the names of...

The IEC did not turn up to an old age home in Fish Hoek.  Despite several promises during the day, a no-show.  Over 130 very disappointed people

My cousin in San Francisco sent me this.. Largest vinyl record pressing plant in the US is expanding It's no secret that LPs are making a comeback, but here's some real-world proof. America's largest vinyl record pressing plant in Nashville, Tennessee, will be expanding its operations to...