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Vinyl Fair tomorrow (Sat, 01 July 2023) at Lucky Rodrigo - c/o The Hillside Street and Alpine Way, Lynnwood, Pretoria

Her book Subway Art (with Henry Chalfant) has been in print since 1984 and is affectionately called the “bible” by graffiti artists. Her next book, R.I.P.: Memorial Wall Art looks at memorial murals in NYC and Hip Hop Files 1980–1984 contains hundreds of rare, early Hip Hop photos. 40 Years...

Seen on FB - Steven Tyler's Classic 301 (project by the Classic Turntable Company in the UK)

With a Marantz 1070 recap project on the horizon, I would like to buiild a Dim Bulb Tester. There are some examples on the AudioKarma and diyAudio forums, but I'm interested to see what AV Forum members are using. Please post schematics, pictures and other useful information (or point me to...

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion

For all those people collecting records without owning a turntable... Mono & Stereo : New Thorens Reference Turntable

Pretoria One-Stop Record Fair 2023 - 29 April 2023 at Lucky Rodrigo, Lynnwood, Pretoria

From the NYT article: The Quest to Restore Notre Dame’s Glorious Sound

Posting on behalf of Jan du Plessis (DJ Kamikaze, owner of Ek Soek Hierdie Boek), Mariette is normally at Bus Stop 7. Quoting from their marketing posts: Calling all wax lovers, crate diggers and vinyl fanatics. Huge selection of grooves in all genres from pop to punk, rock to reggae, oldies...

What a sorry state of affairs... Stage 6: Eskom is melting my ice making business

For those using Tidal with a DAC that doesn't support MQA, what is your preferred "Passthrough MQA" setting? From my understanding, if it is set to true (on), the Tidal application will not decode Master/MQA tracks. What are the benefits of disabling decoding, if any? ps - this is not a...

@Ingvar Ahlberg - you don't perhaps have this on vinyl?

I swapped out two tonearms yesterday, only to find that the one channel wasn't working. A quick headshell swap revealed that the tonearm wiring was all good. So, it was either the headshell connector, the pin connector wiring or the cartridge itself: a Shure V15 Type II. First attempt was to...

There is quite a lot of talk around Qobuz and how it supposedly sounds better than other streaming platforms. Given that Qobuz isn't available to South African subscribers, could those with active subscriptions please enlighten us on the signup process that you followed?

For the Shure fans (I'm one): Review: Six Vintage Shure Cartridges

The Nakamichi 580 M - the 58x family is surely one of the more photogenic series of decks out there.

As per the title, FTGH. For the Maria Callas fans. Includes a beautiful booklet with lyrics. Collection in Pretoria, or R100 for PostNet

Wait for it, a turntable with a nixie tube clock. But this is not just any turntable, it will solve all your turntable related issues. Quoting from the KickStarter site: SonoNix is not bound to any single genre, of pop, rock or heavy metal. Simply turn the knob, SonoNix supports the three...

The antiquated tapeheads.net site also moved to XenForo last weekend (25 June 2022). A vast improvement over the legacy version, if they can now only do something about that logo...

I'm looking for a new battery for a MacBook Pro 13" (2012), any recommendations for a good (online) resource?