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No power in Amberfield either - lots of activity at the Brakfontein substation this morning. Lets hope it's fixed soon!

Try Zagora at the Royal Elephant Hotel in Centurion - the food and settings is excellent. In my opinion, its the best restaurant in Centurion

If you looking in Pretoria/Centurion, try Magtran - excellent quality products

You can also get them from RS South Africa - really expensive, but you can buy small quantities, and they deliver

For a bit more money than CBoards, you can get the boards made at Bosco in Edenvale - R527 setup costs, board price depends on size (I paid R143 for a 12cmx12cm PCB), 24hr delivery, double sided with thru-hole plating. Works well!

A bit late... but the best place to buy T-Nuts in Centurion is Acorn Fasteners - they are just behind Chamberlands

A resistor in series with every lamp will work, and will also increase the lifespan of the lamps. Another option is to put 2x 6V zener diodes in anti-parallel on the output of the resistor, just to make sure the voltage doesnt exceed 6V to the lamps, if one of them blows. It is very difficult...

I am in the PA business, and in my opinion it is cheaper to buy than build yourself. If you consider the cost of the drivers, crossover, cabinet finishes and hardware, it is cheaper to buy than build. Also if you want to sell the stuff at some point, a branded pair of speakers will generally...

For really good opamps (for free!) see: www.ti.com

The Neutrik phono plugs are also avaliable from RS South africa (just go to www.rssouthafrica.com and search for phono) for R9.85 each - and they seem to have them in all colours. These are really good connectors - very secure connection - and since they are Neutrik, I dont think you will have...

My price on the last post for the OnSemi samples is wrong - it is actually $20.99 - I just ordered 50x TO3 transistors for that price this morning - came to about R156 - its still a bargin! It should be delived by the end of next week. About 2 years ago, you could order up to 25 samples of 10...

For small quantities, sampling is the way to go - you can get >20 power transistors form OnSemi for $11 - whcih is a bargin! Companies like Texas Instruments who do really good op-amps sample for free. I repair professional power amps as a part-time business, and getting hold of replacement...

Retro Music in JHB seems to have them on special at an incredible price of R2799 - a lot less than Soundz! Check out: https://www.retromusic.co.za/v2/index.php?cPath=22_114&osCsid=d87330cb96e47ffa986960a5cf5a2fa4 This is an amazing piece of equipment for the price!

Yebo Electronics in Pretoria also have a decent selection of kits, and they ship country-wide - check out their website on www.fort777.co.za Communica also sells a whole lot of very basic kits, with step-by-step assembly instructions - this may be your best bet. In Durban, A1 Radio does sell a...

I would suggest a basic mixer with phantom power, like this one: http://www.soundz.co.za/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=AAA119 The tube preamp suggested in the post below provides a taylored response - for speaker measurements you want a preamp that will give you a completely flat response, so that...

Avnet does sell small quantities, but they dont provide shipping/delivery - you need to pick it up from their offices - which they have in all major centres. The Durban branch is somewhere near Westville. But your best bet for those transistors would still be to order them as samples from...

Thanks for the welcome! My suspicions of counterfiet transistors was confirmed when I came across this website: http://sound.westhost.com/counterfeit.htm The amplifier I was repairing at the time could produce 400W into a 4 ohm load - so the counterfeits failed miserably under these...

Just watch out for transistors from Mantech - they sell lots of generic and counterfeit parts, which often dont meet their specifications. I once spent many weeks repairing and old Peavey CS800 power amplifier, only to finally find out that the power transistors I bought from Mantech were...