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    Suggestions for replacement cans

    Hi all, I purchased some Shure SE110's second hand on this forum in 2011, I absolutely love them, however, they are slowly reaching their demise. I've def managed to get a huge amount of use out of them. I'm looking for options before replacement cans and would appreciate any suggestions. 1. I...
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    Nuraphones by Nura

    Has anyone heard these cans, it looks intriguing! https://www.nuraphone.com/ Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDuEc9MGfJk
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    Cheap and cheerful acoustic panels for a school

    Hi all, I recently volunteered to help do some work for a school group here in Joburg whilst I am doing a visa run, and they are struggling with some crazy echo and reverb. They are in a newbuild that is nice and modern and minimalist, but of course, that means loads of flat surfaces, glass and...
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    B&O 2pin Din speaker cable and converting?

    Hello fellow forumite wizards, I was given a pair of B&O Beovox speakers some time back. I whipped them out today to take a test listen and I see that the plug at the end of the speaker cable looks like this: I presume I can just hack those off, and put on generic banana plugs (obviously...
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    Media PC, new mobo and audio / HDMI issues

    Good morning all, Recently, the mobo on my media PC / server died so I replaced it with a new one. I bought an ASRock board and set up the whole shebang. My media PC is basically the board above + a core i3, 8 gigs RAM (dual channel) and a Radeon HD5670 graphics card doing the graphics and...
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    Looking for any DIY repair ideas for the damaged sub

    Hello fellow forumites, I returned back home from my leave to find one of our company drivers accidentally damaged one of the subs in my car. Cleary something was stacked very stupidly and damaged the sub. I am not looking to replace this unit as I will soon be moving and will no longer be in...
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    B&O Beovox 2702

    Hi all, A friend is packing up his gigantic house to retire etc and hidden in his attic were some old B&O Beovox speakers, there is a pic of the old model number here Are these any good? They look like they are from the day and age when B&O made good stuff before their days of crazy design and...
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    Durban WiMax / non cable or 3G options?

    Hi fellow nerds, A colleague is struggling to get any form of data at his house in durbs, there are no exchanges near for any kind of DSL and there is no 3G coverage at the house (besides, 3G is really expensive anyway). We also checked Neotel's wimax options but it wasnt in data range. Does...
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    Networking range extender

    Hi fellow forumites, I am fairly sure I know the answer to this already (ie, it's not possible). BUT: I have this wifi router - Cisco N300 - which seems to have died itself a slow death yesterday when I got home from work. I also have a wireless range extender (this one here) which was working...
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    New Rolls Royce for audiophiles?

    This is interesting..... Rolls-Royce's new Wraith can silence the jeers of the poor - from Engadget.com Rolls-Royce's new Wraith can silence the jeers of the poor Music is about youth, vibrancy and rebellion, something that seems at odds with Rolls-Royce, cars that are normally the province...
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    DIY car sound install - a strange one!

    Hello fellow forumites, So I recently (um, in January) received a new company car, a double cab Nissan hardbody. Its a great car but it has only one large problem.... no space for my crazy sound. Unfortunately, there is no space under the seats (neither front nor back seat nor behind the seat)...
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    Onkyo AVR / Samsung TV settings

    Hi all, This is a relatively simple ting but I cant quite seem to get it right. At home, i always start up my PC / Amps / TV all pretty much at the same time. My Amp pretty much always needs to be on the PC input, but everytime itboots it always changes to TV/CD after a few seconds. I presume...
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    Domestic executive 1 - Plasma 0

    Hi all, So I popped home today and my domestic executive called me to come and see the TV, it wasnt pretty! Haha! She used glass cleaner on it (from the pic attached), and in her defence, she thought it was OK because the glass cleaner has a picture of a TV on the back (looking at the pic it...
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    XBMC questions, and my XBMC wishlist

    Hello fellow forumites, I have been a long time user of XBMC and I love it. However, I'm about to move from intermediate to more advanced type of XBMC stuff and I was hoping for some guidance in case and of you have tried to do (and hopefully succeeded) what I am planning. My main media...
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    Sugar Man, remix by Goldfish

    Has anyone heard this song redone by Goldfish! Oh man I love it: https://soundcloud.com/goldfishlive/test-track
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    Print your own circuit boards with Voltera....

    So, not exactly 100% AV tech but would be seriously useful for the DIY amp / crossover people here.... take a look ladies and gents: http://www.engadget.com/gallery/insert-coin-2014-contenders/3004388/#!slide=3004388 Voltera is for hardcore electronic makers, as it can print out circuit boards...
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    Boot logging - slow startup of PC

    Hello fellow nerdy forumites, My work machine is taking longer then normal to boot up of late, I normally have everything snappy and super speedy being a crazy nerd. The 10 second delay after putting in my windows login details is irritating me as it's not normal. I am running Windooze 7 pro...
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    Car sound issues

    Hello fellow forumites, I am having some car sound issues that I am getting quite stuck with. My setup used to look like this: Front stage - DLS R6A splits Processor - RF360.2 Amp - Audison LRx 3.1k sub - 2 x RF P2 10" subbies Then a few months back, one of my batteries exploded and the...
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    How to calculate the radius of a curve

    Hello fellow forumites, I need to calculate the radius of this curve, the site is a million miles away so really dont like using up my whole day driving there and back. Can anyone calculate this for me? Are there any other dimension that you still need? I can take a fairly decent guess as to...
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    The Distortion of Sound (Full film)

    Wow. Man this is super cool. Some epic names involved in this.... (you'll need 22 minutes of your time, but well worth it!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZcz-V29_M&feature=youtu.be P.S. Thanks Ant for sending this onto me
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