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    Handsome's Hardcore Headbangers

    The Hardcore Headbangers were designed, like all good devices should be, to purpose. A pair of Lowther Acousta's plus a pair of Altec A7s set the scene: I have had many parties and ratcheted up my tinnitus using the A7s and a 5W triode connected EL84PP amp (started life as a genuine Dynaco SCA35...
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    Ordering fom DigiKey

    Has anyone ordered anything from DigiKey? I see they have a 'south african' website and speak of couriers - but do they use SAPO or a courier service?
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    Denon DL103R

    just got one....this is a beautiful sounding cartridge  :Whoohoo:
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    advice please

    Moving to a new open plan office: shared desks, lots of lighties making noise and wittering, many neighbouring/desks/pods/ecosystems/managerial type folk. So need a pair of cans. Must block out outside sound - but no noise cancellers (hate the sound and idea of another amplifier inside), budget...
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    Making Speaker Spikes

    I need to make some spikes for a pair of loudspeakers I have. The threads appear to M8. I presume i can get some M8 stock or bolts and have them cut & machined. Where in Johannesburg could I get this done, does anyone have any suggestions?
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    Firewalls - what to do?

    Hey all, i have a microserver running WHS2011 connected to an Asus RT-N66U wireless router and am using a MTN 3G stick for my internet connection. I have a desktop PC connected via CAT5 and a laptop connected via wireless, plus 2 squeezeboxes wireless and a samsung TV that is connected by CAT5...
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    Squeezebox service/repair?

    Does anyone know if there is anyone in Johannesburg who services /repairs squeezeboxes? i see that Digital Channel Solutions used to but they seem to have disappeared.
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    using two liberaries with LMS

    i have two lots of music lossless (FLAC) and lossy (MP3s). They are in separate folders. is there a simple way to create two separate libraries in LMS so when i want to listen to just FLACs or FLACS & MP3s i can...but without losing the playlist, random mix or MusicIP functionality? I have...
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    curious squeezebox issue

    I bought pink floyd's the wall experience edition a 3 CD set. i rip with dbpoweramp to both flac and mp3. yet for this CD set LMS reports both copies mp3 and flac, as being part of the same album hence i have two of every song under pink floyd's the wall? all my other CDs come up as being two...
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    Samsung Notebook RAM help

    i have a Samsung Series 3 Notebook for which i want to purchase another 4G RAM stick. The folk that the local samsung people put me onto, CRT, want R700 for a 4G stick. I know one can get 4G notebook sticks for less than R300. But i am struggling to find anyone locally online that stocks a stick...
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    HP Microserver performance

    need to build or buy a server for my media - videos and music. i use serviio for video and audio plus logitech media server to my transporter. how capable is the HP microserver when it comes to transcoding videos? am currently using my desktop pc (Intel Q9300 2.5GHz Quad core Win 7 64bit, 8GB...
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    Can anyone fix my sme 3012?

    hey all, i have given up trying to rebuild my 3012 - it is in pieces which i could probably cobble together but i have failed totally and utterly with rewiring the &^%$%$##! Would anyone on this forum be prepared to rewire and reassemble for me? And if so how much?
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    samsung allshare issues

    i have a samsung series 5 32" with the wifi dongle. i can connect to my network BUT......samsung allshare is buggy as all heck crashes all the time. BUT Logitech media Server works...BUT even though i can see all my movies on the TV and have little previews of them every time i try top play one...
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    Inductors

    Looking for some inductors for a speaker crossover 1mH, 1.5mH and 2.2mH air cored, does anyone stock locally? and if not where would the best deal be overseas?
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    Anyone help with my quad esl grills?

    i moved to joburg and the movers dinged both my quad esl 57 brass grills. i have tried to push the dings out but they keep popping back in. does anyone have any suggestions as to how one can fix this?
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    Testing Output Transformers

    So. I have the function generator, the oscilloscope and some OTXs (SE and Push Pull). I want to test them for frequency response. Obviously if i drive them from the 50R output of the generator at 1V I will get fantastic measurements wholly unreflective of real world conditions. So what kind of...
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    Help with a squeezebox transporter

    I have had my transporter for over two years now with no problems but yesterday it started cycling between on and off (the logo pops up onto the screen) every 10 seconds after working normally for about 10 minutes. I can hear the relays inside the unit clicking as it cycles. I am running...
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    Locally made transformers

    I am looking to have some power transformers wound, preferably in JHB, EI or C-core, bell ends would be very nice. Who would be the best people to approach? I think I may have asked this question on the forums before but cannot find the original post.
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    cool layout software.....err i think

    check this out: http://diy-fever.com/software/ it's java based but i do not know how to run it...anyone wish to pass on the knowledge please?
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    de-emphasis and FM radio

    i am refurbishing my dynaco fm3 tuner. it has three encapsulated networks basically resistors and capacitors encapsulated in epoxy. dynaco called theses PECs. two of then are on the multiplexer board and are for FM stereo de-emphasis and suppression of the 38kHz stereo carrier. a common mod for...
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