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AUDIO EXPO TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT THE NEWLANDS SUN HOTEL FROM 15-17 SEPTEMBER 2023 Get set for the home entertainment event of the year: the Cape Town Audio Expo. On at the Newlands Sun Hotel from September 15 to 17, the Expo promises to be a must-see gathering for music and video fans...

Apologies if this has been posted before, but I picked it up on my other must-read, the Steve Hoffman Forums, only last night. The thread is already 35 pages long.  Summary: priceless trove of masters lost in UMG fire. Times story...

This just dropped into my inbox. I wonder if it works the other way around - if you've got a Tidal subscription, do you get a complimentary Benz? TIDAL streaming service available from 2018 in Mercedes-Benz vehicles Stuttgart.  Mercedes-Benz and global music and entertainment platform, TIDAL...

Within the next week or two I need to move an estimated couple of truckloads of furniture, building material, etc from the Southern Suburbs to... well, we haven't decided yet. Any recommendations for firms to transport and, possibly, store the things? They don't need any extra-special care as...

Having just taken delivery of a Tivoli iPAL, apart from any sonic benefits or lack thereof this device might provide, what I can say is that I've heard more great (i.e., to my taste) jazz in the past two hours via this little black-and-silver device than I've heard in ages. Right now, it's Mark...

Apologies if this has been posted before, but it's new to me. While following the electricjive link to the Huntley archive of jazz recordings, posted by Alternativeroute, I spotted a link to UCT's Centre for Popular Memory. This leads to interviews in audio and in transcribed formats. I started...

I am about to drop 26 Euros on bringing in rubber roll surrounds and glue to fix the original KEF B110s in my Linn Kans. The supplier is www.speakerrepairshop.com. Does anyone have thoughts/experience on the supplier? Or is there anyone with a Cape Town alternative? I have already asked Jose...

A German DJ has become an archaeologist of funk. He travels around Africa searching for old, unwanted and often moulding LPs, gets them reissued and then plays them at his gigs around the world. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26654516

I thought nostalgics might find that something of interest in the musings that resulted from an exchange of PMs with jmvanzyl, which reminded me of a little gold sticker: So I dug out a couple more. For those, like me, who are intrigued by trivia, the albums pictured were all bought...

OK, not the highest of fi, but my interest has been piqued. While wandering around my local Woolworths (Pinelands) conducting my usual research into consumer buying patterns, I heard Billie Holiday ("Just One Of Those Things") issuing forth from the ceiling speakers. It reminded me that I'd...

In case this hasn't been mentioned elsewhere, in my quest for cassette deck drive belts I went along to Radio Discotheque in Voortrekker Road, Maitland. Looks like I just missed the Clearance Sale. Place looks deserted and a sign on the window directs enquiries up the road to Frontline. Who...

A couple of comments in the Garage Clearout 2 thread (Classifieds) "I cannot Lie to my wife so many times in one month!!!" and "...you still need to learn the art of buying, hiding and then later on blending it into your setup. To them everything looks the same whether it's a cdp, amp, tuner...