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I had the same experience with Takealot.com, twice: I ordered an item that was shown as available, concluded the purchase, purchased a bunch of incidental items, they took my money and then refunded me for the particular item I wanted (and based the entire order on) shortly before before...

Into the B&W lion's den (I actually like the B&W 800s, but admittedly have not heard the D3s: so please read this as a request for information, not an opinion on the D3s): It would have to be a huge breakthrough to be flat across the spectrum (+/-3db) down to 15hz at a typical listenable level...

eYoh! Seem to be taking a lot of fire for suggesting a hacky DIY electronic solution... 1) I think it is actually a viable alternative, in fact, it's probably the future of home automation. 2) Just for clarity and independence: I'm not selling Arduinos or Raspberry PIs, I'm not a shareholder...

Not for everyone: but  a few Arduino's with relevant shields, a Raspberry PI or two, a wireless network router and your iPhone as a remote / control would probably do it at 1/10th of the cost. "Some assembly required"

If you got a single listening position in the room i.e a couch or armchair in the center that you will always sit in, then a swarm approach may work (especially in a 5.1 or 7.1 system) if all subs are an equal distance away from that position and in time with your mid-highs... you will also find...

Hifi speaker design is of a blend of function and art, the latter is always subjective (actually: science, art & voodoo: great speakers always have a something that is just unquantified). Car designers usually plan their model design at least 2-3 models ahead (subject change of course) and work...

15:00 for a snooze in ...I like your style ...I'm there!

...but with a MC and more calibration.

Wow! That is a thing of beauty... It reminds me a bit of a modded Urei 1620

Cool new HP amp... Seems to have a fully balanced architecture from input to HP out ...the old one didn't, did it? Agree with the DAC sentiment, although I see it's actually listed as "optional": I think it's really convenient to have an all in one for the low & mid market HP amps, but for...

You should consider the Fostex TH-900, they retail for around $1,200 so pricey, but they actually really surprised me and they are light if you using them for extended periods. I also personally enjoyed the old Sennheiser HD-250 tremendously, the predecessor to the HD-25 SP2, I put a lot of...

I haven't yet heard the recently released Pioneer PLX -1000 / SL1200 clone, but maybe we should not be so hasty to write it off: I came across and interesting comparison / review in www.stereophile.com over the weekend that may be of interest: ...bearing in mind that the Pioneer only costs...

Yeah, they will undoubtedly sell at a fair premium the day after (although I feel like they may have already loaded that premium into the price up-front): 1,200 is really not many to have to move for such a legendry deck, it's just the price. I can't imagine too many things worse than Kanye on a...

The limited run of 1,200 numbered GAE units will sell for $4,000ea... The standard G version thereafter (with alu tone arm and rubber feet) will also sell for $4,000ea according to their press release, I'm not sure I see it working out exactly that way for them... I think Panasonic is be aiming...

Some new info: "The deck uses a newly developed "coreless" motor in an effort to remove "cogging", which is sound degradation caused by minute vibrations as the deck rotates, while the twin-rotor construction aims to reduce the bearing load while maintaining high torque." "Also new on this...

I love LCD-2s ...lush, warm, smooth: they just sound so effortless (there is something really special about them) I could listen to them for hours and want to keep going ...LCD-2s are my 'go to' headphones for long listening sessions. They are also actually easier to drive than I expected the...

The new turntable's picked up 6.5kg over the mk2, which weighed in at 12.5kg, not an insignificant amount, promising... Little things I hope they might consider improving: 1) more effective isolation feet, like Isonoe; 2) the rubbish sub-standard (standard) factory RCA cable (possibly even...

I'm a huge old Technics SL1200 /1210 fan. I have used them for over 20 years and currently have no fewer than 6 at home at any given time (mostly Mk2s, some Mk5Gs, all in excellent condition). They must be the most over engineered turntables I've ever used from a durability perspective. The...

Simply deleting files wont delete the data, only the reference to the index markers that point to that data are usually removed, showing it as blank space and allowing it to be overwritten, but until that happens the data still remains recoverable. It's not until you write over files that they...

@Trompie67: what an awesome video clip, thank you so much for sharing that! An amazing assembly of artist: Hans Zimmer, Mike Shinoda, Steve Aoki, Quincy Jones... One of my test tracks I've been using was by Mike Shindoa, he has beautiful, subtle, reverb on the distortion of an electric guitar...