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The entire concept of a census seems odd to me. Aren't there more efficient and less intrusive ways in which this information can be obtained? In this era of technology and easy access to information, going house to house counting people seems very archaic.

Another point I've been meaning to ask about is the "reason for selling" queries one sometimes sees in the classifieds. Is this purely out of curiousity? Is there perhaps something perculiar about some ads that compels potential buyers or the casual observer ask this sort of question? If a...

My thoughts exactly. Another example, could the glowing and heat-radiating image of valves explain why the sound of valve  equipment is often described as ?warm? ? I am of the strong opinion that the suggestibility and fallibility of the human brain is an aspect of this hobby (and many other...

I was told by Customs the last time I went to the US (some 4 months ago) that the first R5000 worth of goods is duty free

Thanks revolver. I'll give them a shout.

Download the manual for your model from Yamaha's website. The codes are at the back of the manual.

Some Look and Listen branches have them. Almost always they are usually under the classical music section. Don't bother ask the sales personnel if they stock SACDs. They'll almost definitely say yes and refer you the local music section i.e. south african (SA) cds. That's happened to me a...

I absolutely love her earlier albums - Love Scenes, Stepping Out, Always Trust Your Heart. Her CD "All For You" remains one of my all time favourites. I remember in my late teens being very broke and spending my last R120 to buy that cd. I got put off when she became too commercial and started...

I'm always pleasantly surprised when sending quiries to retailers Amazon and those from E-Bay. Almost always queries are responded to in a matter of minutes. As Rodney mentioned, responses are sent even at outside of business hours. The last time a queried an E-Bay transaction the seller...

Horses for courses I say. I've heard Ian's high efficiency behemoths. I must say, in a lot of respects, they are easily the best speakers I have heard yet.

Totally agree with previous posts re: power ratings on AVRs. They should be taken with a pinch of salt. I got the Yamaha 1076 and subsequently adding a power amp made all the difference. Unless there are a features in the higher-up models that you require, the power ratings on AVRs should not...

I got it at the Builders Warehouse in Fourways. That's about 2-3 months ago. Another place worth looking at is the DIY Depot at the Morning Glen shopping center in Morningside. I got three bits there a few weeks back for about R100 on average. They are the Bosch brand. Not sure how decent they...

Thanks. I got it at Builders Warehouse, at a strangely low price I must say. Something like R20-R25. I had to verifiy the price several times before paying. Somebody stuffed up somewhere with the pricing I suspect. Would they have the bearings like that? Any suggetsions of where else I can...

I purchased the router bit below: My issue with the bit is that its bearing is not flush with the blade as shown on the pic. It appears that it is possible to remove the bearing using an allen key. My question is can I replace the existing bearing with one that is slightly bigger so that it...

I was wonderind the same thing the other day. I've done 70000 km in 4 years and my car literally feels as though I'm driving without any shocks sometimes. Driving on a road that's not perfectly smooth is very unpleasant. I had them tested at one of them shocks/tyre/brakes places and they said...

I have. Bought a plate sub amp from them a couple of months ago. I was in the US at the time and got it shipped to me while I was there. Good service.

Rodney, I actually thought the purpose of the touchscreen was for the device to be within reach during ordinary use. I saw the remote as an optional extra. What would have been great was for Logitech to have included some sort of wifi dongle  that you could connect to the analog/digital inputs...

Thanks Rodney. Will give that a try.

After getting a Squeezebox Touch a few months ago, I finally got around to hooking it up and playing with it last night. What a revelation it has proven to be from a functionality and user-friendliness point of view . The issue now is that I have a cable that runs from the Touch?s coax output...

To be honest I hadn't used the USB post on the receiver ever since I got it. Played a few flac files off a USB drive just now. Album art does display, so does basic tag details: artist name, album, track  no. and title. That's it. Navigating through folders is not very user-friendly though and...