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I got the 1067 late last year and later added a 5 channel power amplifier (Emotiva XPA-5). The power amp made all the difference. If I could do it again, I would have gotten instead the RX-V767 plus the Emotiva. Cost-wise it may be a bit more expensive to just getting 2067 but the performance...

Shonver, are you referring to duet title from the album by Chick Corea and Marian McPartland?

What a strange and eerie coincidence. Earlier this morning I was listening to this very same track from ?Duet?, Chick Corea and Hiromi?s piano duo album. Brilliant indeed.

I signed up for this deal last month. One thing users should be careful about is their data usage on contract data accounts. This applies for both MTM and Vodacom it seems. You need to be meticulous in monitoring your allocated data usage. I don?t fully understand the technical reasons behind...

One site that I've found especially useful is this one: http://jazzinjozi.blogspot.com Been to a lot of terrific performances that I learned of from that site. I was very saddened by the death of local (and one of my all-time favourite) jazz artist, Zim Ngqawana, who died last week on monday...

I was recently informed by a colleague of an ?exciting business opportunity?. I asked her to give me more details about the supposed opportunity but all I got in response was an invitation to attend a presentation/seminar. My spidey senses immediately tingled. Just to be polite, and...

Not to derail the thread, but I couldn't help but comment on this. Zork obviously meant "B&W" instead of "BMW".  I seem to recall reading somewhere that B&W rebranded themselves to "Bowers & Wilkins" in full to avoid confusion or association with B&W.

A couple of months ago I took in about 30 or so cds, dvd, and PS3 discs of mine that were horribly scratched to a dvd rental store in Hatfield, Pretoria to have them fixed. They have a machine there that sands and buffs scratches out of discs. It costs about R10 a discs depending on how bad the...

I can totally relate to Shonver?s above comments. There have been many times when I am convinced that there is something wrong with my setup because it just didn?t sound right, even though absolutely nothing had changed. A few days later I?d listen to the same set up and I?d be adamant that I...

Updated the firmware to the latest version (V4) last night and the problem persists. I went through the Mede8er forum and it seems the problem is not so uncommon. No solution though. It's curious how some users are affected while others are not. Perhaps it has to do with how the Mede8er is...

There?s something that?s irritated me with the Mede8er from day 1 and I haven?t seen it mentioned here. I?ve noticed when playing audio files the unit does not play the first half a second or so of the track. Also when playing albums where there?s a seamless transition from one track to...

That?s the impression I?ve always been under until recently. The HD channels that I previously couldn?t access (MNET HD, Discovery HD, Supersport HD etc.) on my old single view decoder are now accessible in what certainly appears to be HD. I am paying the same subscription as did before getting...

Yep. It's in the motoring section of The Star today. Only the races will be in HD though. Practice and qualifying sessions will be in standard definition due to "capacity constraints"  >:( The last Moto GP season was in HD ? all classes and all sessions. I would?ve thought F1 would have been...

I was excited to learn that this year?s F1 season will finally be broadcast in HD on DSTV. Being something of an F1 nut, I?ve been recording almost all the races for the past 15 years, either to VHS and later through my LG dvd recorder. I have the baby HD decoder with no PVR subscription...

I scooped up  pair of these babies while travelling in the US a few months ago. I listened to them immediately after purchasing. I wasn?t expecting much from a performance point of view because my only source at the time was my HP laptop playing 320kbps MP3s and also given the general view that...

Thanks for the responses guys. I actually tried opening the remote to clean the contacts as suggested but I couldn?t. The socket head screws that hold the remote together are just too small for the allen keys I have. Will sort it out during the weekend. If that fails I may take Willi up on...

Over the past 5 years I?ve owned 3 Yamaha AV receivers and all of them, after a year or two of use, have had remote controllers that have failed. The sensitivity/response of the buttons would deteriorate over time until the remote eventually stops working altogether. I was wondering whether...

I have a Seas 5 inch driver that has a ding on its aluminum cone ? see attached image. The ding is an eye sore and I?d like to get it fixed. The aluminum cone is rather fragile to work on and I don?t want to try to fix it without knowing what I?m doing. Does anyone have any ideas of how to...

Hadn't thought of that. I'll have a look at the manuals and read up more on this on the web. Thanks to all for the assistance

Ja, I considered taping off the IR receiver. Not the most elegant solution but it would work. Yes this seems like too much trouble. Just curious, how would the above method work? What is a UIRT unit? It looks like I'll have to keep both of them apart then.