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  1. Schalk

    It's only a Hi-Fi

    :pleasant: Oh my word, Finally the Whisper shuts up  :angel:
  2. Schalk

    How much difference does it make?

    Years of experience when still in the trade. When fine tuning a receiver, as in any RF receiver, radio, all the way through LW, MW, FM  etc. You always start at the end where usable audio signal is derived by the demodulator, sometimes also called the discriminator. You fine tune that first and...
  3. Schalk

    VA Predator on B&W 800 D2

    Hey Stu, VA Watts are cheap and cheerful  :2thumbs: :ROFLMAO:
  4. Schalk

    VA Predator on B&W 800 D2

    You will NOT burn out the Predator on those 800's. Not such a tough load as everybody makes them out to be.
  5. Schalk

    AUDIO MASTER - SCHALK HAVENGA

    And peeps wonder why I am broke?  :nfi: Well, because I pay a lot of money to other peeps to lie very convincingly about their (what appears to be orgasms) about my products.  Equally so, quite a number of guys have bought and just so suddenly decided they needed more slam or speed, while...
  6. Schalk

    Beautiful amplifiers

                      There was a time I thought this could become something
  7. Schalk

    Pic of the Day

    This was a series of individual shots, 5 I think, that I stitched with Adobe Photo deluxe, quite a few years back, same camera. From above Franschoek. My old XTrail pulled over to allow me to walk back and take the shots. Langebaan, managed to capture these two playful Labradors playing chase...
  8. Schalk

    Pic of the Day

    Thanks Eric, I do the lucky shot once in a while, more NOT than often though  :ROFLMAO:
  9. Schalk

    Pic of the Day

    Inspired by Gerlach"s moon shot a few days ago, I looked back about a year or two to find these shots I took with my Canon Powershot SX30HS. I recall Mervin also had one that he also was quite pleased with. It featured amongs others a claimed 1200x zoom function which is the one I used to...
  10. Schalk

    Pic of the Day

    A spot along the West Coast that we used to drive by when the kids still lived there
  11. Schalk

    Time to introduce myself by means of my audio journey...

    I am hurt, wooden stake through my heart  :-\ Just when I got the VU meters you were bawling about. Ah well, we'll move the old Predator on to greener pastures to someone who appreciates real, piercing class  :groovy: Glad Nilam could help Gerry
  12. Schalk

    Speaker pairing with Valve Audio Exclam? 100

    The Exclame usually pairs quite well with most brands, but it does have an uncanny affinity for romance with especially the later model Sonor Audio offerings. I'd say anything from the Claro 5.1 to the Claro 6.2 delivers stunning performance. Even the 8.2 gets a pretty healthy kick out of the...
  13. Schalk

    Hi Fi that got away

    Oh I do not know about "heavily felt", why am I still poor and my goldfish hungry? What I do know is that your new Whisper is going to be a wee bit better, maybe even up to standard for Chez Sax, provided I do not step on a scalpel blade and deflate before such an event comes to pass....
  14. Schalk

    Hi Fi that got away

    Nope, You are right. Also right in that they did not last as long as one could have hoped for. Still have the odd one in for repair as peeps do not forget that I at one stage whispered these things back to life ..
  15. Schalk

    Predator valves.

    Was taking a break, a well deserved one... Replied via PM  :thumbs:
  16. Schalk

    Hands up if you own a Valve Audio product

    I'll have to work on getting those numbers up a bit, times are tough. Thanks for making me aware of the fact  :2thumbs:
  17. Schalk

    Unobtanium hi-fi that makes you drool

    I do agree re the base suspension disc, mine are all wobbly mounted on the bigger transformers. Certainly with locally wound less than perfect transformers you really have no other option.
  18. Schalk

    Every dog has its day

    Yip, And a happy bithday too , to you and you and ALL of you Mr Family_Dog  :groovy: :2thumbs:
  19. Schalk

    Unobtanium hi-fi that makes you drool

    I have often been asked about the wisdom of putting a pinprick of a transformer above a wedding cake sized one. So even the Masters do that as well. With perhaps a bit more spaghetti wiring, must be Italian. Heck no, it's Swiss  :thinking:
  20. Schalk

    Unobtanium hi-fi that makes you drool

    And I, Me and Myself, I have that on Vinyl  :P Unobtanium to anyone, staying right here... :2thumbs: :groovy:
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