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  1. Francois

    Your dealer - what are realistic expectations?

    Come on guys, Trump said we live in a shi_hole....and that is mostly true. Technical expertise is VERY limited. Where the hell do you have LESS THAN 10 very clued up technicians in a population of 60 000 000! So dont even think we approach 1st world, we are barely 3rd world now.  :angrywife...
  2. Francois

    Hi Fi that got away

    Infinity IRS V  :walled: :walled: Yamaha NS2000 Audio Research 600 monoblocks Cello Audio Palette Conrad Johnson Premier 1's at R3000 each Mark Levinson 33h's Several TD124's  :envy:
  3. Francois

    The new Marantz M30 integrated Amp - What a beaut!!

    $2499 comes to R57k with taxes, vat etc. No shipping. So let?s say R55k if importer gives 15% off? Not a bad price  :be:
  4. Francois

    iFi ZEN CAN & ZEN DACs order

    Zen Blu : R3200 Zen DAC: R3200 Zen CAN: R3040 Zen Phono: R3040
  5. Francois

    EBay : Shipping options and possible courier costs to SA

    The po(e)skantoor is NOT to be trusted!!! Standing at 249 eBay purchases (stamps/cartridges/belts) 19 totally missing...gone 12 opened...so you get a bit of emptyness and a nice sticker saying they found it OPEN  :facepalm: :point: ...and please go ... yourself I gave up, now I courier...
  6. Francois

    chinese hifi

    Hey guys....8/10 is WAAAAY above the SA pass rate of 30%  :ROFLMAO: 10/10 is so dangerous, next year a new 10 is there and then...oops... I mean Do Derek is still acceptable, but no 10 anymore  :giggle:
  7. Francois

    Bluetooth to Spdif converter

    Have a look at ifi Zen Blue Does every Blutooth known Input:Bluetooth 5.0TM with AAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Low-Latency, LDAC, HWA/LHDC CodecOutput:Optical/Coaxial, Audio RCA L/R, 4.4 Balanced Line out I brought a batch in 3 weeks ago
  8. Francois

    301 Faceplates for a new project.

    If you make more Ill buy some too, got two 301's needing TLC
  9. Francois

    chinese hifi

    I import Ming-Da and Trishend Line Magnetic... Amazing kit...not copies of anything. The MingDa amps are unique, about 60% there are no similar amps anywhere for sale. Build quality ? Its NOT a Sonus Faber or Jeff Rowland. Never will be. But 8/10 can be expected. Import. Shipping - take best...
  10. Francois

    iFi ZEN CAN & ZEN DACs order

    Hi, These devices rocked my perception of affordable DAC's! I have on order 10x ifi ZEN DAC's 2 x ZEN CAN 2 x ZEN Phono's  :whistler: All about R3200 each landed. If you want to order, I can still add to the order before Wednesday.
  11. Francois

    USB cable review

    I also like the Ultraviolet! Works really well. Sounds better than my ?reference? printer usb. I?ll post some pics later. Much more elegant version in the making
  12. Francois

    USB cable review

    Ender, I seem to have had the same experience, Marius visited and 6 of us decided to test the same. We didnt change OS, Drivers or USB ports. :-* . Only the cable. My old USB printer cable, nice and thick with two ferrite "bumps" did damn well. The AQ Forest was worst...exactly like you...
  13. Francois

    B&W Matrix 801 S2 vs Infinity Kappa 9

    Modern sound.... easy. Go drive a 1979 bmw and drive one now....that is modern 1980?s were about bass drivers, just moved out of the squawker era, little paper down tweeters, horrendous little monsters. Today a brilliant tweeter has a massive flat and smooth frequency response. The materials...
  14. Francois

    B&W Matrix 801 S2 vs Infinity Kappa 9

    My housemate owned the kappa 9.2?s. Incredible nice sounding speaker. Huge presence. We also had the 9i?s. Bit of a let down in sound. Almost ordinary. Also less collectable. Huge power. Nope. 200W more than enough. The NuPrime IDA8 drove the 9.2?s beautifully Do t use an old amp. Makes the...
  15. Francois

    Powerful amps and power conditioners

    A power conditioner is just a filter. Cap. Coil and maybe MOV for spikes Power regenerator is in a way a power amplifier. AC converted into DC and then via well designed oscillator turned into 50hz signal. The power amp brings it back to 220V A 1.25kw pair of Macs can theoretically pull 6kw out...
  16. Francois

    AVI S21 amplifier value

    Amp R6-10k TDL if mint around R20k maybe tad more if it?s the rosewood veneer.
  17. Francois

    Recap or not?

    Cracked and bad solder joints.  Now there is a ******* that causes so much trouble. I now have two amps I ?fixed? by just some resoldering... under magnification it?s crazy to see how a leg will separate itself from the solder! And then starts the intermittent problema
  18. Francois

    Recap or not?

    There are NO more improvements in capacitors, electrolytic etc in the 2000?s, there is no need, it?s a technology that matured in the 1990?s. There is merit in replacing caps from 1900 to 1980...or thereabouts but it?s not obligatory  :whip: Boutique caps have also run into a wall... if...
  19. Francois

    Recap or not?

    Hi everyone, Im Francois...a re-CAP nutty...or used to be I have a sh..those of nice 30000uF+ 100V caps from people that HAD to recap. Using a testing rig - Not just ESR meter etc, they tested between 90% and fricking 110%, Charging and discharging. Fast and slow. I recapped AU777, BA303...
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