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  1. johan.pretorius

    Impact of load-shedding on your hifi related priorities and habits?

    There is a huge economical impact on the country (prices and inflation going up, small business going bankrupt, etc, etc), not to mention the mood in the camp. On a personal level - I'm not in the position to go all out solar / off the grid at the moment, but bought a small inverter system to...
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    Whats on the TT...

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    Classifieds Advertisements

    10% per bump is not reasonable at all, rather make it 25% 🍻 And once it reaches zero, it should automatically be moved to Freebies.
  4. johan.pretorius

    Whats on the TT...

    I've listened to his music on Tidal, the vinyl must be pretty amazing.
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    Joke for the day

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    Deoxit spray / lube in SA

    Here is the Kontakt range available at RS Online: Electronic Cleaner | Electronic Clean Spray | RS And at Mantech: https://www.mantech.co.za/Stock.aspx?Query=kontakt+chemieand
  7. johan.pretorius

    Record Fair at Lucky Rodrigo Lynnwwod Pretoria Saturday 29 April 2023

    My word, I had to Google that. No idea what the inspiration for the restaurant's name was, but it kind of make sense now...
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    Tape decks prices.

    No worries. To get back to your original question, I reckon you are looking at a ballpark figure of R2,000 - R2,500 (in working condition).
  9. johan.pretorius

    Albums recorded with Stereo Mic Pairs, ie naturally Stereo recorded

    Reminding me of the Ten Years After - Recorded Live album. Also recorded on 16 track and then mixed 'down' to stereo.
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    Albums recorded with Stereo Mic Pairs, ie naturally Stereo recorded

    Dankie, Sarel. That will keep me going for a while. ps - for a moment I thought you were having a conversation with yourself :-)
  11. johan.pretorius

    Which subwoofer?

    I owned a Sony SA-WM500, it certainly was loud. The Sony has been replaced with a Yamaha NS-SW300 - smaller, but very potent and not standing back at all. It has a selector for music or video, called the B.A.S.S. (Bass Action Selector System), providing the optimum frequency response in each...
  12. johan.pretorius

    Tape decks prices.

    The M250 is one of the better Technics decks, here are some online resources (you may know about some already). For comparisons between various cassette decks and their recommended retail prices at the time, check out CassetteDeck.org Technics RS-M250 Cassette Deck HiFi Engine for manuals and...
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    Is there a possibility that our strive towards accuracy is actually counterproductive to musical engagement/enjoyment?

    Ten Years After - Recorded Live is another LP where the live recordings were released as recorded. No overdubbing, but mixed from 16 track to stereo in studio (so, not 100% pure either). From the sleeve notes: In response to the original question, I reckon that looking for an accurate...
  14. johan.pretorius

    Pretoria One-Stop Record Fair 2023 - 29 April 2023

    Pretoria One-Stop Record Fair 2023 - 29 April 2023 at Lucky Rodrigo, Lynnwood, Pretoria
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    Upcoming live music events

    Where is this happening?
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    Vinyl sales exceed CDs in 2022

    Done right, it can look amazing. This is from a FB group (DIY Audio), a Sony PS1 done 15 years ago according to the author:
  17. johan.pretorius

    The psychological use or functions of music and how these might be correlated with personality.

    Going off on a tangent here... I could never understand the reasoning behind linking personality traits, or anything else for that matter, to star signs. There are now 8 billion people on earth, equating to roughly 666,666,666 human beings per star sign. So, six hundred sixty-six million six...
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    Proposed Fibre Install.

    I can say exactly the same about my fibre line. It has been extremely reliable, never had any issues since it has been installed (in 2016) apart from a contractor cutting through the cable, causing an area outage. The line belongs to Telkom, ISP is Telkom as well.
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