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  1. Rodney_gold

    Chain advice

    at any rate , having owned Ls50's ...your best bet is actually a good sub if you want a significant upgrade..maybe even also go for a set of ls50 wireless  actives and a sub..sell the NAD, passive ls50's and 8200's to fund it all
  2. Rodney_gold

    Chain advice

    Most dacs today do digital attenuation real well..I would rather not stick another box and set of interconnects in the system What are you hoping to fix? I had 8200's on quite a few speakers ..that would be the last thing I would replace..exceptional amps for the money
  3. Rodney_gold

    Speaker power rating and amplification

    Driver damage is a result of too much power thru it , it doesnt know whether the signal being fed to it is distortion or a pure tone
  4. Rodney_gold

    Alan Hobkirk 6em7 dual triode valve headphone amp question.....

    I used it with a Jolida valve based cdp and a set of senheissers .. sounded wonderful The "champagne" colour internally was cos a transformer started burning. Alan hobkirk serviced it quite recently.. a year or so before I passed it on, checked all the valves etc I thought my Graham slee solo...
  5. Rodney_gold

    Highlights of 2017

    We also got a miniature schnauzer in early  2017 .. along with 2 pom pups a little later in the year. Best woofer upgrades ever....
  6. Rodney_gold

    Exchange rates predictions

    Expect a downward spiral once the Ramaeuphoria wears off and we find we arent in a better place after all.. In fact the policies he and others are advocating will not be investor friendly , our fundamentals to support a strong rand and investment in SA are ,and will be , just as poor for the...
  7. Rodney_gold

    Speaker power rating and amplification

    My speakers can do 1650w RMS ... my amps can only possibly do 1kw if I upgrade them..boy am I in trouble!!!
  8. Rodney_gold

    Dibs on Sales....An Unnecessary Frustration?

    When you fly a  crimson Fokker not every random potshot is a kill...too bad.....
  9. Rodney_gold

    SARS/Customs during the holiday period

    SAPO customs = SAPOes Had a parcel that spent 5 days getting here from germany , 11 WORKING days to go from jhbint to Capemail via customs and a further 6 days to get the notification from Capemail .. then took 2 days to get it from Capemail directly (due to another "customs" holdup)  and I was...
  10. Rodney_gold

    Dibs on Sales....An Unnecessary Frustration?

    This has nothing to do with my personal finances or circumstance ..its a general rule of sale..losing a potential sale to a dibs caller and then having to deal with their pms and  explaining why his dibs was violated due to a  confirmed sale is a total bit of aggro no one needs in a sale.
  11. Rodney_gold

    Which is the most beautiful speaker in your mind ?

    vivid grilles are an abomination..mine dont fit well and ive blown the meshes off the bass drivers a few times..tap the main grilles and they "ping" As to cloning..the biggest obstacle will be to get the drivers , made in house and a huge part of the sound..
  12. Rodney_gold

    Dibs on Sales....An Unnecessary Frustration?

    Cash in hand is king...dibs is rubbish
  13. Rodney_gold

    Viva! Cyril, VIVA!

    There is still 2019..the keys havent been handed over...yet...
  14. Rodney_gold

    Audio equipment prices in SA ... we're being smoked

    Thats before you negotiate a MUCH better price .... New Vivids come in at about 1/2 the $ price here...
  15. Rodney_gold

    Looking for Shaun Abrahams

    Yeh .. the emperor pikkewyntjie has had his balls cut off .. he's now a rockhopper...
  16. Rodney_gold

    RIP our forum friend Charles ?Placebo?

    RIP I met charles and daughter at Francois's place 3 years ago and both left a very good impression with me . Condolences to all
  17. Rodney_gold

    Advanced / Defensive Driving Course

    As soon as my daughter got her driving licence  I enrolled her at that 4 day school at Killarney .. I did the skidpan with her...was around 4 yrs ago..there was no track stuff tho
  18. Rodney_gold

    Advise around DIY Sound panels

    There is a material that can be digitally printed and will work real well..just about any signmaker with a large format printer can process this. Contravision .. its a microperforated vinyl and its totally porous Heres a pic of mine done that way
  19. Rodney_gold

    Advise around DIY Sound panels

    The canvas print will be sealed , the rough surface might diffuse a teeny bit but it wont absorb anything of note and putting rockwool or anything else behind it is a waste of time and money All the walls of my listening room are clad with slotted and pierced panels , on battens with absorbent...
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