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Well, the official links would be here: http://www.loot.co.za/shop/main.jsp?offset=0&page=search&cat=b&terms=goran+bregovic&x=20&y=8 or http://www.kalahari.net/page_templates/searchresults.aspx?searchText=goran%20bregovic&navigationid=1&displayShop= bio...

Another band I discovered at my local Library of all places. They have interesting new tunes. Most tracks are shortish, insteresting instrumentation, non-sensical but vocals but they get away with it. One might say they're a cross between "Cake" (but better instrumentation), "They might be...

Hello, Like many people here I try to widen my musical horizons without having to be subjected to the 99% crap out there. Can be quite difficult at times... Few weeks ago I saw an amazing movie "Underground". It's one of those movies that put you in a different reality, my closest match would...

Thanks, Well my current TT is a NAD 5080 with an ADC cartridge + removable stylus. When I had the Pioneer PL-51 which had some decent cartridge it sounded too soft so I started playing with the switches, and since then I'm not sure.

Hello, If I have a fairly normal garden variaty TT, would the cartridge be MM or MC? My amp can switch and also set various impedances (NAD 1300) , I played a bit but can't easily hear a difference. Regards Leon

Thanks all, I had no idea transformers are so expensive. I take it even the power transformer is special because of the HT it has to supply? And I assume there are formulas to calculate the windings and wire thickness etc for a particular design, so you can't go cheap without compromising the...

Many Thanks Guys, focussing on transformers, why are they so expensive? Is this in general or are those Output Transformers a very specialised item? That brings me to another question: Are valve amps very sensitive to the correct Voltage?  My hybrid amp cuts out for a second when our mains...

Hello, I don't know if this perhaps belong to the DIY section, but please excuse my ignorant question: Why are tube amps so relatively expensive? Is it the valves themselves? I think I've heard that the transformers are expensive? Due to precision hand winding? or the copper inside? Or is...

Thanks LAV! I think I found the perfect match (or extremely close).  Too bad I have to buy 10. And now I'm going to browse around to see what else I might want to fill the order with! Regards Leon

Steerpike, You are right! I didn't think of that! Will have to replace the bulbs (damn, they work so well after all that effort)... I always wondered how do they get them to short when they blow? Boggles my mind. These are exactly that type. I'll see if RS has a site, or else where they are...

Thanks for all the advice - I'll see if I can track down the Omega Electronics. I just spent the morning visiting about 5 electronic places in Voortrekker street from Goodwood to Parow, no luck anywhere! So now I've employed a technique I last used 25 years ago in my grandfather's clock radio...

Hi Valvaglo, It probably would, might even be the same thing, but the electronic parts places didn't know at any rate. The NAD importer, who shall remain unnamed, wanted to charge me R50 for the rubber belt, and then I'd have to pick the right size belt out of a bundle at my own risk, so it...

Thanks, I will ask for "radio dial chord" at my local electronics hobby shop. They rarely have what I need, but they might surprise me! Regards Leon PS. A while back I had a problem with my CD loading tray not closing far/strong enough to engage the laser head - so I sprayed a little Q20 or...

Hi Guys, I was playing with my old Yamaha tuner which developed the problem that if you turn the tuning knob, the pointer on the dial doesn't really move. In my attempts to tighten the slack on the thin rope that moves the pointer on the dial and also adjusts the tuning capacitor, I snapped the...

It's about time!  I haven't been up to date for a number of years, and my facts may not be 100%, but even in the days of digital co-ax or optical from CD transport to DAC we've been ripped off by R1000+ digital cables, while cat5 network cable at R5/meter was transporting more data much faster...

Thanks everyone for the insights. It's really helping me form a picture. Any comments on the CDM series? And with that - does every new range really improve dramatically over the old? I mean should I consider a 10 year old speaker (e.g. CDM series) which was very expensive at the time, or will...

Hope this picture attachment works... Here is my collection of +-1991-1995 vintage TDK-SA cassettes...  that was a good year

Hello, Could someone give me a quick run down on some of the B&W models and their pecking order? I'm thinking specifically of the previous CM range that had a CM4 model. (I think now/more recently there's a CM6 and CM7?) I think it existed at the same time as the CDM range? As I understand the...

Hi, I remember the AD-F270, it was the must have cassette deck, touch controls and what not. And the TDK-SA , I still have 1 or 2 sealed TDK-SA chrome cassettes! I still have a set of AR38s in my TV room. Used to have another set and i stacked them on top of each other to create "the ultimate...

Thanks, What does a modern DAC cost these days? The HD playback is a very tempting idea... I tested an older Arcam DAC + transport some time back, but could hear absolutely no difference, even though I really wanted to. Only difference I heard was an audible digital noise floor when no disc is...