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A feeler: I am in Cape Town and there's an 2016 Audi A3 Sedan for a very good price for sale at a Dealer.  Sounds almost too good to be true. Is there anyone close, who happens to know his Audis (A3 sedan petrol DSG preferable), that can go and test the car to see if it is the real deal, or...

ya ya... :thumbs: The wording of the email is generic. I had to read it twice (OK it was 01h00 after coming home from a night out) to spot the little points that were not directly applicable to me. E.g. I've never registered at such sites  :angel:, don't have a webcam or mic on my PC, don't use...

Hi, Last night I received a scary email, which a friend later tracked to this scam alert:  https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/13/hacker_extortion_scam/ In my case it was a password I often use for any site where you have to register, but I don't really care about it or plan to use it...

Hello, 1) You can change your insurance any time. At least 10 years ago the law changed to prohibit banks from forcing their own insurance to cover your home.  My FNB loan e.g. is not with Outsurance but with Alex Forbes. Once every few years I must just prove that the property is indeed...

Beautiful!!! And the right colour too!

Ouch that was so unnecessary. My previous Jag was a 1979 Series 2 XJ, when I was about 23/4 - thought I had lots of money back then.  I was lucky that I never caused an accident in that thing. But in those days people would automatically yield to the Jag at e.g. a 4way stop, or in the fast...

Glad you made the right choice! I have a similar problem at the moment - there is an 2007 XJR on gumtree that I've looked at and want.  The last of the beautiful ones I like. Wrong colour (Grey instead of BRG, but I could live with that).  But I don't have my wife's blessing on this one -...

the correct term now is:  The Former artist known as Prince

Thanks Scrarfussi, I also like the F in FLAC very much. I just wish everybody would come to the party, e.g. Apple to support FLAC.  But no, everyone wants to have his own little format.

Hi Mastermamo, I am not a sound engineer but I want to add 2c to your post I think we have 2 different types of compression under discussion here, not to be confused.  The first happens in the studio. This is when the original recording is mastered down from analogue or very high "studio...

I was suggesting it only in context of comparing a reconstituted FLAC file with the source CD it came from.  By doing that you can eliminate all the other playback conditions that could influence the A/B test, which seemed to be a factor in the original testing that lead to this thread. My...

Hi, I have not gone the mediaplayer / NAS / streaming / DAC route yet.  I still play CD's. I do download music in FLACs etc, but then burn CDs from them to play on hifi.  (PS how can I burn a standard CD from a e.g. 24bit FLAC?  I have not been able to do that in Ubuntu yet) I promised myself...

Hi, I didn't read every post in this thread, but what I did read and scanned didn't seem to include this simple test: Take a 44.1/16 FLAC and burn a new normal Audio CD from it on your PC.  My Ubuntu PC can easily do it in Brassero, that is in fact how I get music into my hifi (and until...

My otherwise flawless CD player has one annoying bug that is getting worse: When you load a CD (or upon switch-on) the laser travels back to the beginning of the CD. At the beginning of travel is a "microswitch" that tells the machine it is at the beginning of travel, and then it will check...

http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2012/05/return-vacuum-tube hope this is not old news...

home made from excess odd speakers, including drivers from old valve radios Sony something (typical 80's big box types) B&O something (those brown wood with brownish/orangish cloth that matched 60's furniture) AR28 AR38 x 2 pairs - had their surrounds replaced B&W DM6  (the penguins, had them...

Hi, I'm looking for something small & portable for music on the go. The Divoom iTour Boom looks nice, I've heard it at a friend and it sounds pretty decent for the size & money & proposed use. The problem is that it plays only from a memory card (not from a USB stick).  Now I don't have an...

OK great thanks, I am going to check them out Regards Leon

Hi, Apart from the normal good rates & safe delivery, I need one specific thing from a courier: They must be able to pick up my collections after 5pm without penalty. I don't care how fast they deliver, it's OK to lose a day because of the late collection. Does anyone know of a courier that...

Thanks, Parts Expresss in USA? I am already in conversation with the Chinese manufacturer of the "Indeed" amp. Am thinking of asking who on AVforum wants one, and then making up a bulk order to save on postage etc. Regards Leon