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My room is 7.5m long, 4m wide and 3.2m high. I recently removed the 18x 120 x60cm panels I had and replaced them with 8x 300cm x 60cm and a 2 square metre skyline diffuser at the back. No real pre installation room acoustic measurements were taken. I used conventional wisdom on deciding what...

My house was struck by lightning and I lost a lot of AV gear. Yes, one can have peace of mind knowing that you are insured but the hustle of claiming and likelihood of exorbitant increase in premiums makes it better to just find ways to reduce the likelihood of a strike. I know the best...

When you have atmos movies that are stored in a NAS or HTPC and play them via an Apple TV, they get down mixed to Dolby digital plus and other formats. Is there a way around this that one of you has used succesfulu?

Hi gents please hook me up with an installer of heat pumps in the Joburg North area. I have the heat pump and just need labour.

Typos corrected: I have a question about going the route of solar (hybrid or fully off the grid) 1. Did it improve your sound? I think it has on mine but just want to check others experiment in case it’s just some placebo effect. 2. Is there a need for power conditioners for the purpose of power...

What is better between installing an 8kw inverter vs 2 times 5kw inverters. This is for a setup that will mostly be off the grid

A few years ago I installed fibre which came with a standard TP link router. I gradually upgraded my AV setup to 4k. My movies are stored in a microserver and I use Nvidia Shield to stream from the microserver and from Netflix. Some big 4k files would buffer all the time and this was blamed on...

last week I advertised a place for rental on Private Property. The next day I got a call from a guy selling a service where they put the same advert on other publications at a fee of R495. I remembered that the same guy called me last year about the same thing for another property that I...

While listening to music I decided to use my hands to cup my ears. I couldn’t believe how much more detail I could hear. It gave me an idea. I’m not buying new gear anymore. I’m going to see my surgeon to extend my ear lobes. Lucky are those of you with big ear lobes😂

I am trying to introduce an external 12v trigger to power the power amps on and off. There is a pop on the speakers when the power amp is powered off this way. This doesn’t happen when the power amp is switched off with the on board power switch. I take it that this happens because power is just...

2 years ago I spent a lot of time with @Karabo C installing acoustic treatment in my room. We build very thick corner bass traps in the front wall and installing acoustic panels in most of the earky reflection points. The only place that was not treated is the ceiling which has some slap...

My stereo setup consists of a power amp, preamp and DAC. The preamp and power amp are from the same stable which I assume they are level matched in terms of voltage (or whatever it’s called) but the DAC being different may need to be adjusted to the right output voltage to match the preamp and...

I have power amps that only have balanced input (no RCA). My processor has both balanced and RCA preouts on the main zone but zone 2 and 3 preouts are only RCA. I have seen RCA to XLR cables but would like to check if it’s advisable to use them and if there is anything to look out for before...

I hit potholes 2 weeks ago. One front tyre was badly cut on the side. I took the car to tiger wheels and they found that all 4 rims were bent and they recommended fixing the rims and replacing the damaged tyre. The tyres I have in my car are discontinued which means I’ll need to replace both...

Hi Gents Some of my components don’t have a build in 12v trigger. I found this trigger online in France and Im checking if there is members here who would like to participate in a group buy and we can share shipping costs. AUDIOPHONICS Trigger 12V 230V Slave Power Supply Device - Audiophonics

Wishing you guys a merry Xmas for those that observe the holiday and happy holidays to everybody else.

With all the Eskom woes we have been having recently I have been so anxious and have been looking for ways to protect my gear. I have acquired 2 Furman AC210ae (surge protector and power conditioner) to use on the HT power amp more for the surge protection. They need need a 8 amp circuit and...

Saw this on my broadband and thought I should share it with you guys. I’m just sharing for sharing’s sake because I know there is no one here that is a pirate 😂 https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/470311-dstv-pirate-slapped-with-7-year-jail-sentence.html?source=newsletter

With all the load shedding we have in always worried about surge damage to my gear. My equipment is located behind a false wall which makes it difficult to switch off on the wall and only switch on during use only. My electrician is coming soon to do some work and I’m thinking I should use...

Does anyone know a place where they can fix a switch mode power supply?