MAX live event #2
The second Musical Accuracy eXperience, or Musical Accuracy eXcellence (we're not sure which one works best yet but both end up as MAX) was held 19 October 2025 at Auto24 in Roodepoort. A fantastic venue [...]
AUDIOFLOW LOUDSPEAKER SWITCHES
Sometimes all you need is simple control, allowing you to listen to your music system in the room that you are in, or enjoy music in an occasional space without the expense of multiple amplifiers. [...]
B&O Beolab 90
VITAL STATS Drive Units 18 drive units per unit 7 Scanspeak tweeters, 7 Scanspeak midrange, 4 Heliox woofers Amplification Sufficient? 14 x class D amplifiers (one per channel) Sensitivity 126 dB (123 dB bass) Frequency [...]
Van Den Hul The Orchid Interconnects and The Inspiration Speaker Cables
VITAL STATS The Orchid Inspiration Cable Type Interconnect Speaker Cable Length 0.8m 2.0m Directional Yes Yes Conductors Silver plated OFC Hybrid linear carbon, silver plated OFC Resistance 0,0337 Ω/m (screen), 0,381 Ω/m (conductor) 4 x [...]
Editorial August 2025
August 2025 Hi-fi is a rabbit hole without end. You get sucked in. You back out. You get sucked back in again. It's just plain nuts. Ludicrous. The longer you spend in the game the [...]
Editorial July 2025
July 2025 Rain in July In Johannesburg. When last do you recall this happening? Climate change is a thing! Part of what I do these days is to comment on happenings within the auto industry [...]
Mars SET Valve Amp
VITAL STATS Connectivity WiFi (2.4 GHz), 10/100 Ethernet Specs None supplied Dimensions (HxWxD) 389 x 402 x 158 mm Weight 13.5 kg PRICE R54 900.00 SUPPLIED BY Mars Amps / 072 446 5072 [...]
SONOS Sub
VITAL STATS Connectivity WiFi (2.4 GHz), 10/100 Ethernet Specs None supplied Dimensions (HxWxD) 389 x 402 x 158 mm Weight 13.5 kg PRICE R24 999.00 SUPPLIED BY Cinema Architects 010-601-0653 WEBSITE www.cinemaarchitects.co.za / [...]
Editorial June 2025
June 2025 It's getting chilly in Joburg and that's OK. I have a valve amp from Mars on review and it is warming the room with all of it's 8 watts of output power but [...]
Editorial May 2025
May 2025 Traveling is a thing that eats into one's time at an alarming rate. So much so that April disappeared. But another thing that eats time is listening to technical music. If I am [...]
Editorial March 2025
March 2025 I am not sure what happened to February but that just disappeared. An Audi also happened as promised and that's covered under a separate post. To say clinical and utterly ruthless as a [...]
Car Sound Part 3
..../ and try we do. Enter damned Audi Stage Right. A circa 2014 estate to be more or less imprecise. In all honesty I had heard this car before, about a year ago in fact. [...]