Richard is an avid listener of all things musical. From the eclectic to the downright insane if it is interesting or odd, the chances are RH has heard of and has an opinion on it...
Posts by Richard Haslop
Local Focus: Mirror Edge Networks
Coming up soon, the next installment of our Local Focus features, this one focusing on Mirror Edge Networks. But in the meantime, take a look at one of Managing Director Morgan Irwin's insightful and informative [...]
LOCAL FOCUS: ANR MEDIA
ANR Media: Crafting Cinematic Experiences Beyond Expectations! In the heart of Johannesburg, ANR Media has established itself as a powerhouse in the South African AV landscape—redefining home entertainment one custom cinema room at a time. [...]
MARS TUBE AUDIO – MARS SET TUBE AMPLIFIER
The inspiration behind the design of the Mars SET is the discovery that music can be experienced satisfactorily, maybe even more deeply, at lower dB levels. It does imply the necessity/advantage of pairing high sensitivity [...]
LOCAL FOCUS: CINEMA KING
Meet Morne Seyffert... My passion for audio started as a young boy listening to my Dad's vinyl records on his old Sansui hi-fi way back then. Then time came to get my own hi-fi and [...]
FOURIER ACOUSTICS – CYCAD
Measuring 250 mm x 950 mm x 264 mm and weighing in at 10 Kg, Fourier Acoustics' Cycad is a sophisticated desktop stereo system that redefines elegance with its flowing curvaceous design. Unlike the robust [...]
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. [...]
Car Sound Part 2
../ The fun part is that we can be duped. (from Part One) How are we duped? This is where Digital Signal Processing or DSP makes an appearance. In essence what happens when we hear [...]
Car Sound Part 1
What's in a car sound system anyway? These days there is quite a bit actually. Digital Sound Processing (DSP) has changed everything. From the days when digital was limited to CD and sound processing was [...]
MAGELLAN AUDIO TRANQUILO RFI FILTER BOXES
Construction Rhodesian Teak via CNC machining Dimensions 18 cm cubed Weight Approximately 1.3 Kg per box Connections Spade/Banana plug PRICE R25 000 SUPPLIED BY Magellan Audio 083 325-6017 / phisci61@gmail.com DISTRIBUTED BY Multiroom AV [...]
Editorial February 2025
February 2025 Januworry is done - and we're all into Feb. My other life is busier than it should be but that's OK. It means I get more downtime with my music what with all [...]