Where to buy your hardware (and software). For the budding electrical and electronics student we have certainly seen some amazing changes over the last few years, actually over the last 5 decades the most astronomical change has been from evacuated glass tube amplifiers and switches to microelectronics, switching microamperes to thousands of Amperes. Huge emphasis…
Hybrid (incl. the Hybrid DSP24) is a South African brand, distributed by Viva Africa Hybrid covers a range of products sold in South Africa through Viva Africa, concentrating on the professional audio industry for the African market. Viva Afrika represents and distributes Numark, Real Sound, Audiocenter, RAM Audio, db Technologies and Beyma as well as…
Loudspeaker enclosures Bass Reflex and Sealed Cabinets. For the old peeps here is a really great article: McIntosh and the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound There is a lot of intriguing information about speaker enclosure design in books and the internet and the single thing that stands out the most to me is the emphasis on…
With the millions of forums available to musicians on the web the one thing that really stands out is the bad advice that is often given out to professionals seeking assistance in buying, fixing or modifying their rigs. I want to clarify from the outset that I am not a professional musician, neither, no longer,…
Live shows, domestic and industrial power – it’s all about Ampacity Report: 2013:- South Africa has approximately 60 000–80 000 unnatural deaths per year, with an average of approximately 70 000 per year. There are currently 36 registered forensic pathologists in South Africa. An electrocution death is considered an unnatural death and is, therefore, referred…
Electric Motors, Trends over the last 50 Years For those born after 2000 an electric motor is seen as just another product of technology, just like the cell phone. Electric motors have been with us for the last 200 years, personal handheld phone (Motorola and Martin Cooper) about 50. There is a link of course,…
Innovation in South Africa steps up a notch! Much must be said about our not so dearly departed prez, J.G. Zuma. He may have reversed the good in this country under his tenureship but he also turned the citizens into a bunch of aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators and budding scientists. In times of hardship innovation always…
The CNC Machine – a positive influence on our lives An interesting topic gathering momentum is that of the CNC machine or Computer Numerical Code machines, machines driven by computers and becoming increasing popular within the DIY Maker community. Here we will look at the basic CNC machine and suppliers in South Africa. The CNC…
Rebuilds and Tune-ups for Pre-amplifiers There seems to be a stigma about buying lesser known brands. The fact that someone designed a device at home doesn’t mean it’s inferior. I had a Rotel amplifier which vaguely looked like a WooFlungKak and inside it actually looked the same. In fact it was the same except for…
In search of the ultimate car audio system Some scientific types believe that the walls of Jericho fell because of resonance. In a few years from now we are going to be seeing a lot of hearing loss amongst generation-Y and Millenials. Generation Baby Boomer may well be exempt except for the musician variety. Many…
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