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Wharfedale Valdus 100 7:30pm 06/08/2003
OMG! Somebody running an auction for Wharfedale Valdus 100's on trademe.co.nz used the Valdus 100 review at MY WEBSITE (v1 tho) !! So anyway, it prompted me to update my review of them.

The Valdus 100's are perhaps some of the best value speakers I have ever come across, and would whole-heartedly reccomend them to anybody looking for good Hi-Fi and Home Theatre speakers, whos slightly struck for cash.

Read my second review here.

SpRoNKeY's MP3 Player Project 3:25am 05/04/2003
Alright, here goes - SpRoNKeY's MP3 Player Project. It doesn't have a seperate page of its own but it will sometime in the future, after I actually make the beast. At the moment im sourcing parts. I've got my PC hardware (Celeron 400, cheap IDE cdrom drive, small low-power power supply). All I need now is to make the case, controller keys and find a suitable LCD or VFD for a decent price. I dont particularly want to pay $200 to get CrysytalFontz LCD imported for me. :P

Anyway, the player will run either a customised version of Linux, or a highly automated version of Windows NT4. I'm not 100% sure as to which yet, perhaps NT4 so i don't have to use Samba to use Networked MP3's. I'm also looking for the Infra-red reciever so I can control this baby via. shiny remote :)

I'll post some more news on the project later on.

Sanyo (old) SX-225 Speakers 9:51pm 08/02/2003
Today i picked up a pair of these beasties, and i'll have to review them because they're just so.. cheapishly good. (They cost me $15 from the supershed).

Review is available here.

You might be suprised at how i find these.

Apollo 440 Album Review 11:29pm 06/02/2003
w00t, i've finally linked my review of Apollo Four Fourty's "Electro Glide In Blue" album. Find it on the reviews page, here.
Apollo Four Fourty's album is by no means new, but it's not too old. Here at SpRoNKeY's Portal, the age doesn't matter. I'll review anything :D I don't give a damn shizen how old it is. If it exists, its reviewable.

A new speaker pic every day? 7:26pm 23/10/2002
Hehe, well, we all know that i am an audiophile. Now, take a look to your right. Those are speakers. Not just any speakers, I might add. For a pair of those, you'll be paying over $50,000 NZ. Thats absolutely insane, BUT, they are without a doubt some of the most interesting and uber speakers i've ever seen in my entire life. They are the Bowers and Wilkons Prestige Series Natalius Speakers, and mygawd, they are beasts. The picture doesn't do them justice at all - their power handling is right up to 500Watts which makes them some of the most powerful speakers on the planet. They will also pump out around 5-15x the volume on your mini-system speakers at home. Droolalicious, i say. ;D - imagine Apollo Four Fourty on those beasts.. come to think of it, 500Watts each is almost one amplifier per speaker O_o - thats MAD.

Music is the world. The World is music. 8:41pm 22/10/2002
Music. Ya. It's what my life revolves around :D - well, not really. It doesn't really revolve around anything in particular.. if anything at all.. but thats not the point! :D Well, if theres something that i wish was associated with SpRoNKish Music, it's THOSE >>> those *point*.. them.. Speakers in the logo to the side.. they.. they are Wharfedale Pacific Evolution Series - 2nd to the top model.. Same power rating tho, just a smaller cabinet - makes them just a little cuter... :P But waow.. they have curved cabinets too.. for better resonance.. and real wood venir.. i can't spell that word :P.. and.. and .. wow.. they are SO COOL~!! If drooling over speakers was possible, i think these (along with a few of the high-end Prestige models in B&W's Natalius line) would be the most drool-worthy loudspeakers of all! :D Anyway, welcome to SpRoNKeY's Portal Music. I Trust you will enjoy your stay. :) Btw, if anyones giving away a pair of those wharfedales, or any old speakers, i'm interested. As well as selling older HiFi.. im interested in that too! :P