Addis Pads - probably the greatest hifi upgrade... in the world!

[Barry]

Both amazing countries

Agreed! I spent a month in each country, purely as a tourist, and had a wonderful time.

[sailor]

I also wondered about your choice of Windhoek surmising that you had once holidayed there. Great beer Windhoek Lager and strictly brewed according to the German standard. Lovely stuff and very glad to see how well it's doing in SA giving SABreweries a run the dirty dogs.

Not been to Windhoek but have sailed into Walvis Bay and Luderitz a few times to obtain fuel and victuals. Not far from Luderitz harbour is a 'sunken city', actually a small village now almost completely covered in sand. Spooky.

On one such stop in Luderitz, while waiting for a starter motor to be sent up from Cape Town, we befriended a crew working not far off shore vacuuming up the ocean bottom and filtering it for diamonds. At one point in time diamonds could be found on the beach. True story. Big parties sponsored most nights by our friends

[Sherwood]

I also wondered about your choice of Windhoek surmising that you had once holidayed there. Great beer Windhoek Lager and strictly brewed according to the German standard. Lovely stuff and very glad to see how well it's doing in SA giving SABreweries a run the dirty dogs.

Not been to Windhoek but have sailed into Walvis Bay and Luderitz a few times to obtain fuel and victuals. Not far from Luderitz harbour is a 'sunken city', actually a small village now almost completely covered in sand. Spooky.

On one such stop in Luderitz, while waiting for a starter motor to be sent up from Cape Town, we befriended a crew working not far off shore vacuuming up the ocean bottom and filtering it for diamonds. At one point in time diamonds could be found on the beach. True story. Big parties sponsored most nights by our friends

I'm not really a fan of lager but I agree that Windhoek Export Is a very good beer, especially for the extremely hot and dry climate of Namibia. As you say, brewed according to the German Purity Laws (don't go there).

My local bistro in Ludwigsdorf, which coincidentally, was run by two British expats, had a distinctive way of serving their draft beers. They had the hose from the keg wrapped around a huge block of ice that was placed in a glass fronted chiller cabinet. To add to the Chill Factor all the beer glasses were stored in a trough of ice cubes. I had my 40th birthday party there and I'm sure that my invited guests and I must have got through a whole barrel.

[windhoek]

I worked in Ovamboland in 1990, and spent time in Windhoek just after Independence. I lived in Windhoek (Ludwigsdorf) for 3.5 years between 1998 and 2001. I also lived in neighbouring Botswana at various times in the 80s and 90s. Both amazing countries

Yeah, such an incredible part of the world. The raw landscape is incredible pretty much everywhere. I was there with Raleigh International and we trekked around up north, built schools and we spent a few weeks on Waterberg Plateau. Like I say, the best three months of my life ever! I used to know the national anthem by heart now I can only remember the first couple of lines. Still, an amazing country... although I don't think I could cope with the heat nowadays. Anything higher than 20 degrees Celsius and I just melt like a snowman lol

[Sherwood]

Yeah, such an incredible part of the world. The raw landscape is incredible pretty much everywhere. I was there with Raleigh International and we trekked around up north, built schools and we spent a few weeks on Waterberg Plateau. Like I say, the best three months of my life ever! I used to know the national anthem by heart now I can only remember the first couple of lines. Still, an amazing country... although I don't think I could cope with the heat nowadays. Anything higher than 20 degrees Celsius and I just melt like a snowman lol

Namibia can get very hot with recorded temperatures in excess of 45 degrees centigrade. Fortunately, Windhoek is typically cooler. However, what makes this heat less oppressive is the low humidity levels. There are some parts of Namibia that do not see any rain in decades. Windhoek typically averages 300 sunny days a year where skies are generally completely cloudless. This means that no matter how much you exert yourself you seldom get sweaty because any perspiration evaporates immediately. One unexpected consequence is that immediately after sunset, the lack of cloud cover results in an immediate and rapid drop in temperature. Air conditioning is not that common in Namibia though I did have one in the main bedroom. Temperatures would drop well below freezing, and it was not uncommon for 12 inch icicles to form overnight on the condenser unit.

Contrast this with Dhaka in Bangladesh where I worked from 2001 to 2005. in the morning one would have a shower and put on fresh cotton clothing. As soon as one opened the front door to the air conditioned apartment, it was like being doused with a bucket of warm water. I know which of the two climates I preferred.

By the way, the lack of cloud cover made the night skies incredibly clear. The Milky Way was clearly visible as a light blue-white band stretching across the horizon. The number of stars visible is indescribable and multiple meteors could be seen shooting across the sky several times in a night.

[hifinutt]

I used to have Gaia 2s beneath the Atacama stand my Eatons used to be on and I never got to hear music anything like it is now. I sold my Gaias when I changed stands (I'm now using mana acoustics) so I can't say I've experienced a like-for-like comparison between the two. But the fact remains, there's no comparison to how my speakers deliver music now with the pad and bumper combo in place with the Mana versus how it used to sound when I had the Gaias and Atacama stands.

Which Isopucks are you using, Indigo?

i use standard iso pucks used in pro audio . i also use iso pucks 76 under my verity audio which are heavier

sorry for blurred pic

P1060716 by , on Flickr

[windhoek]

i use standard iso pucks used in pro audio . i also use iso pucks 76 under my verity audio which are heavier

sorry for blurred pic

P1060716 by , on Flickr

Thanks, that's great

[Gazjam]

Use iso pucks under my PS Audio gear and Meridian power amp.
sound no different from the ‘shinier’ Isoacoustics Orea range.
(had this confirmed during a late night Webchat session with an Isoacoustics engineer )

For me though,
will probably get Orea pucks to replace them at some point though to match the shiny Orea ones I have my Oppo player sitting on.
Purely for visual matching.

(yes I’m Sad)

[windhoek]

Use iso pucks under my PS Audio gear and Meridian power amp.
sound no different from the ‘shinier’ Isoacoustics Orea range.
(had this confirmed during a late night Webchat session with an Isoacoustics engineer )

For me though,
will probably get Orea pucks to replace them at some point though to match the shiny Orea ones I have my Oppo player sitting on.
Purely for visual matching.

(yes I’m Sad)

How about giving the Addis pads and bumper combo a go? It costs peanuts and probably sounds better.

[Lawrence001]

No not another Addis Pad thread [emoji24]

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/thre...-world.278599/