I have just received my Emotiva UPA-2 power amplifier.  One thing is for certain, you cannot buy anything for the price of this power amp nevermind the performance.  I just had a quick comparison between this amp combined with a Rotel RC-1070 against my Yamaha DSP-AZ1 (old flagship of Yamaha).  The speakers I used is Boston VR3's.  The separates won handsdown in all aspect of music.

More info to follow with a full review

Tesla has released a new Model S electric car

“Model S doesn’t compromise on performance, efficiency or utility — it’s truly the only car you need,” said Tesla CEO, Chairman and Product Architect Elon Musk. “Tesla is relentlessly driving down the cost of electric vehicle technology, and this is just the first of many mainstream cars we’re developing.”

It is about half the price of the roadster, which makes it good value for money if you look exclusively at performance.  It is $50 000 and achieves the 0 - 100km/h in under 6s.  It might not make sense in comparison to the conventional petrol driven vehicles available at that price level.  It is however in the electric market.

Honda has a new facelifted Pilot.  The Pilot has a 3.5L V6 engine which compares directly with the Nissan Murano.  Not sure whether they will release it in South Africa though.  It should be a good seller considering the current SUV market and with brand loyal customers they can only do well.

The new Kia Cerato Koup has been in high demand in South Africa.  I have had numerous discussions with various people that indicated they were waiting for availability of these cars.  The styling are very modern.  It comes in a 2.0L model in either auto or manual transmission.  The two-litre kicks out a good 114kW and 194Nm of torque.  It is fully equipped with all accessories that you can think of.  In my opinion the Korean manufacturers are setting a benchmark for the rest of the world in terms of build quality & features versus the price.

I recently had to get myself a stand-in player to use over the network with my Netgear Entertainer EVA8000 being hit by lightning.  I got hold of this MviX 760HD second-hand as I am finding it difficult to get stock of the new Netgear Entertainers in South Africa.  Overall my first impressions are somewhat positive.  There are a good few codecs that are not supported.  Quality of audio and video are acceptable and performance are faultless in the instances where everything is supported.  I am looking forward to getting my hands on the new Entertainer Elite 9150 though.