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OK Come Clean, whats in your closet ?

No I dont want to hear about any dead bodies or your blue movie collection. I was reading a post on AA about what should people do with their unsold Audio Equipment. Cmon now in addition to that box with a zillion Radio Shack cables what do you have laying around.

I'll come clean.........in the Closet I have

An Anthem MCA 3 series II amp
A Technichs DVDA-10
A Denon Cassette Deck
A BBE sonic maximizer
A Radio Shack rack mounted power conditioner
and 3 NHT Super one speakers.

Not too bad , used to be worse and not that the above items are junk, but who knows, one mans junk could be another mans treaure , maybe this thread can inspire trades or something. So come clean, Whats in your closet ! Thanks.
darrylhifi

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trelja
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Sean, you mean to tell me my amp is worth about 75% more than I thought? WOO HOO!!!
trelja
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Sean, you are right as usual. When I spoke to Bud about how the NAD was working out, he told me he was really very impressed with it. He said it was clearly superior to the B&K, and commented specifically on the dynamic range.

It's pretty impressive that one can pick one up for probably $200 used, proving that you can gain a pretty decent foothold into this hobby no matter what your income is. Personally, I love the fact that the input level controls allow you to run CD direct, and attain a very immediate, powerful sound. No, it isn't the best amplifier I have, but it certainly does a yeoman's job, and the bass is better than any of my tube amps.

When I went through a list of amps I had, Bud jumped all over the NAD, as he told me he was the force behind them in the USA in thea early days based on hearing their stuff in Europe. Since he also uses an NAD turntable and tuner, he does believe in the marque.

Fascinating how the man has provided us with so many of the big (especially, European) brands that we take for granted. Lowther, Quad, Dynaudio, NAD, and the list goes on and on. One person who he went on about that I had no knowledge of a connection is Ray Kimber, he has tremendous respect for and friendship with Ray. Now I finally understand what Ray's inspiration for the DiAural crossover came from.
trelja
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I think we are all sick, sick, sick and would need to be placed under the care of the doctor(mechans), but he is just as sick was we are.

In my closest:
Power Amps - AtmaSphere M60
Power Amp - NAD 2600A. Actually, I loaned it to Bud Fried on Saturday after his B&K ST1200 blew. Sadly, music is the only joy Bud is left with, and I am really happy that I was able to give him something that was only collecting dust
Integrated - Kenwood KA6100
Preamp - Blue Circle BC3 Despina
CD player - Pioneer PD5100
Interconnect - Coincident CST
Interconnect - Millersound
Interconnect - Musical Fidelity NuVista
Speaker cable - Vampire Wire ST-III
Speaker - 2 Lowther PM6A
Speaker - 2 Lowther PM6C
Speaker - 2 Vifa P17 midwoofers
Speaker - 4 Vifa D27 tweeters
Speaker - 4 Fried Gefco 8" woofers
Speaker - 2 Gefco 6" midranges
Speaker - 2 Fried(but not fried) tweeters(not sure who made them)
Power cable - 35 feet of some really mean mutha OCC
PC terms - enough for the 35 feet of PC
Coils - 2 10AWG North Creek 4 mH
Coils - 2 10AWG North Creek 0.33 mH
Capacitors - 4 North Creek 100 mF
Capacitors - 2 North Creek 50 mF
Capacitors - 4 North Creek 10 mF
Capacitors - 4 North Creek 1 mF special bypass caps
Capacitors - 2 Wonder-TRT 10 mF DynamiCaps
Capacitors - 2 Wonder-TRT 2 mF DynamiCaps
Capacitors - 2 Wonder-TRT 0.47 mF DynamiCaps
Resistors - too many to list
Lumber - you don't even want to know...

I have a LOT of other stuff, but it truly junk.

Well, I believe I am on the road to recovery, as I am cleaning house this summer/fall, and selling almost everything I do not use.
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