albertporter
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| Alarm systems. My system? I designed, built and installed it myself and it qualifies as a full class A, UL rating. It took nearly seven months to complete. In addition to knowing that it always functions with zero false alarms, the city has awarded me with my ow... | |
| Party At Albertporter s Hey, I just saw this, and did not realize I had company coming. I really need to vacuum the rug before everyone sees the crumbs from breakfast.Here is a starter list of items that we're going to need :Software: Any that sounds good, preferably LP,... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Elizabeth! You have solved a problem that has been plaguing me for months. The stereo in the bedroom would play during a lightning storm, but once the storm died down, the music stopped.Now that it is plugged into POWERCORDS, it plays most all the... | |
| Cones/Bearings for CD player I suggest you at least try the Symposium Rollerblocks, they provided improvements in several areas for my player. In comparison to some other devices I tested, the bass went deeper with better control and depth. The separation and detail between v... | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches The CT metering was obtained, only after contacting a supervisor at Texas Utilities. My photo studio is built on the back of my home, and requires 200 amp service. I told them that the house with its normal 200, plus the photo studio's 200 was clo... | |
| One Song That Still Causes... Yes, and stomping your feet, wanting the + vote (remember?). That really makes me laugh. | |
| RCA Sub for 350 dollars. Nice sounding Radio Shack had to have this built by some big company, so no reason to believe that it could not be good. Long ago, I ran one of the Sterling Electronics stores here in Texas, (similar to RS). Our entire line of receivers, amps and tuners were bu... | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches The before and after story is that all the electrical work produced an unmistakable upgrade in performance in every piece in the system. It was obvious from the first few notes, and it got better after some burn in time.The disappointment comes in... | |
| One Song That Still Causes... Angela100, do you remember the Eric Burdon song "Spill the Wine"? That could be a favorite for you couldn't it? | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches Khaki8 , I bought my Quiet Line Filters at CES, after I heard the demo,Sean, I went into a lot of detail about electrical in another post, so won't cover all points. The short version is that I had the electric company do a dedicated transformer, ... | |
| Is All The Hype About Odyssey True? I ask a friend of mine, "Do you know where Israel is?" and he says "That new Stratos Isreal, and you Odyssey the look on my friends face when I play them." How's that Cornfed, pretty saxey huh? | |
| Amp "Hum" caused by dimmer switches Khaki8 and Brentski71. Yes, I am using a line conditioner and have fourteen dedicated runs to my audio system as well. I did not have any noise problems before the line conditioner or the Quiet Lines, however there was a performance gain with each... | |
| Music to make you laugh by The album on "Rough Trade" recorded in Spicewood Texas by Two Nice Girls, has a cut titled, "Spent My Last $10.00 On Birth Control and Beer." ( "I was better off when I was sober and *****." ) Guaranteed to get a smile at any high end audition. As... | |
| Best Find Ever??? My absolute best find was on March 23, 1986. The first day my newborn son breathed life. I can sincerely say that he was the first thing that came to my mind when I considered what was my most valuable asset. Many evenings I hear a very believable... | |
| McCormack ALD-1 question Hi big Mac, good to see you at Audiogon. |