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Any normal size speakers that sound like Volti
@acman3  Seems to me that your wife is not complaining about the size of those beauties...she is complaining about having an "audio room" in "her living room".   Take her up on her word and build your space in the attic with all the attendant fu... 
Happy Holidays and Your Favorite Tips?
In whatever you do learn to do it properly before you attempt shortcuts and bastardization.  Merry Christmas, barts  
Polishing a Micro Seiki RT 3000G Gunmetal platter
+1 @testpilot  @horsestuff   What is the platter made of? Regards, barts  
Bose 901 Series V Questions
@rocky1313  I've had several pairs of 901s of different vintage.  If setup exactly to Bose specs the wall that the 8 drivers face needs to an empty space as well as the adjoining walls for at least the first reflection point.  Yes the Bose equali... 
Magico A3 replacement
Are you keeping the A3s?  Does the 10-12 grand include monies gained from their sale? Regards, barts  
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Speaking of flipping off people in traffic... A good friend of mine is a NJ State Trooper, he's on Rt.80 in plain clothes and unmarked car.  Some young man (idiot) perceived that he had been cut off by my friend.  The young man started swerving v... 
Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One.
All of Bach and all of Beethoven. Even then that is not nearly enough.   Prima Facie ridiculous question. But I gave you an answer. Regards, barts  
Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it?
I've been listening to the same Hartley Reference speakers since 1980.   Yes I have changed all the drivers as I have found them (always looking).   Changed out the 24" woofers just a few years ago (they came from Masterdisk studio NYC).  Hard t... 
Are you on or off? What say you?
+1 @larsman for the Kesey quote. I am off the bus...until I "blow something up". Regards, barts    
Help me spend $100,000 on a new system
+1 @carlsbad2  Very wise.  My audio purchases in no way affect investments or impact any thinking on that front.  The only way to fly. @skyscraper  Best advice is seen above several times.  Get all your property movements completed.  Hook up th... 
Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?
@ghdprentice  I've read your posts with interest, although they can be repetitive.  But I honestly don't understand why you rejoice in hearing the violinist foot tapping in the third row.  Listening for that type of minutia is anathema to the en... 
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
@grislybutter  Honestly I don't see how it says anything about me.  I was driving a buddy's car on a pleasant afternoon (he was in the passenger seat).  I was polite, he was not. Maybe I didn't describe the situation clearly enough, I guess you j... 
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
A buddy of mine is very wealthy and his stereo is a boom box, I needled him in the past about that and he just says that is all he really needs. He owns several high end cars, the usual suspects.  We were out in one of the Ferraris and got caught... 
Steely Dan UHQR
Didn't Analog Productions come out with AJA maybe 12 or 18 months ago?  Not sure if that one is 45rpm but I'm pretty sure it is.  And was just about the same price. Scott Hull at Masterdisc did that one. Have seen them a bunch of times (with and ... 
ARE AUDIOPHILES OVERLY SENSITIVE BY NATURE?FEELINGS AND OPINIONS?
Dunning-Kruger effect The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities. Just sayin'. Regards, barts