bigjoe
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| Follow-up to my alien aduction-like anecdote. damm, that velostat crap is a conductive material, it's like walking around with a lightning rod on your head.i wonder what the attraction is with nut job's & aluminum foil. | |
| Zappa? i was sittin here re reading the post's & listening to fz 'the legend of the illinois enema bandit'when it hit me that most new zappa fan's arent hip to all of the talent that was in fz's band's.most people think of fz as a drug crazed mad man... | |
| Pondering a pair of Klipsch La Scalas Snakenucklesin your last post you mentioned your family room having cathedral ceilings & from my experience with them in one of our last home's they will suck the bass right out of most speakers,if you plan on putting the rig in that room you ... | |
| Burned out hi fi salesman Cinematic system's,you asked how i know what i want without ever hearing it,your question would be spot on if we were talking about me trying to achieve a certian type of sound which i am not,for the most part im satisfied with my sound & im n... | |
| Zappa? the best zappa music ive ever heard is the zappa's universe concert,the entire concert was an after death tribute from a ton of former band member's,every time i watch that show im amazed at how adept frank was at blending a full symphony orchestr... | |
| Burned out hi fi salesman ive alway's said that hifi is a hobby to us & business for dealer's.Cinematic systems.what are audiophile's at fault for,bad service & a poor attitude or snide comment's from owner's/salesmen,yep that'll fix them pesky customer's every tim... | |
| Pondering a pair of Klipsch La Scalas klipsch & mac are a perfect combo,i really liked the sound of my klipsch & solid state mac rig's,ive owned all the mac gear you have & it will pair well with the lascala's,as boa2 suggested above silver wire will make a big difference,... | |
| Audiophiles DO NOT USE DHL-READ MY NIGHTMARE ok first of all your not screwed but you really need to approach this the right way & YOU WILL GET PAID,first you need to understand that you did not buy insurance you paid a declared value fee & the 2 are not the same,no matter what you c... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? my take on dbt is this, if your talking about running db tests with amps,preamp's, source's & speaker's what's the point,its about what sound's "right" to each person & no amount of testing can show who like's what better, i too hate the w... | |
| using two Mcintosh MC2102 in mono parallel mode thank's steve,i ran my mc2102 in bridged mono but i never had a reason to run it in paralell,good info to know though.mike | |
| using two Mcintosh MC2102 in mono parallel mode now you've peaked my interest in this,what did mac say about running 2 of them in paralell & will it help any issues with the low impendance? | |
| what is the best deal you ever got on audiogon the hand's down best deal for me was my speaker's, my friken eye's allmost poped out of my head when i saw a mint pair of xrt 22's in my state for $2,500.im pretty sure that the guy who listed them musta been severly hammered while he wrote the ad... | |
| HIGH SPL or ARTERY PLAQUE CLEANER now that's what im talking about, a rig that get's scary!awesome! | |
| using two Mcintosh MC2102 in mono parallel mode what kind of speakers are you running that dip that low & what is their rated nonimal impendance? when you go paralell with the mc2102 the impendance drop's from 16, 8 & 4 ohm's to 4, 2 & 1 ohm's,i would think that your speaker's would... | |
| A trick with Scotch Whisky fostis, when i was a kid we used to take 190 proof grain alcohol & mix it the same way you described & the outcome was bad,real bad.i can grape juice concentrate plus 2 cans everclear = a whole lotta drunk. |