bigtwin
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| My Final System Build in Words & Pictures Thanks very much to everyone who has read or responded to my post. It was a labor of love and you comments have been fun to read. @unreceivedogma pointed out something I had neglected to mention. I did the room treatment (a few years back) usin... | |
| My Final System Build in Words & Pictures @perkri My understand of the concept is to keep the top isolated from from the sides. I have left a 3/8" gap on all sides and then attached a 1/4" strip of self adhesive foam weather stripping. Keeps the sand in place but maintains the "float". ... | |
| NEAR Speakers Indentification @mikekeiper11 some pictures might help? | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones Call me old fashioned, but give me a beautiful cabinet make of burled walnut or birds eye maple any day. | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much Many years ago, while on vacation in Hawaii, I walked into a high end art gallery wearing beach shorts and a T-Shirt. The salesman treated me like I was a multi millionaire. Why, because in Hawaii they can't tell who's rich and who's not by appea... | |
| Ticketmaster and other enemies of artists... Since Ticket Master merged with Lived Nation back in 2010 (?) they now control 70% of all live event ticket sales. Lyle Lovett is coming to my city and playing at a 2000 seat venue. Tickets anywhere on the main floor are selling at Ticketmaster... | |
| Qobuz made available in Canada today Thanks a lot, eh. 🤣 | |
| Could these be your next cable loom??...and price be damned. They use the term "infinite crystal" which sounds an awful lot like OCC. A rose by any other name........... | |
| Could these be your next cable loom??...and price be damned. I was just about to put in my order, when I noticed the "k". Damn!!! | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? In discussions with a retailer I respect, and talking about Focal speakers, he told be the mark-up was 100% at every step. Focal Sopra 2 cost $6500 to build. His cost from Focal was $13,000. His list price (CDN) was $26,000. Expected discount ... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? There will always be consumers who believe the more expensive something is, the better it is, or simply want the bragging rights to having paid the most for something. And so long as there are people with more money than they can spend in 100 lif... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... @mikeydee You were good enough to share your experience of attending a live symphony concert. It only took about three posts for the conversation to largely change to - that wasn't the best seat in the house, let me tell you what is the best sea... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... Hey, there's a parade. Let's rain on it. 😒 | |
| Songs with excellent advice? Neil Young - Into The Black My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It's better to burn out than to fade away My my, hey hey | |
| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? Let's turn this question around and ask why buyers of used equipment think they should be able to pay less than 50 cents on the dollar because it's "used". Like this is some magic word that suddenly makes everything worth pennies? If I paid $15,... |