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| Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile? My friends systems were heavy enough, but carting components out to a car or truck - well, even the old codgers here manage to pull that off. Speakers maybe not so much, but I would not be heartened to come home from a vacation and see only my spe... | |
| Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile? My system is mid-fi by the standards here, and I still would not like to have it stolen "I always lock my doors and am careful as to who I associate with." Read your statement again. You're being, if anything, more paranoid than I am. | |
| Wall outlets Online forums are to argumentative people as honey is to the bees. | |
| Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile? "Why not just use google maps, or Zillow to locate areas with large estates and find a house with a ten car garage." That works too except that it won't reveal exactly what is in the home. You see, I have known three different people who had the... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! My Cornwall 4's are like a cool old uncle who talks a good game but will go to the Great Beyond sooner or later. | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" Every time I have to extract my butt heavy Primaluna pre and power amps (68 lbs) from the middle shelves of my rack I say a little prayer. At 70 years old I now go by the mantra of my elementary school days - "Stop, Look And Listen!" | |
| Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile? Given the increasing ease with which hackers can bore into sites like this and get names and addresses, I would hesitate to post photos of my system that might tempt home theft. | |
| Wall outlets Ok, I just found the 2013 Audiogon link to the finer points of the Hubbell 5362 in its various versions All things Hubbell 5362 | |
| Wall outlets Nitty Gritty | |
| Cable elevators Multiple risers are not necessary. If you have enough space vertically, one tall riser will lift the entire cable off the floor. | |
| tube bias conundrum Sophia Electric KT-88 ST | |
| Wall outlets I installed four of the Hubbell 5362 outlets last year but can't remember which ones. There have been marathon discussions on Audiogon about this topic in the past. I think mine used high copper content brass. My power cables are all copper blade... | |
| Cable elevators You know "psychological" can be a two way street. | |
| 2 Questions on tube replacement The 7025’s can be icing on the cake if you can find them. I used to get mine on Ebay. Agree with the comment about the gain on 5751’s being potentially problematic. My previous Muzishare x7 did not like those. | |
| Cable elevators What's Up With Risers? |