chalmersiv

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Recommendations for Vintage Speakers
jbl l300  ????? 
What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio?
mid 70s ..magnepan and audio research at audio art on church hill in richmond va.....the sales staff had to make me leave so they could close 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
+ 1 elizabeths...well thought out reply 
What area or country do you live in ?
living in st Louis, mo...bred in union level, va...as preteen loved to listen to am radio bounce...took me into the world 
Best building material for vibration free shelving
granite is sold as surface plate used for inspection in machine shops...look  at grizzly tools website 
A song murdered by someone.
try ella fitzgerald doing mack the knife...that keeps a smile on my face 
mapleshade cable recomendations
google mapleshade....look for info....free upgrades....cable  upgrades.... there are suggestions that i have not tried and i am asking if anyone else has.... thanks 
speakers with balls
I have owned epi,magneplaner,polk,altec,klipsch,infinity,heil, advents,, and jbl 4408,4410,4412,112,100,l65,l300,l36,96,and now revel f208....go cheap and try vintage large advents...you can always get your money back and try something else 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
the only way you will know what you like is to live and try all for a couple months. For ease of change my amp faces backward with binding post facing me....easy to change cables 
what speakers to buy
st Louis area  audio storesat home theatre design 63367the sound room  63005music for pleasure  63119 
what speakers to buy
if you are close to st Louis there is a great revel dealer there...other brands to hear  and compare 
connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal
I have4- 8 ft lengths of  dh labs q 10....each length has 2 x 12 ga and 2 x 14 ga...8- 8 ft lengths of dh labs t-14......each length has 2 x 14 ga4- 8 ft length of solid copper  8 ga grounding wire from lowes sheathed in heat shrink tubing shrunk ...