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Dunlavy out of buisness?
if dunlavy "sold" his company to someone else in colorado springs, i'd be willing to bet the farm it's his largest secured creditor. if you think that bodes well, then you likely also believe that mr. dunlavy escaped australia whilst it was still ... 
One Song Before You Go...
imagine-john lennon 
Favorite HT demo scene from a movie?
i'm kinda' surprised no one's mentioned toy story 1 or 2. i saw bits of these at ces 2001 played directly from hard drive and they were simply the most 3-dimensional pictures i've ever seen. i agree with sdcampbell on stop making sense as the best... 
Hall of Shame
avantegarde speakers, followed closely by pipedreams. purely personal tastes. i'm sure you would find my speakers on others' shit lists. -cfb 
Is my dealer lying to me?
it's like the old lawyer joke. how can you tell when he's lyin'? his lips move. -cfb 
Hovland Cable plugs
* connectors typically sound better with less mass to them* hmmmm....... does this mean one should avoid mozart's requiem? especially with xlr's?BTW, does anyone have an opinion as to whether balanced ic's sound better than single-ended? i mean on... 
Smoking and Electrostatic Speakers?
as others have said, smokin' be bad with electrostats. 'shrooms, however, should cause no concern. at least insofar as your speakers are concerned. -cfb 
at home has unplugged its network
latest report is that nearly 300,000 users have been moved to att&t's new metork, none in colorado. unfortunately, @home email is unretreviable, as are address books and home page configurations. -cfb 
Adapters for RCA
what kinda terminations does your equipment accept? all the digital coax ic's i've ever used have male rca's attached to both ends. aes/ebu ic's require balanced inputs/outputs. boulder makes an aes/ebu>rca adapter (there are no rca terminals o... 
LP Cleaning Question
sean: my record cleaning formula is similar to yours, tho i've found significant improvements through the use of an engine cleaning liquid or gel, such as "gunk," BEFORE the application of the acid/gasoline bath. might wanna' give it a try. -cfb 
What connection is better Balanced or single ended
thanks for the introduction, glen. and, yes, welcome to the 'gon, bigwaves. BTW, i must respectfully disagree with you, glen. there are loads of dumb questions posed here, tho bigwave's isn't one of them. how could it be when it's been the subject... 
at home has unplugged its network
here's a story from today's denver post that details, more or less, what's going on in colorado. it ain't pretty.http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,33%257E248996,00.html-cfb 
What connection is better Balanced or single ended
bigwaves: there are literally HUNDREDS of archived threads on this topic available by searching on "balanced" using the audiogon search engine. there should be no need to invite more with your redundant query.HEY AUDIGON, HOW ABOUT PUTTING UP A FA... 
Tara Lab cables have bad quality control?
hmmmm. i always thought it was sticks and stones. i guess sf stereo is so afraid of public exposure, that words count too. SHAME on you sf audio. your beer belly is spilling over your belt. the girdle doesn't help. -cfb 
at home has unplugged its network
sarah: i'm surprised @home is still providing access in d.c. here in denver, the headquarters for at&t broadband, we've been told that we'll migrate to at&t's own network but the timetable is optimistically pegged at "a few days." -cfb