czarivey

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My new secondary system $437 TOTAL!
It's combined system from trhift store and craigslist.Before new transistors came in, I was still listening to MAC with weak bass and still was enjoying it!If I knew I would keep it, I'd work on caps as well. That would require proper fitting rese... 
Whats playing on your system today?
'been spinnin' at least 3 times in a row single Third World's "It's Same Old Song/Reggae Ambassador" hot-stamped Sterling mastering. Done that for testing my complete project on MAC 1900 vintage receiver 1977.IMPRESSIVE SOUND and super positive an... 
A Big DIY Bang for Your Buck?
I'm in the same bowl.I save on DIY. I save more though on auto and truck DIY and still service my whole commercial fleet of vehicles including heavier duty diesel trucks.As to audio-DIY it's great fun. I like to work on vintage SS receivers. 
Ayone know the wattage used at a Rock concert?
So how many watts is Charlie Watts alone? 
Resale value of new speakers
There's nothing wrong here.Fire is bad thing.Good thing there's insurance.Insurance can pay to the possible profit of victim. What could be wrong?To get an idea what speakers you want for profit, simply check statistics of sold speakers to get an ... 
What is most important part of a system?
you are the most important part of system. 
Fraud
agree with ebm 100%. audiogon is heaven for hackers! 
LaScalla "horn" sound compared to "maggie" sound
I powered once LaScalla with Pioneer SX626 solid state receiver and it seemed to be a very sound match 
Out of these two cartridges which would you choose?
rega rp8 became mega...much stronger name indeed! 
Have you ever tried a pair of speakers and said this Is the last thing I will ever need.
I purchased my Aerial 10t 1996 model nearly 10 years ago. It's my last speaker. 
When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?
Once I heard CD first time in 1989(Master Of Puppets) I realized that it sounded worse than cassette so didn’t bother jumping on CDs till mid-90’s when more interesting music were released on CDs not vinyls.In general more great music is still rel... 
Tips on soldering Deltron Banan plugs
1st,quit wasting time soldering these banana plugs. Their terminals are for crimping and there's a screw to lock the wire. If you have proper gauge crimping tool, don't bother soldering, because crimping gives you more genuine contact than soldering. 
$500 USB cable
psickerson75 posts02-04-2017 2:05amWho guarantees the 0 and 1 sent are correctly?No need to guarantee either: Wire has nothing to do with right or wrong zeros or ones sent. DACs don't care if 'complete or incomplete zero or one' it received. DAC... 
WORST Experience Ever in Dealing With Woodbridge Stereo NJ
I definitely figured that:with $5k items will work and $500 items won't make sense, because shipping and shipping materials will exceed 50% of the valuethat is to say that items $1000 or less doesn't make sense to send, because they will get damag... 
WORST Experience Ever in Dealing With Woodbridge Stereo NJ
@jayrossi13 The cost could be twice the item price as well. The winner always should be lowest and safest. I was once quoted by UPS to pay $154 for shipping box only + packaging. You need to ensure that 95lb item can be dropped safely from human h...