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danvignau

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Best sub for music,
There is no best anything. 
As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly?
My Phase Linear 400 and my Acoustats.  I had the first ten years and the latter 25 years, with others coming and going, including Maggies and B&W.  Acoustats are selfish speakers, designed for one listener, but this hobby is a bit of self grat... 
Fluids....
Since my LP's do not get touched in the groves, I just squirt my old disc washer with distilled water, just in case a piece of dust got into the equipment room (EX-Laundry Room.) 
Fear of volume control
AS we age, we lose higher, then middle frequencies.  Playing louder allows us to blend them better.  I often turn up the volume until just before the clipping indicators come on, then lower it about a notch.  Seriously 12-1:00.  I rarely go past 1... 
Vibration - What are the Main Sources?
I isolated my components by running the speaker wires through the wall to my listening room.  I often say, "Nothing is the best", but this actually is.  Of course, I don't get to show off my stuff, but that is not why I own it. 
Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl
Music:  Dark Side of the Moon;   Maynard Ferguson,  Live In New York;  Zappa, Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation.  Jean Pierre Rampal:  Jazz for Piano and Flute.Recording quality:  Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Band, D to D from Orlando.  Sheffield D... 
Lay Off the Newbies!
chayro  Wow! You must have had a great scholarship to be able to afford to spill your Boone's Farm.  TeeHee   Good Points, though!  Be Nice , everyone.  Troublesome or expensive suggestions do nothing but notify us that you are an a......e. 
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?
Whoops, I included one too many words in the edit  Omit "effects" after "prices". 
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?
Named after the economist who first studied it, Thorstein Vleben, The Vleben Effect is the phenomenon that higher prices effects create a higher perceived quality.  There is an entire industry of designer products offering consumers the comfort ga... 
Free in-home testing?
He must be dead by now, but Audio By Caruso in  South Miami was the best  He gave me a week to return a sub I bought from him.. When I barely made the deadline, I was shocked when he opened an easily accessible desk drawer and handed back my un-ca... 
klipshorn speakers
Absolutely, for that one purpose.  Oh where are the Mach III's I used to sell one summer.  
Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line
1-  Because they can.2-  It is cheaper than building a new factory and advertising the product.  
Buying used vs new?
jgoldrick  I noticed you did not mention sound, and reliability.  I use reviews to cull the herd, and my ears for decision making. 
I think I screwed up 😬☹️
Fishing line! 
Best Sounding Speaker Cables?
Obsess much?  Use your time to learn to play an instrument.