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| What Have I Bought? From everything I've seen/learned so far, I think you are correct, Lone Rider. The beveled-edge front version was the first iteration of the Large Advents, the bullnose edition came later, from what I've been able to glean. I did not realize the m... | |
| What Have I Bought? Thanks for all the responses and suggestions on the Large Advents. Iregret waiting so long to pick up a pair, but thought anything priced so cheaply originally couldn't be anything special. We owe a debt of gratitude to the pioneers of audio who h... | |
| What Have I Bought? Damn you, tubegb! Went to flea-bay and found a respectable-looking 300 receiver at a very reasonable price (but made a lower offer since they charge tax now). I couldn't resist since this looks like a really cool piece of audio history, and is pac... | |
| What Have I Bought? Thanks for the responses....the model of the speakers may not be rare, but their condition certainly is. You guys really know your stuff and your shared knowledge is appreciated. Hard to believe, but I haven't even bothered to check out the driver... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I use an Accuphase T-100, a Sansui TU-9900, and a Sansui TU-717. All are really enjoyable to listen to, but I like the 9900 best, there's just something about its sound (once it gets warmed up well) that makes it stand out. I'd like to be able to ... | |
| If Caveman Had Stereo Any votes for the 60s band, the Troggs? | |
| Can I cheat and not get caught? Thanks for all the responses on this....the Dremel solution worked really well. Only took a few minutes and now the connection to the amp's binding posts are rock-solid. Now I'll do as the Doobies suggested and listen to the music. | |
| Can I cheat and not get caught? Thanks sonvolt…..you must have gotten time-off for good behavior and be back in the game. | |
| Can I cheat and not get caught? Thanks for all the responses/ideas....I'll go with the Dremel tool and test my patience in taking things slowly. In fairness to Accuphase, I should have stipulated I bought an older model amp (P-450) from another Audiogoner, but the newer amps may... | |
| Can I cheat and not get caught? No, the amp won't accept bananas....that's the problem. I thought of the spade to banana adapter, but I'm running into the same problem. It's hard to find an adapter with a spade larger than 5/16". Thanks for your suggestions, lowrider57.I do have... | |
| Polarity Conundrum Thanks for the responses....the one source that I'll also have connected via XLRs has the US-version polarity arrangement, so that helps rather than hurts the situation. My speakers are passive and I am using a sub, but it is connected directly to... | |
| Comparable quality integrated Amplifier. If you are open to pre-owned gear, the Musical Fidelity A-308 gets my vote. I bought one a couple of months ago and have used it in two different systems, one with Vandersteen 3As and the other with PSB Stratus Silvers. It sounds excellent with bo... | |
| My Feet Hurt That is a great question and I thought about doing that....only problem isone of the old feet was so worn (the rubber), the screw-head scraped the surface beneath. So I think I tossed them, or at least the offending one. If I find the other three,... | |
| My Feet Hurt Thanks for the tip....that was the first thing I did. The seller of the feet (who also repairs Thorens) suggested I check a switch that controls that function. That's my next step, but I don't see how replacing the feet would have caused a problem... | |
| Amps with meters ... I have two Pioneer Spec-4 amps and can't imagine them without the big meters. When I'm really into the music, I'm too busy dancing around to be distracted by them. Also have an Accuphase E-202 integrated that has power meters, but they are defeata... |