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Good Sounding Waterproof Speakers
I've had great success with 4 pairs of speakers on our C&C 41 sailboat. I picked them up from West Marine.(check out their website search under audio) Although the speakers I picked up more than 5 years ago they have performed flawlessly. I me... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
So we have in our audiophile equipped stable: 11 Audi A3 daughters new car.... She loves it...08 S63 Mercedes Benz as the wife's daily driver. 05 BMW X5M as my usual mode of transportation.04 Ford Expedition AKA dogs truck parked up at the mountai... 
Amp/ preamp for electostatics and why
Welcome to the facanating world of Electrostatics!I've had a pair of Accustat Spectra 22's for over 15 years now. Speakers with boxes, no boxes, baffles and horns all have come and and gone, a few stayed but the Accustats are still in my main syst... 
Best Balanced Tube Preamplifier
My vote is for the Modwright 36.5. If you haven't tried one you are missing out. BAT, CAT, what ever, I've demoed them all in my current set-up and I chose the Modright, it's really an amazing preamp. 
Better Power Cord for my Threshold Forte?
FYI, sounds like you no longer have the OEM / stock power cord that was shipped with the amp. I've owned two pairs of the Forte 4's and they all had 3 prong AC cords, some hardwired some IEC plugs. If the unit you have is only a 2 prong AC cord ..... 
Using two channel amps as monos?
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I have been using two stereo amps as mono amps with excellent results. Perhaps a better way is to look at this would be to imagine 2 cars each with an available 300HP. One weighs 3000lbs, the other 1500lbs. Every... 
Using two channel amps as monos?
You might want to try the configuration I'm using in a second system. It has two Forte 3's run as monoblocks. I've been very happy with the results. The biggest improvements were in the channel separation and soundstage/depth. Note that I've not b...