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| 90% loss of one speaker volume. ohm customer service https://ohmspeaker.com/contact-us/ protection circuit???? | |
| AR-2ax Level Controls. Originals: 16 Ohm Rheostats. Replace with????? Crossovers they are on a Masonite board inside the cabinet, look like these (not mine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/334362288077 Oddly: The speakers were designed with 3 terminals and an external jumper, so that they could be used ’woofer... | |
| CD player I am thoroughly pleased with the results of my ’better’ cd quest: a used Sony xa5400ES. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/sony-sacd-player-scd-xa5400es-yay-or-nay sadly they are going up in price it seems, so over your budget somewhat,... | |
| Will skinny-leg diode restrict amperage compared to fat-leg bridge rectifier? have you seen the size of the wire in the fuse? | |
| Do I need these Wharfedales? I’d like to hear those sand filled suckers. You should dump the sand, ship them, restore/replace the caps and level controls, test, fill with sand! truly enjoy or sell restored after you have had your way with them. | |
| AR-2ax Level Controls. Originals: 16 Ohm Rheostats. Replace with????? this shows original corroded rheostats https://people.ohio.edu/postr/bapix/AR_2ax.htm | |
| Power Distribution I went with a Furman P-1800. I like the convenience of single switch up front for what it controls/protects, and the confidence you get in your supply when observing the voltage meter. they make other models, just the one I chose. it stores a lot... | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas I love saving money, not compromising on quality, it’s the IDENTICAL item Ortofon, XLR to Locking RCA, 2 meters, version 8nx ebay, +/- $100. incl tax and PayPal fees., that's a hellova low price aliexpress, EXACTLY the same, $42. total. http... | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? Found a pair of AR-2ax in Illinois, bought them, wish me luck. Thanks for this discussion. https://www.ebay.com/itm/134047025949 Now, my garage/shop system, recently purchased a nice Yamaha CR-1040, 80 wpc, I run two sets of speakers. It... | |
| Resistors visually, you can see a transistor that has bone bad, you will know when you see one. otherwise they last forever, most of mine from the 1960's are good, a handful replaced, cheap, easy solder job.. typical +/- 5% of their stated value in the ol... | |
| Made in japan - Deep Purple I had a similar experience, and the wonderful McIntosh Reverse Stereo saved the day. We saw Hot Sardines live, amazing big stage, main line: tuba far left, horns progressing l to r, bass, drums center slightly behind the horn line, piano far ri... | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas At first, I thought, at this price, if it's junk, I'll return it. Everything I have ordered from wish and ali has been genuine high quality parts, I adapter posts, spades, bananas, cables, locking connectors, .... try something in-expensive just... | |
| Records, CDs, Streaming no streaming, except YouTube via home theater, Pandora in Office I went deep into Vinyl, 100% for 2 years while upgrading my 3 systems (shown here), even buying new copies of favorite LP’s as well as very good used. UNTIL final quest, wonderful... | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas aliexpress has high quality audio cables, connectors, .... all kind of stuff at very low prices IF you are willing to wait for stuff. express it ain’t these days. https://fr.aliexpress.com/premium/gold-banana.html?d=y&origin=y&ca... | |
| Where did he go? you can still view his virtual systems here latest https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9717 prior https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9728 |