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55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey
It is not too close for the bigger 65", just a matter of appearance when off. Resolution: you can readily see in a store if you stand too close to a too big screen, typically not the issue. Too big: It really is the width related to your field of... 
Preamp used in HT bypass - Signal degrade??
All Video, The AVR is handling all channel's volume, including the Front Volume, i.e. more or less attenuation of the signal, you do the initial setup with the AVR, ONCE, from the listening position (level adjusting front to center to rear to sub... 
Tube power amplifier low static on one channel
Don't trust your memory, make notes All cables and connectors are good? IOW, make sure you are not hearing the random result of a poor connection elsewhere. Switch L/R inputs 1st, that way, if the noise moves, it is coming from a different piece... 
New room needs new speakers, I need your help
pmc 23 has built in slant, good for your low ceiling, good anywhere actually   probably want more power in a larger room, but your amp should be enough in that size room  
New room needs new speakers, I need your help
this seller's room was too big for these PMC 21i Professional Monitor Company website I never saw or heard them, but I would like to.  
New room needs new speakers, I need your help
I'd like to hear these used Harbeth 30.2  
New room needs new speakers, I need your help
used, and near enough to meet the seller for pickup or meet halfway makes the most sense, where do you live? If close, I would want to know more about these https://www.ebay.com/itm/176681770148?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&am... 
Buying and Selling; shipping items and Escrow.com
Reverb did a good job helping me, the buyer, when I received a damaged amp I bought on their site.  
Buying and Selling; shipping items and Escrow.com
The one time I received a total smashed mess, JVC Two Arm Plinth, TT81, Tonearm, Dust Cover, Feet of the Plinth, the poor unacceptable packaging was done by seller, the insurance I paid for was purchased by the seller, thus the claim had to be doc... 
Buying and Selling; shipping items and Escrow.com
I have used UPS Pack and Ship 3 times successfully.  You find a UPS Pack and Ship near the seller Give dimensions and weight to UPS, they give you a preliminary price. Seller just protects them while dropping off at UPS in your name, they can e... 
Acoustic Research 302 mid range trauma..Please Help
they repair ar-3 mid ranges they seem quite involved with ar 3, 3a ...  
Phono stage comparisons
I always recommend getting return option on anything involving Phono, it is about ’preferred’ not necessarily ’better’. Think long, possible future cartridges, (preferred, alternate, stereo, mono) possible two tonearms, PASS for MM, a few optiona... 
Can anyone tell me when XLR connections were first used on stereo equipment. (what years)?
'vintage' american might be reversed: from that article, verify hot and cold "Prior to the introduction of this standard, the wiring of pins 2 and 3 varied. The pin 2 "hot" and pin 3 "cold" convention was typically used by European and Japanese e... 
Acoustic Research 302 mid range trauma..Please Help
well, you just need patience to find oem replacements. any history of people substituting a different mid? pair in Italy for 300 euros you would need to negotiate shipping, or some sort of drop/pack ship similar to ups pack and ship whereby the... 
Acoustic Research 302 mid range trauma..Please Help
I restored two pairs of AR-2ax’s, and love them, never hear 3’s or 302’s if you prefer the allison 2’s and more prefer the kappa 8’s, what makes you want to fix the least preferred damaged ones that are very old in any case?