hbarrel
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| Todays Raido Stations suck Rockinroni I'm going to guess you grew up listening to "The Buzzard" just based on the names cited in the original post.FM today doesn't play music. Noise is what I call it. Life is bad when AM talk radio is more entertaining than FM. | |
| Power cord? Why? I'm going to agree with Eldartford. The whole power cord marketing scheme is smoke and mirrors.You're invited over to my house to prove me wrong.I live in an Akron, Ohio suburb with nice clean power at, most of the time, 60Hz with a nice looking s... | |
| In wall power cabling- for Apartment Dweller My enviroment is similar to yours G13. Small town with fairly stable clean power.I just ran from a 15 amp breaker one run of 12-2 (yep 2 wire one ground) to a junction box where I then spliced 2 short (4 foot) runs of 12-2 flexible twisted wire ca... | |
| In wall power cabling- for Apartment Dweller Standard circuit breakers.15 Amp breakers @ 104volts (I doubt you really have 110v) is good for 1560 watts.Unless you have some sort of monster equipment that requires huge amounts of current 12-2 wire is more than enough.The Psyco's solution isn'... | |
| Can I get "Great" used speakers for $1800?? Some Spendor 1/2's went up today. Grab them. As a side note I have absolutely nothing to do with the sale. Merely a happy 1/2 owner trying to spread the word.Don't take my word...Do a search on the web and read the reviews. They speak for themselves. | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? circa 1970/71 (16 yrs. old) walked into a friends Uncle's house. His Uncle had these two speakers (make unk.) which had to be 18 - 24 inches in diameter and this contraption with more tubes than "Carter" has pills. We begged him to play it.We were... | |
| What tube preamp to get to smooth out the sound????? I'm very happy with my Audio Research LS-15. | |
| New batch of Albert Porter's cryo treated Hubbells Polycarbonate or Nylon to 300 below zero? I'd like to read up on cyrogentically treating electrical connectors. | |
| dedicated amp outlet vs avs 2000 I just (today) finished running dedicated lines to my equipment. It only took a year.Find a way to run the dedicated lines. You will not be sorry. | |
| PS 10 speakers Akron, OhioAudio Technica | |
| What tube pre amp for live sound on rock and roll Why any pre-amp if you are digital ?My pre-amp (LS15) has been out of my system since Oct. It's going to be put back in sometime over the next few weeks for a listening session. I'm doubtful it will improve the sound of my system.Threshold T-100 a... | |
| CD upgrade Look on audiogon for a Perpetual Technologies P.1A digital engine, hook it up balanced between your Marantz and MSB, and enjoy the music.You won't be sorry.Go to Perpetual's website and download the PDF intruction sheet. The sheet originally sent ... | |
| Best bi-wire speaker cables under $1000 Naim makes some inexpensive cables I'm real pleased with. | |
| Advice wanted I'll second the consider skipping the pre-amp suggestion.For one reason or another my pre-amp needed some TLC. While it was at the "spa" I borrowed a friends Canary Island Audio VPC.1 volume control.The pre-amp has since been sold and I bought the... | |
| Review: Spendor S-100 Speaker I've a set of SP-100's. (One year old)They take a lonnggg time to break in and just now are reaching their potential. I'm so pleased with what I'm hearing I doubt they will ever be replaced. Amp: Threshold T-100Digitals: Perpetual Technologies P-1... |