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A New Superstar Power Cord
Retail? Why did you pay retail? 
Beware of dealing with PurePower Partners Inc
Yep, those guys are the "King" of B.S. stay far away. 
Taralabs cables
Need an HFX box... any sellers? 
Audio-Magic Blackout Paint
Mu metal for shielding 
Pioneer HPM-100 Tweeter and Suptw. Level Control ?
My friend sold Pioneer speakers back in the 70's . His take on the HPM-100's sound best off the floor,sitting on a speaker stand... Grills off. Last, have the level controls cleaned with contact cleaner spray. Speakers of this age will need this t... 
The sound of my new electrical service: Day 1
Yes , you are going to have some new growing pains. Give it time, It will settle down. If anything , after a month or so re tighten the set screws on all the new circuit breakers also neutral and ground buss bars screws too. . Good luck 
Audio Aero Prestige CD/SACD player: which caps?
Find somebody to measure the capacitance of your mystery caps. My Capitole player , I installed V Cap .10 uf. 600v Coppers caps. Hope this helps. 
grills or no grills on your speakers..matters?
Most Subs with grills off will make your system come alive. 
Anyone Damp the insides of your Speaker Cabinets?
Everything has a price point. Manufactures come out with new and improved products all the time. What is wrong with trying to make your gear sound better? 
Anyone Damp the insides of your Speaker Cabinets?
I used dynamat on the mid range and mid bass boxes inside my speaker. 
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable
Too old, no more service parts available. 
Basis dealer in Europe
Email them. They are very good at getting back to you . 
Your top 3 worst purchases ever
Musical Fidelity made a Turntable, the M1 ... nothing but problems. Spindle bearing bad (too much play) Drive motors defective, they sent me Three of them! Besides sounding bad, it was just plan junk. Sold off the SME tone arm. Repaired the 3 driv... 
Pictures for an ad
One single picture , top of the shipping box. Really? 
Lead shielding
Look up Mu metal...