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VPI 10.5i - Which armwands do I own?
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VPI 10.5i - Which armwands do I own?
I didn't know about the large allen screw in the rear of the arm, and I swear I RTFM! I saw the wrench, but thought I had adjusted everything that I could adjust without straying into the "void warranty if any other screws are messed with" territo... 
VPI 10.5i - Which armwands do I own?
I find that even rotating the azimuth ring messes with the VTF on mine. And then resetting the VTF messes with the azimuth. It'd really be nice if VPI would key the counterweight to the arm on assemblies that have the azimuth ring. Even being as c... 
VPI 10.5i - Which armwands do I own?
You say the one with the "slanted" azimuth ring can't be adjusted. I have one with the same azimuth ring, and it's adjustable. Did you loosen the two set screws holding it in place? It's still stiff to turn with the screws backed off, but it will ... 
JBL 250ti
The L220 didn't use horns, it had a diffraction lens over a regular cone driver. 
Pass Labs XP-10 vs Parasound JC-2
"I got 7.5 dB from the manuals on Pass Labs web site. They state both the XP 10 and XP 20 gain as 7.5 dB. "Where did you see it in the manual?All I see is "-73dB to +10dB" in the specs and the manual. 
AT&T to cap broadband usage. Streamers beware
It's hard to find on their site, but they have a page with a running tally of your bandwidth usage by month.I've been streaming episodes of Lost over Netflix since I had no network feeds when it was current. My DSL speed won't sustain HD content, ... 
Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users
"just curious, there is a black ring around the volume knob of the xp-10 and xp-20. anyone knows what material is the black ring made of? plastic? metal?"Aluminum. You can make out the brushed aluminum texture under the anodizing on the front of t... 
Classic JBLs with Aquaplas surrounds...
The surround material you are referring to is called Lansaloy. Once you know this, then a web search will yield a variety of threads on refurbishing them, like This One 
Sonus Faber Stradivari amp: X600.5 or X1000.5 ?
Don't get so hung up on "watt" ratings. I've read where XA60.5s were compared to X250.5s...and were preferred.How can that be? A lowly "60 WPC" class A amp slugging it out with a "250 WPC" class A/B and coming out on top?It's telling that XA100.5s... 
JBL B460 passive sub w/o external crossover unit
Take a look here:http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?4557-B460The last paragraph of text describes the operation, the last page is a graph of the drive.I'm not familiar with your pre/pro, but that's a description of what the BX63... 
JBL B460 passive sub w/o external crossover unit
The BX63A puts in several dB of EQ boost at about a 26Hz center IIRC. So to make the sub sound as it did with the BX63A, you'll need to re-create this EQ curve.