jvia
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| Dynaco FM-5 Tuner. Useful "Mods" for the unit?? I think you are asking a lot from an FM 5. It was among the 1st transistor tuners ever, and few of them are noted for their sound. Also sounds as if you had a DXing mod done, a reason for the great reception. And this is no offense to Don Scott, w... | |
| What to do when buyer claims sellers item broken? !st you have to realize things do happen in shipping sometimes that aren't seen. Happens all the time. Then you have to eliminate the buyer setting it up wrong,not knowing how to use it, etc. Then you have to consider things like the buyer trying ... | |
| How to get my money back? Call his local police dept and ask for fraud and file fraud charges. Even in this set of curcumstances this is what it has become. You paid for something, and you neither recieved the item or a refund. Hard ass? Yes, but sometimes its what it take... | |
| Don Scott Specially Modified Marantz Tuner? I will say this, Don Scott went out of his way to try to do me a trmendous courtesy just recently, and made no money from it. No charge nothing, nada, and I know he put a few houres time into this task. Very few people left in this business(hell, ... | |
| Need help packing gear....dont have boxes no more SDcampbell makes a great point about the expanding foam. I just wrote in another post about contacting lamp shops and geting the expanding foam that is used by the lamp companies, very reusable. I would also advise going to Walmart or the like and... | |
| Need Inexpensive shipping material One of the best bets is go to your local sears outlet store for larges boxes, go to a lamp store or the likes for smaller one. Sears usually tosses their boxes at 730 in the morning, The lamp store and furniture stores, you just need to bribe some... | |
| How do I get into a Vandy? Just now got to read all this, fortunate to say I have done both, one with more satisfaction than the other. I do just have to tell all of you that if your not careful, you will wind up with problems on both, and that the Vandersteen is a lot easi... | |
| How do I get into a Vandy? Pull the base, not the top, then the sock is usually stapled and glued to the bottom. Pull staples carefully of course, then work sock down carefully, just as a nylon hose on a beautiful woman lets say. If you are careful you should be able to acc... | |
| Bluegrass question: Describe what the difference Gentle people, just get in you cars and your jets and head to Nashville to hear the difference. Take you all over to the Stagecoach Inn on Sunday nights, and not only will you hear the difference, you will see the difference. Old timers usually si... | |
| Tweeter for ADS L620's These should be all over Ebay, not that uncommon a tweeter. And always try Madisound. And if you haven't tried, you might try ADS, I would not be surprised if they had a few pair, that was a popular loudspeaker and that tweeter was used in a lot o... | |
| Old Classic Receivers: A Mistake to Buy? Aw geez,some of you guys, come on. These pieces are classics. Are they the best pieces in the world sonically, no. I will say that in the cases of almost all of them though, the FM section will sound better than most digital products available tod... | |
| How long can Magnepan speaker last? believe it true. I have always thought that people who don't buy what they really want and settle for a compromise tend to have more problems, real or imagined, with that piece of gear than if they bought what they wanted in the 1st place. I also ... | |
| How long can Magnepan speaker last? As someone who buys and sells a lot of used gear, I would not hesitate to tell my best freind moving to Antartica to buy a pair of Maggies, tremendous loudspeaker for the money, and incredibly reliable. That and if you do have a problem , its one ... | |
| How to ship BIG equipment at moderate cost? Forward Air for airport to airport, and if you call their offices they usually have someone that will deliver the item locally for a modest fee. I ship and will continue to ship lots of items with them, usual rates are about 37 cents a pound for t... | |
| Seems right hand side is louder, need helps Have you tried a different pair of speakers, then amp preamp etc, to eliminate the possible mechanical problems? Then, if you speakers are on stands, have you checked how firmly they are contacting to the floor? |