jwei
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| Batteries are Cheap, Backup power is expensive Many pickup trucks have 120 V outlets. Just need to add a switch on your house electrical box to flip your source to a cable from the truck. Turn on the truck before your APC UPS runs out of juice. (Assuming you have the truck.) | |
| Batteries are Cheap, Backup power is expensive I have a Cyberpower UPS 1350VA that keeps my low wattage modem and router running for well over an hour. (Of course my laptop has its own battery.) That is enough time for me to start and hook up my "portable" gasoline-powered generator in the g... | |
| Thiel Owners My speaker cables are terminated with spade lugs. Just be sure not to damage the terminal by overtightening. | |
| Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage? @allenf1963 +1 | |
| Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage? @hotei +1 | |
| Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage? I would demo the speakers in the garage using my oldest cheapest amp and sources, just good enough to show that the speakers work. I don't need to make them sound good, especially given garage acoustics and the mediocre upstream equipment -- not ... | |
| Old SS amps I bought an Acoustic Research Amp new in 1969. I recently gave it to one of my sons and it is working OK, though probably out of spec given the age of the electronics. I have an ADCOM GFA1 I bought new in the late 1970s in storage I use for back... | |
| Vinyl that is impossible to find Been looking for Muddy Waters' "The Folk Singer" on the short-lived Vivante label to complete my Vivante collection. I'm not even sure this 180 gram vinyl disc was ever released -- I've never seen it offered for sale. (Reviews had rated it infer... | |
| Krell Moves to new location @bulldogger Thank you for the reassuring update. I read your post with interest and I wanted to ask you about one sentence that i did not understand: "Steve owns ALL of the Krell assets, Krell still belongs to Kris D'Agostino." This sounds a l... | |
| MBL Insolvent Maybe Samsung might like having a German footprint. | |
| According to wikipedia Brian Wilson has passed away RIP Brian Wilson! Beach Boys songs of fun, love, and innocence. Those were the days. Wish I could go back. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Over the years, phono stages have offered better flexibility in gain, loading, and input selection. My Manley Steelhead, introduced in 2001, still does a great job for me and can double as a line level preamp when necessary. Prior to that, legen... | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap Illuminating just the speakers tends to focus my attention on them as sound sources and works against soundstage imaging. I agree with dimming all the lights or just closing my eyes. | |
| A life sentence!!! My Pass X600 amps. | |
| Favorite rock/pop male voices Mick Jagger Jim Morrison |