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| Anyone else enjoy putting together Frankenstein low to mid-fi -systems? At WSU I had transmission lines built from Roger Sanders design in Speaker Builder. The 10" woofers were from JBL L25. On top were some car audio speakers, Pioneer maybe, I forget. Powered by Kenwood integrated. TV back then had 1/8" jacks for hea... | |
| Music for setting up speakers Is it possible someone missed one of the most blatant pop culture references of all time??! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLPu3Z6Tjg4Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.https://www.youtube.co... | |
| Anyone else enjoy putting together Frankenstein low to mid-fi -systems? And remember, we're werewolves now swearwolves!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxt2DSWS_eIThe perfect movie to demo your Frankenstein system? I'm partial to documentaries. https://youtu.be/W2w3H_oLSIU?t=3 | |
| Music for setting up speakers The best music for unboxing and setting up is undoubtedly Yello, this is what I found most appropriate for my Moabs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJkdRaa04g I would really recommend streaming only in extreme circumstances where the turntable... | |
| Just moved in - how to tell quality of in-ceiling speakers? It’s unlikely that they’re spectacular, My vote for understatement of the year. So far. | |
| Average Price Spent for Speakers Average price is of course nonsense, being measured as it is in fiat currency units of no intrinsic value and that have had almost all their purchasing power inflated away over time. But, this got me thinking. We could instead measure it in someth... | |
| Anyone else enjoy putting together Frankenstein low to mid-fi -systems? Last, but not to be the least, an actual Frankenstein system: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 In case of any doubt, check out the power conditioner. As bad as it looks from outside let me assure you inside is an absolute horror show! | |
| Anyone else enjoy putting together Frankenstein low to mid-fi -systems? Then of course we have the ultimate, Frank N Furter https://youtu.be/icqnmDafkj0?t=31 | |
| Buying used: how old is too old? Between the two of us I think we have proven conclusively that Tekton Moab are better than $20k speakers. (That are 15 years old.) | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Tin roof, rusted. | |
| Need help valuing high-end power cables. Yeah all things considered $2k would be doing well. One thing it might help you to know, there is a big advantage in all the Active Shielding cables in that the MPC can be significantly improved with hard-wired cap and diode upgrades by Michael ... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? Digital only since the '90's, when in the course of some heavy petting with a lovely woman, the record ended and needed to be flipped! So I made an entirely aesthetic decision. This is why God made 10.5" RTR, and 3.5ips. | |
| Help with Room Acoustics Please That's a great way to spend a lot of money, get fairly good results for not much effort, and not learn very much in the process. If you are willing to put in more effort in exchange for learning a lot more for less money while getting at least as ... | |
| Need help valuing high-end power cables. Those are all good ideas however not really that useful since the goal here is to sell 5 in one lot. And fast. Sold individually over a period of time those 5 might bring $10k. But listed all at once? And fast? It can be done. No problem. Just not... | |
| Anyone else enjoy putting together Frankenstein low to mid-fi -systems? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VkrUG3OrPc |