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Dec 07, 2010	ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts? I had a pair in the late 80's (bought them used then).I had to get the woofer surrounds replaced. Other than that, I was very pleased with them. The tweeter was spectacular in its day.
May 26, 2006	Marantz 8260 CD/SACD My 8260 started refusing to read certain SACD's, then a few more, then almost all SACD's failed.I sent it back to Marantz and they replaced the laser and tracking mechanism.Problem solved.
Sep 01, 2004	Do You Remember Your First CD Player? Cost me $500 in Europe and started skipping like a mutha after 2 years.
Dec 16, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating No, that's one I hadn't thought about. I'll look into that as well, thanks.
Dec 15, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you. That makes two votes for the 'farther apart' side. I will definitely play around with that (as far as possible in my listening room).Patrick
Dec 15, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating My Amp is a Classe DR 15, 175W/ch in 8 ohms, and doubling all the way down to two ohms (700W/ch in 2 ohms).The preamp is the Adcom GFP750 in passive mode.The pre - to - power cable is Transparent Audio, balanced. The cable to the speaker is heavy-...
Dec 12, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you. I will look into Audiopoints and Sistrum Platforms. I appreciate your input.
Dec 11, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating So far, I have put the Thiels on the spikes provided by the manufacturer, and put the spikes on quarters. The speakers are well clear of back and side walls (3 or 4 feet from the back wall and 3 or 4 feet from the sidewalls). They are about 6 feet...
Dec 04, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you all for your input.I'll be receiving the Thiel 3.6's this Friday...no sleep for me this weekend .
Dec 02, 2002	Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you for your response. I will do some in-depth (no pun intended) testing of the bass performance with spikes on quarters. I just needed confirmation of my idea that, by adding a couple of massive slabs of granite, the bass-coupling to the fl...