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My Venture into Hifi with Vandersteen Model 1
Hello Dhunte, and welcome to Audiogon. First to answer your question about the Vandersteens They are decent speakers at their price point and if they sound good to you and considering the price, enjoy them. I'm wondering if you are a new poster to... 
do record cleaning fluids soften the treble?
Only if you gargle with them. 
Bands that had a "masterpiece", w/ common theme
Sgt.Pepper - BeatlesTommy - WhoRemember the Future - Nektar 
We Need An Audiophile TV Channel
Choyles, "The average person needs to be exposed to stereo equipment, both modern and vintage."Maybe this would help the hobby?http://galleries.earlmiller.com/new/Avy_Scott2/011.jpg 
We Need An Audiophile TV Channel
Maybe the Acura commercial will give highend audio the exposure it deserves. 
Appraising Vintage Turntable
Thanks. It appears to have been in a console as the plinth isn't very sustancial. 
Write a Book Dummies
Here is a web site that I often refer those seeking info to:http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/ 
Any vintage tuners with a small footprint?
The Meridian 104 was a decent tuner with a small footprint. 
Please Help Me, I'm Lost
Just an update:I started by organizing and routing my interconnects so a/c wasn't next to signal. Things had gotten sloppy. I turned my cable box off. Bought some suggested inductors from Mouser as suggested and as explained in the Planar Asylum. ... 
Please Help Me, I'm Lost
I couldn't find any ferrite cores at my local Radio Shack but did buy and purchase those 1 ohm resistors and installed them. Thought I was onto something but that changed when I played Alison Krausse and Union Station Live on SACD. I think the sug... 
Please Help Me, I'm Lost
Thanks for your posts. My room is 15' wide by 24' long and is open in the rear to the kitchen. Do the Maggies come with resistors to pad the top? The Poineer wouldn't have been considered at all if at the time if my focus was two channel, but as a... 
Please Help Me, I'm Lost
Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks also for reading my post, it was kinda long and rambling. 
AR highend equipment by Cello
Kal's link leads to the answer. I gather each piece of equipment in the Limited line was designed by a leading equipment designer of the time. The speakers were designed by by John Buzzota, Dave Cahill, and David Day of Day Sequerra. The amp and e... 
AR highend equipment by Cello
Thanks Kal, you hit the nail right on the head. I've never seen any for sale on the used market. Is it in the BlueBook? The ad doesn't mention the Cello connection but I clearly remember reading about one, maybe in a CES report in one of the mags ... 
AR highend equipment by Cello
Maybe this equipment was so obscure that no one remembers it. I remember ads in Audio inside the covers announcing this line. There were some pretty sexy shots of the faceplates in the ad. There was to be a preamp with tone control setup simular t...