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| Expectations for warranty repair timing Yes, it’s good to know with whom you’re dealing and how they deal with issues. The reputation for the sonic quality of the product has little to do with what it’s going to be like if there’s a problem.I bought a pair of speakers from a builder who... | |
| Cables for rear surrounds Agree completely with reubent's comment about BFA connectors. I've put together quite a few speaker cable pairs for myself and others and the various brands of BFA connectors I've used have been the easiest to work with, the easiest to use and the... | |
| Austin Texas area Audio folks? If you were really from Austin your question would have begun, "Hello y'all."But, yes, I'm in Austin, moved back here recently after 25 years in Seattle. | |
| Cables for rear surrounds +1 reubent -- and to amplify his recommendation, BFA-style banana plugs are different from the banana plugs you usually think of. They have considerably better contact area and the tension of them is easy to adjust so that you get a close fit.Even... | |
| No playback from my MacBook Pro to Bricasti M1 Checking out the specs of the M1 online there appears to be a Toslink/optical input. Have you tried going from the Macbook to the M1 via a miniToslink to Toslink cable from the headphone/optical jack, or tried a different USB cable if that's your ... | |
| I'll Take "Songs About People" for $200 Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust - Bob Dylan | |
| Universal remote for a Stello AI500. The Harmony site says the code is compatible with any of their remotes. | |
| Universal remote for a Stello AI500. zeal -- Yes, you'd need a computer to download the codes from the Harmony database. You attach the remote to a USB port on the computer, access the Harmony database, go to the page for your piece of gear and download the codes for access from any ... | |
| Universal remote for a Stello AI500. According to the Harmony remote database they do support the Stello Ai500. You'll have to enter the model number as I've typed it here, with a lower case i.You can connect any of the Harmony remotes to a computer, go to this url, https://support.m... | |
| What is best tweeter height for the Devore O/96? sunnyjim, I agree with others' responses. Where are you coming from with your comments about John DeVore and his speakers? I owned, for several months, both the original DeVore Gibbon 8s and the Merlin TSM monitors, both sold at the same price. Th... | |
| What do I need for customs if purchased in Canada & ship to US? As mentioned in another post, it doesn’t matter where the item is shipped from, what’s important, in terms of customs duties, is where the item was made. If it was made anywhere other than in the countries covered by NAFTA, the North American Free... | |
| What is best tweeter height for the Devore O/96? I've owned two pair of DeVore speakers and been very happy both with the speakers and with John DeVore's response to my questions.Ask him your question.info@devorefidelity.com | |
| So you want to buy a turntable? There was a cartoon in the New Yorker that showed two older men standing in front of a fairly impressive looking audio rig and the caption was, as I remember it, "What first attracted me to vinyl was the expense and the inconvenience." | |
| What album do you play over the holidays? "Austin Rhythm & Blues Christmas" with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lou Ann Barton, Paul Ray, Charlie Sexton, Willie Nelson, Angeli Strehli and others. The perfect antidote for the usual syrupy Christmas music you'll hear at your relatives' house. | |
| DEAR AUDIOGON STAFF: Please remove/fix floating ads that block what we are reading!!! p.s. -- I do have anti-virus software installed, Sophos, but no ad-blocking software. (Having managed a very large site for several years I understand more than most the need for ad revenue, especially on a site that is free to users. Sure, many o... |