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corrosion
Hoffman enclosures has corrosion inhibitors. But they're used in closed boxes, so the maintenance/replacement schedule might be quite high. 
What's involved in dedicated lines
Yes. (Dedicated lines to seatbelts??) 
FM Antenna positioning question
It's "Canare" brand connectors. 
FM Antenna positioning question
I'd die and go to heaven if I had 2 antenna inputs on anything. Rotors are slooowww, and really a PITA, IMO. With a good indoor, you can rotor it yourself, by hand. With 2, you're home free. Not to product pimp, but I'm having excellent results wi... 
What's involved in dedicated lines
Agreed . But not if you've ever seen the Charlie video. When you work at an oil refinery, safety is beaten into your head on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis.Electricity is an incredible thing that we can't easily do without. How it works... 
What's involved in dedicated lines
If I had an untouched, unmaintained home electrical system since the late '50's, I'd have much, much bigger concerns than sound quality. Have your guy pull a kitchen ceiling fixture and check the condition of the wire entering the outlet box. Betc... 
Adding a Base to Floorstanding Speakers
Uh, Sxu1, I don't see any upside to what you propose. I'm currently going through the same adjustments. Having lived w/spiked speakers since '96, it's now clear to me that, IME, spikes are the work of the devil in my system.Suspended wood floor, o... 
Whatever happened to REAL "owners manuals" ???
SME 309 tonearm. 
Best Component Ever, for the money
Hafler DH-200 with lots 'o Musical Concepts mods thrown in. Perhaps the start point of this downhill slide... 
Cara room simulator
I think I will die and go to heaven when CARA allows AutoCAD 3-D file imports. 'Till then, what with the metric conversions, and general klugey interface and requirements...it remains a curiosity to me. 
Your favorite recent discovery
Dido "No Angel". Demanding mix; made for 'phones.Re: Homesick James. Only have 4 cuts, but Willy Dixons' bass lines put these at the very top of the heap. Timeless... 
Classic Records Zep series ?
Chatting with the nice fellow at Elusive Disc revealed that the 180's were the first release of the Quiex formulation. The current 200's are the Quiex SV-P. Allegedly to match the thickness of early Blue Note LP's.There's little I won't do, but fi... 
My baby left me... left me sad and bluuuuueee....
For me it was a James Cotton cut, a cover of BB's "Sweet Sixteen" on James' self-titled album on Verve/Folkways(1967).The Luther Tucker guitar solo slammed the rudder of my musical direction ship so hard I never looked back. 
CD input in Audio Reserach
I stupidly lost the link to that WebSite that shows all the changes to ARC products over the years, but, as an SP9 owner, either the Mk II or Mk III reduced the CD input level as mentioned above. Simply use any other unused input since they are al... 
Ground loop, cheater plugs, power cords, many ques
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