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| B&W Name Change Theory And now back to your regularly scheduled program...I have wondered for years why B&W didn't us their full name on their speakers (as I have wondered about Boothroyd Stuart). For me, having the full name on them lends a feeling of "boutique" ra... | |
| B&W Name Change Theory I can speak for Volvos. The first "driving vacation" that I ever went on was in a used Volvo 144 my parents had when I was about 4yrs old that we had borrowed. A railroad tie came off the back of a truck when we were driving 70mph; we hit it, ran ... | |
| Harman/Levinson/Proceed/Lexicon/Revel/ Deal Busted When PE funds do these kinds of deals, they "agree to pay" $8 billion to buy the company (as the headline says). What actually happens is that PE funds come up $2-3bn themselves to buy the equity, and also come up with a group of people willing to... | |
| Harman/Levinson/Proceed/Lexicon/Revel/ Deal Busted Something "fell off a cliff" with Q4 earnings which were 25% below expectations. There is a slight delay in the launch of a new line of Mercedes (with Harman stereos going in them), but given that Hyundai, Peugeot, and others are lining up to get ... | |
| The most unique style speakers that sound good? edgarhorns with seismic subs.jadis eurythmiesavantgarde trios and avantgarde basshorns. | |
| What time do you wear? Got myself a TIMEX 2 weeks ago. Bot the expensive analog dial one at Walmart in Lihue so that I didn't put my Bell & Ross through the surf & turf action on vacation. Actually haven't taken it off since. Maybe I should do the same with my s... | |
| Which stereo SACD's do you recommend? Favorites from several genres:JAZZMany of the Miles Davis SACDs are good (ditto for Thelonius Monk & Coltrane SACDs),Issues from Analogue Productions - especially Bill Evans albums,There are several Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington SACDs - h... | |
| Monitor Audio Made in China? Macrojack, I did understand that your reference was figurative. My initial reference to "strip-mined" was literal, but I wanted to note that any literal strip-mining of America is being done by Americans. I disagreed less with the content of the w... | |
| Monitor Audio Made in China? Macrojack,I must admit to being a bit shocked by the "our country [America] is being strip-mined" comment. Apart from the fact that the greatest environmental danger to American soil comes from American companies paying American lobbyists who effe... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? Is a "truckwhisperer" something like a 'Horse-Whisperer'? | |
| Monitor Audio Made in China? 100 years ago, "Swiss made" was the mark of a third rate watch and the best watch you could get was American or English. 50 years ago, the best-made cars for the mass market were American and British with some continental European mfrs just behind... | |
| Keith Monks RCM MkII - Help Requested From Owners Vtl, Sorry for the delay in getting back. I am not sure how well the thread motor works. If not tight, it tends to wrap itself partway around the nozzle. When I tightened it, it was fine.The vacuum pump is nice and quiet. The TT is surprisingly fa... | |
| Keith Monks RCM MkII - Help Requested From Owners Vtl, I received mine Friday, unpacked it Saturday, started digging in Sunday night. I have not yet turned it on. I will when I get back home tonight and will report back. | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Two years later, thanks Justin Time. | |
| Can tube amps give true high end bass? Jmaldonado, thanks for the clarification. I guess I now have an explanation for why I like my tube amps vs others that I have tried on the relatively efficient woofers of my even more efficient speakers. I have thought about powering the woofers w... |