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Paul McGowan gets asked about rotary subs.
:-) there are some amazingly good souls in this pursuit of ours… eh ?  
Paul McGowan gets asked about rotary subs.
EJ - I know from very personal and direct experience RV puts zero pressure on dealers.i think if we examined the long running tenure of the core dealers we might find the mean at 2 decades….. For the definition adherence, the Vandersteen sub 9 is... 
un-becoming an audiophile
I would consider changing your moniker to…. ? it is actually a very good thread….. audiophile know thyself..music lover too…. i could fish in a mud puddle in the Walmart parking lot, if so constrained…. Seek goosebumps and joy…. street music, s... 
Preamp Advice/experiences needed
of course an Aesthetix can run w a VAC. especially w tubes sourced from Andy as a poster has noted and w HRS grade isolation… but frankly the Ayre, ARC and Aesthetix are all really balanced and SE sub optimal in all, Yes i have setup all 3. i thin... 
Were you an audiophile in the 1980s and 1990s?
@fleschler or for that matter w Tim P…. my prayer is he and Art are laughing at ALL of us from the stars… RIP All: even when making the simplest of field recordings in reverberant space of unamplified instruments, Microphone choice and placement ... 
ScanSpeak Ellipticor-A50-II (anyone build them?)
and on reflection, given the source of the noise… i suggest a shunt of cheap corroded aluminum wire to a Ben Franklin era copper rod sunk deep into the heart of an overfilled septic system… The septic system would see the noise as a …. downgrade…  
ScanSpeak Ellipticor-A50-II (anyone build them?)
Shunt noise to ground….   
WHEN DID YOU FINALLY STOP...
PS i approach fishing, wine, German Iron, Poetry the same way…..  
WHEN DID YOU FINALLY STOP...
listen > goosebumps > Benaroya ( duh ), go home cue archaic disc > some goosebumps > bin dive / scrounge/ trade content w allies, Pirates, scoundrels, > solder in something new > goosebumps > go to audio club and hang w great ... 
How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system?
To paraphrase Leonard : There is music in everything, that’s HOW the light gets IN….    
Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite?
If it’s not raining, i am in Seattle and an interested participant….. Cool that you are doing this - good on ya ! Jim  
Paul McGowan gets asked about rotary subs.
And i agree w genius and frustration w ET-2. I sold more than a few maddening Souther back in day and agree there as well. Thankfully we do have at disposal here on the forum an excellent thread on the ET-2 arm optimization / maintenance by many c... 
Paul McGowan gets asked about rotary subs.
Any of the powered bass biamplified Vandersteen models are flat in most rooms to the twenties, my 7’s with the patented Ti / aluminum push pull sub are -1 db at 20 in a decent sized room ( see Poverty Bay sound in my system photos ). My Treo w sin... 
Jim Gordon has Passed On...
RIP Eric J it’s a Black Pearl day for sure. Peace brother   
Fee for home audition
For those willing to dig…a manufacturer/ designer of renowned MC cartridges almost begged ( my words ) a prospectus customer to NOT buy his cartridge….. then the peanut gallery of armchair cartridge designers weighed in……