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| Qualities Of An End-game System “End game is when you no longer feel the need to upgrade.” +1. With a dozen words you managed to drill to the very core. Congrats! | |
| Transport Recommendations If anyone seriously wants to buy an excellent, used Jay’s CDT2 MK3 I know where you can probably get a nice deal. It used to be my CDT2 MK3 but I sold it last Oct/Nov and purchased a new CDT3 MK3. It started as CDT2 MK2. After a year I purchas... | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! For me, a pair of Magnepan 3.7i speakers for the front channels, a pair of Magnepan 3.5R speakers with custom-built, outboard crossovers for the rear channels, and a pair of custom-built subs (4+ cu.ft. enclosures with 15” woofers). I have no de... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? In the later half of the 1960s I had a large, portable stereo with two detachable speakers . In the early 70s ((while I was a music major with no money) the detachable speakers crapped out on me and without a great deal of funds or tools I constru... | |
| HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO? @Bigtwim “ My first "system" was a crystal radio with an ear plug at age 8. 60 years later I’ve learned a couple things. I’ve owned a few pieces of equipment. I went 20 years without changing a thing. In the past few years I’ve put together the s... | |
| CEC CD Transports on eBay: Are they fake? If there is no Warranty mentioned in the ad copy, it’s almost always a “Grey market product”, meaning it’s either used, reconditioned, or a fake. If it is an authentic, brand new product from CEC there will be a Warranty. Why not shoot the questio... | |
| Tony Bennett has passed away Wow. Tony Bennett and Count Basie go together like bacon and eggs. Not that I dislike Elvis, but how did he fit in? | |
| Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile? I’m definitely going to post pictures of my setup, just as soon as I complete this next upgrade. I’ve been saying that for the past ten years. Toolbox149 | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? femoore12 630 posts 06-20-2023 at 09:10pm @recklesskelly Thanks. There’s always someone that shows up here and decides to educate us about our “bad” choices. I thought this was a hobby and we were allowed to spend our own money however we... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ which amps do you use ? * 100 watts or less ** Mfm22 In addition to searching Audiogon, google “Magnepan Users Group”. In the top left corner you”ll see “Planer Asylum Message Board”. Click on that and you”ll find a ton of info on everything Magnepan. Tim | |
| Spikes on tower speakers Sorry I’m so late to the discussion. I just saw this. If I were in the same boat, the first thing I would do is go to s store that sells bricks/patio pavers/ blocks and look for the concrete formed, big, patio blocks. They usually have designs on... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Thanks Steve, I gotta say, of all the things/tweaks I have ever tried, these cables, run shotgun style with another cable, have surpassed everything else I’ve done; including upgrades to some of my components. I didn’t think my setup had enough ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Steve, One question. When I was almost finished with my solid copper interconnect project (I have 9 interconnect pairs), you tried OOC5N silver wire and pronounced the results as even better than the copper. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 😀 So, I made one... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Lemonhaze, Sorry to take this long to post. I haven’t been back to this thread in a while. I experimented with different size solid wire for the live wires of my interconnects. When I first made my wires with two solid 18g wires in separate tubes... | |
| Should I Keep my Second CD Player? +1 for horchia I have had a couple occasions when my main equipment was in for repair or upgrading. It sure was nice not to have to go through 2-3 weeks, or more of system downtime. Plus, if you do have to switch CD players for a little while, th... |