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What is your favorite low-tech tweek?
Hey Albert, I got myself some ultra connect and used it on my connectors. Amazing how much 'gunk' can get into what I thought were sealed---tightly plugged--connections.My music is better. Thanks. 
What was your greatest epiphany?
Relax James, it could have been Coors you were drinking all that time....... 
Digital cable recommendation
Acoustic Zen mc2 for coax and Wireworld toslink. I spent hours researching the same topic hereabouts and the general agreement on these two products convinced me. I bought one of each and I Love them both. I use the AZ coax to connect my DVD playe... 
Signal degration over length, source vs. output ?
You might just try it both ways. If you notice no differance, then just do what is convenient. having said that, I agree with the above post. 8 to 10 feet is no big deal either way. 
What is your favorite low-tech tweek?
Hey Darryl, A while ago I helped a friend unravel 20+ years of wires behind his system, consisting of currently used cables/cords and an assortment of dscarded....wires. It was a tightly woven mess. When we were finished the poor man just sat ther... 
Names of Bands...
Fleetwood Mac was called 'chicken coop' before they had their epiphany 
What was your greatest epiphany?
I think my wife said I finally got it when I took oth 'Th" sound out of 'epiphany' and started saying the word correctly....... 
Looking for a 50" HD TV
This is a really nice unit. I still prefer plasma. Check out the Plasma Depot www.plasmadepot.com for decent pricing. also, these places on-line will get you the better deal even for the DLP, expecially if you live in California and want to avoid ... 
The Scariest Story Ever Told?
OkThatDoesItKublakhan;With that post, I is outta here and off to a dear-old bottle of Cabernet. 
The Scariest Story Ever Told?
Hey Kublakhan, thanks for the support. But then again, I too have dispatched to odd post I would have liked to take back. The stranger thing here, is that Viggen often has great posts. 
The Scariest Story Ever Told?
Hey Viggen, careful on the ethnic stuff. 
The Scariest Story Ever Told?
I can speak to what i once witnessed. When I was a kid, we were visiting some fellow's house and he let me see his room, which would have competede with the most outrageous of virtual systems I have seen posted here.Anyway, he put his wine on the ... 
Ok this will be a good thread.
Damn, Marco; A real bummer. My wife and i lost the cat and she was amazed that I still could drop a tear over a year later. 
Does full range guarantee bass?
I went to the tube show in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago and these amp-fanatics did make one interesting point. Speakers are terribly inefficient. they even jokes that you can use a speaker as a microphone and that what you hear is an exampl... 
Rock Music: 1951-1976 vs. 1977-2003
Well Nirchy, I think I covered myself quite well as Jethro Tull was one of the three or four bands I gladly referanced as an exception to my laments concerning the mid-70's Rock. This was Clapton's forgettable years (okay Layla was really good): W...