vair68robert

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One Man's Dream - Ken Fritz DocumentaryGreat way to spend an hour on a Sunday morning .The ulitmate DIY'er . 
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@tmsrdgERSE sells direct erseaudio.com , I've also found that partsconnexion has the best prices when you wait for their sales and the best sellection for USA postage ,HiFi collection is another great source but with higher postage rates .@beetlem... 
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@beetlemania I too replaced the posts with the Cardas rodium/silver with the gold plated nuts , a lot of work for little if any gain .To clarify I replaced the new Thiel wire and made the assumption that your 2.4se's came with Striaghtwire 18 guag... 
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TomThank you for passing on your information about speaker production #'s.I am pleasantly suprised that there were 1500 pairs of 2.7s ,way more than I thought .Going back to internal wiring , after my trials and errors I totally agree with you tha... 
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1500 pair of 2.7s !  My speakers are #'s 329 & 330  ,  the prof's pair are around that # and so far I haven't read of any serial #'s any higher from Thiel owners responding on this thread .  
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shaundevukTom Thiel and beetlemania worked together on upgradingbeetle's 2.4se speakers so you might contact them if you are or would be concidering working on your speakers ,again . 
Favorite Guitar Solo
Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin     White Summer 
Soundstage
Very cool speakers,after years of trying the equilateral triangle at 8 feet and trying to extend the 8 feet feet listener to my rooms max of 8 ft 6 inI tried something different .My speakers manual suggested 8 feet apart and 8 to 10 feet from the ... 
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dsperFrom my experiences I am continually surprised ,a fuse !  a resistor ! speaker placement change by 1/4 inch !speaker wire gauge ( I resently doubled mine ) ! room acoustics ! power cord ! wall outlet ! TUBE ROLLING !!You have a great system s... 
Dedicated AC line - Contractor wants to use BX instead of romex
40 to 50 foot run of BX ,In Chicago BX could only be used for short runs ( 6 -8 feet )  the rest had to be conduit .So to have your cake and eat it to ask your electrician if he'll run 3/4 inch greenfield ( flexible conduit )  for you with your 10... 
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dsperI'll assume that you upgraded the Mains fuse with the Synergistic fuse ,may I suggest that you replace the other 10 fuses with Bussman or Littlefuse ceramic fuses ( $2.00 @  ) .When working on my DNA-250 I replaced all the glass fuses with th... 
What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital?
At 68 I'm flipping vinyl and cleaning every record 98 % of my listening time , the only reason that I have a CD player is because the music was not released on vinyl ( like Poet  a tribute to Townes Van Zandt )or because the very limited release c... 
Speakers Corner Releases - Any Good
So far I love everyone I have and will purchase this labels releasesin the future . 
A solid tube photo stage around 1500
@simao I learned about Tavish Designs from reading Sterophile ,Herb Reichert uses it as his reference phono preamp .Reviewed 6/1/2016 . 
A solid tube photo stage around 1500
Look into Tavish Design Adagio ,tube only for high output with step-up transformers for MC .It took me 2 years to make up my mind on which phono preto go with and like you want and wallet doesn't always coincide .Guess I'm to late with my advise .