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Who R U?
I'm Jerry, 51, and have lived in AZ all my life except for four years in Puerto Rico, beautiful island and wonderful people. I am a buyer for R&D missile development for a huge . . . | 486 |
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What other obsessions do you have?
My family and my religion are much more an influence in my life and they dominate my time. This hobby does give me a time alone occasionally to lose myself and relax. When . . . | 94 |
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Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke?
I'm going to hang on to my Realistic Mach 1's! I've seriously wondered if there was something I could do with these to reach the sonic level previous members have shared. Any . . . | 73 |
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Aragon 4004 mk2 vs Adcom 555 mk2
I'm the owner of the Aragon 4004 MK II with current pictures and actaully if I remember there are two transformers, stacked. As I look close at the photos I took I'm even more sure. . . | 61 |
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What's the funniest or dumbest thing you did?
I was in a hurry to put a new NYAL Moscode 300 Maxi into my system. All of this shuffling combined with living in hot Arizona worked up a sweat pretty quickly. As I was plugging. . . | 44 |
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speaker cables with a warm sound
I have always found Purist Audio to be very warm and maybe even dark. The Elementa is affordable, well built, detailed, yet warm. These are about 80 -85% of the Colosus sound for. . . | 20 |
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Power Amp suggestions in $2000 range ?
I like the Bel Canto EVO series. They go for a lot less than $2k used and are great sounding. The 120 WPV EVO had better slam, control and in every other sonic way better than my. . . | 19 |
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Markpao vs Kudret: Buyer reports problem with purchase
Agree with: Both parties have valid points, compromise I hate UPS and refuse to use them. Maybe I have been lucky with Fed Ex Ground but so far they have been great. What a . . . | 15 |
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Tgsstewart vs Gotfleas: Buyer reports problem with purchase
Agree with: Tgsstewart completely, grant full request The seller misrepresented the item. It wasn't as advertised, mistake or not it's wrong. Shipping damage responsibility goes. . . | 13 |
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What item sold you cannot live without??
A pair of Energy 1.8 speakers. I chose the NHT 3.3 for the long haul but the Energys far surpassed anything else I have ever heard in soundstage and layering. A gut wrenching . . . | 13 |
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Shipping Speakers, watch out
I had the UPS Store pack and ship a pair of ADS towers from AZ to Ca. I paid $252.50 total and they were destroyed in route. The UPS driver sets the two boxes on the porch of the. . . | 13 |
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A new ploy for fraud?
This same guy from England tried to buy an amp I was selling. I caught on up front and am trying to help the police now. He will buy an item as reported and have a third party . . . | 13 |
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Gmoney22 vs Jdub7: Buyer reports problem with purchase
Agree with: Jdub7 completely, grant full request I sold a pair of Acoustats last year and the buyer used a similar carrier to transport them. The speakers were placed in the . . . | 12 |
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Audible Illusions Modulus 3A problems
The Preamp sounds FANTASTIC and I may just mute the signal when I change the volume for a while. The $850.00 and up is more than I want to consider but eventually I may go for the. . . | 11 |
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Red headed stranger or the man in black?
I've been a Cash fan since I was a kid, it started with "A Boy named Sue." His country music as well as his Folk music in latr years crossed many boundaries in my life . . . | 9 |
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Which tube amp to buy?
Thank you all for your input. I'm going ahead and buying the Harmon Kardon. There is a picture of this exact amp at http://pages.prodigy.net/jimmcshane/citpage.htm. It sounds as. . . | 7 |
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Which Moscode 300 vs 600
I guess my experience was 600 reminded me of a solid state sounding amp. I have Dunlavy Cantatas which have the same basic drivers as the 4A. I am thinking the 300 is my best bet. . . | 6 |
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NHT 3.3 , anybody modded this speaker?
was able to find a schematic of the cross-overs and the part selections are very difficult to repeat with off the shelf values. I will most likely leave them alone | 5 |
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Damned brands or not good electronics?
I have owned several Moscode 300's in my life. They were nice but not as powerful as a pure SS amp and to get the real warmth need to be warmed up for extended periods of time. . . . | 4 |
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Digital vs. Analog sonics
Thanks for the responses and I also have just remembered a problem that is inherent to the Pioneer DVD players. When you place a cd in this transport and close the drawer you need. . . | 4 |
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Bel Canto EVO4 gen II vs. Sonic Frontiers Power 2
Hmmm, possibly. I had put in the system a pair of Energy 1.8 Veritas and the lateral imaging was stunningly good. But, the depth was shallow. I didn't know if it was the 1.8s or . . . | 3 |
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Help with Revel F50 and C50
OK, I took the speakers to a local shop and it is the drivers that are bad, not the crossovers. These speakers apparently have a quality issue where the wire leads between the . . . | 2 |
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How to pack a VPI HW-19 TT?
I also need to know this. Thanks for starting the thread | 2 |
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Power cord for Bel Canto Evo 4?
I use the JPS Power AC and the price is close. I used to use the JPS Kaptivator ($1500.00) and wow but I felt guilty and sold it. The AC is quite good and neutral | 1 |
