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Burned out hi fi salesman My experience with hi fi in NH was going into one of the few high end dealers (mostly home theater) and asking about tube amps. I was shown a Golden Tube tube SE 40 amp for about $. . .	82
What's the "worst" cdp for the money? Nothing is as crappy now as it was back in the 70's when I was in collge. Tech Hi Fi in Amherst Ma talked me into buying a Dokoder MK 50 cassette recorder for about $150. That . . .	78
Speltz Anti Cables Ever see knob and tube electric wiring? Too bad this set up would be so unsightly	72
Wife approval factor? My fiance and I are not getting married for another month, so before we merge finances, I bought a sweet pair of Meadowlark Blue Heron 2's . Her comment upon seeing them in the . . .	69
Speaker upgrade help needed: 4500$ used You should consider a used pair of Meadowlark Blue Heron II's. They can be had right now for $4500 used in Audiogon, and have $900 tweeters, let alone the rest of the Scanspeak . . .	42
Review: Bose 201 Series V Had a roomate at UMass Amherst in 1976 who got hold of the blueprints for the Bose design (from a friend who worked at Bose) and built a number of sets of Bose speakers, and the . . .	38
Shanling/Music Hall CD Player repair Check with Ensemble Music Systems & Home Theater 166 Daniel Webster Hwy Ste 68 Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 888-9777 . Ask for Joe. He used to be the Rotel service manager, but has an . . .	15
Question about quality of Meadowlark I am so satified with my BH2's, that I would buy more of them as an investment if I had the money. They are selling for $4500 used right now(if they sell), down from $7000 used . . .	11
Music Hall Maverick, Is it any good I have had a Maverick with level 1 mods from Parts Connexion that I bought used about a year ago. It was $1000 used, about half of the retail price. This unit has performed . . .	10
What is thought of BMC, black mountain, cables? Seems as though there is no way to actually order their cables for the full price on line. At least there is no automated ordering. You have to call them and tell them you want a $. . .	8
Review: Meadowlark Audio Shearwater hotrod Speaker I, like IRC3479, am also using the Cayin-TA30 to drive Meadowlarks, but I have the Kestral Hot Rods. The Shearwater hotrods will probably by my next set of speakers. The Cayin . . .	7
Meadowlark Blue Heron 2 / Tube System System edited: OK, got some Signal Cable Analog interconnect with Eichelman ends, Signal Cable power cords, Signal Cable digital interconnect, a Cayin TA30 tube amp with Busy Bee . . .	6
Broken AudioQuest Caldera speaker cable ends... Hi. I think that damage done by your own pets is possibly not covered by your homeowners insurance. I had a friend whose dog got it's collar stuck on a faucet when the owners weren. . .	5
Tube Audio Design TAD-1000 100 watt Mono Blocks Actually, I am running two Cayin TA 30's and a TAD 150 signature pre amp. I have the set up bi-wired and power corded with Signal Cable exclusively. I am very happy with the sound. . .	5
Efficient Match for Shanling Mono TUBES ? I am running Chris Johnson Modded Shanling SP80 monoblocks with Meadowlark Blue Heron II and a Music Hall Maverick SACD player, also modded by Chris Johnson. The tubes were . . .	4
One particular tube upgrade elim my speaker hum Got the Amperex EL 34's for $199 for 4. Good deal. Actually, the RCA blackplates failed, they were $20 for 2, and I got a week of heavy use out of them. I did put in Telefunken . . .	4
Bybee Slipstream Golden goddess speaker cable tail Thanks for the info. Enjoy your Pure Notes	3
Differences in newer Meadowlark speakers I am seeing Blue Heron 2's on Audiogon for $4000 shipped, in 9 of 10 condition. What a deal! The drivers are worth that alone. And the cabinetry is like nothing else out there. . . .	3
Asymmetrical speaker wire arrangement issues? I've got the same situation, due to a fireplace being flanked on either side by my Meadowlark Blue Heron 2's . I am running Shanling SP80 monoblocks with anti-cable, 12 foot runs. . . .	2
Ah Njoe Tjoeb vs Marantz dv 9500? Jeff, Thanks for the advice! Mario	2
Popping sound when turning my Cayin TA 30 on/off Gary, Thanks for the response. It was actualy just a bad el34 power tube. Got a matched set of 4 new stock Mullard EL34s on sale from Tube Depot for $90 overnighted. Just in time. . . .	2
Bogdan GOLDy interconnects I see some mention of Bogdan under this link http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1105064775&read&keyw&zzbogdan I have been looking at these as well, and based on the . . .	1