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Swirls and Scratches on Glossy Back Wood Surface
A microfiber cloth is perfect for polishes . recently had to clean up some piano black finished speakers to sell . 3m polish and a microfiber worked great on fine swirl marks. All done by hand  
Amplifier for Focal 936
I ran a 100 watt Exogal amplifier on a pair of Aria 948 with ease . Great sounding speakers by the way . Hope you enjoy them 
TV / Movies worth Listening To
The opening theme song to Halt And Catch Fire . It was a 3 or 4 season show based in the 80's timeframe about technology .  
Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers?
The NAD Silverline series , Gryphon amp in a NAD chassis . Under $1000 on the used market  
Should I buy used Thiel CS5
The price seems high to me . For comparison , I bought a pair of CS7 off craigslist with a matching center channel and a pair of cs2 for $1700 You should ask this question on the Thiel owners posts which has been running for a few years and seems ... 
SCAM ALERT ON MULTIPLE CRAIGS LISTS - Watch Out!
Same ad in Mpls , Mn got excited for a minute , then read a review on that piece . Overdone bass was stated . even for $600 ,cant have a bass booster in my system . 
IsoAcoustics GAIA footers: impressions
I have only read positive experiences with them . Cant recall a single bad review . I own them and have put them under 6 different speakers , always an improvement . 
New Preamp arrived....
This is not surprising at all . Hopefully you can return the Quicksilver if you do prefer the shiit in the end . A better pot volume control is the Knobsound NS 05P . It has both RCA and balanced ins and outs . I once had a $7000 Marantz pre and I... 
Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic
So far from what I have been reading regarding the Shroeder method is 100% positive results . What is the next step with this method ? Will the big cable companies start to implement this ? Why has this never come to market in all the decades of w... 
Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...."
Any of the Wadia players from just reading about them in forums . Never owned one though . 
Just how big is our foot print?
Audiogon should set up a area for users to start blogs . There are so many users that could give great input on all things audio .  
Vandersteen VLR CT
pstores There is a Vandersteen dealer in Bloomington MN  
Something For The Fuse Guys ...
Mapman - That small handful of people are the marketing team . 
New to the two channel world - Advice needed on preamp
Pick yourself up something like a nobsound ns-05p to start . compare any preamp to that first . You may save yourself 2k that you can put elsewhere . For $50 every single audiophile should try one . This is for digital though  
Something For The Fuse Guys ...
The new fuse will make everything better that was even better than the last fuse which was even better than the previous fuse which was even better and more lifelike than the previous fuse . Your significant other will come into the room smiling a...