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I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments?
L100s! I could only dream of L100s! Best I could do with my newspaper route money was the L26. When they went on sale. Was always a bit jealous of my friend who somehow managed to save up for the L36.  
HFT High Frequency Transducer
btw oops my bad, I got the special above wrong. Its buy 2 get 1 free.The most cost effective then would probably be something like buy one HFT pack of 10, and one Speaker Kit, and get one HFT Wide Angle Kit free.The speaker kits are one kit or 6 p... 
HFT High Frequency Transducer
Everyone's on a budget. Given enough time and effort most of us eventually realize the biggest bang for the buck is a holistic approach that includes tweaks like HFTs and cones and interconnects and power cords right up there with the more traditi... 
Tight bass sub recommendations
The best yet, and that's saying something considering how high he's raised the bar- Off and on over the course of a decade or so I tried building a sub that was "fast" enough to mate well with Maggies and Quads, on the theory that there might b... 
Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members?
Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members? I'm triggered that you would even ask. 
HFT High Frequency Transducer
DIY? Yeah, uh, no. Not even. And you know something is true when it comes from someone who really, really wants it to be otherwise. Because these things work so well, and I really, really, REALLY wanted to be able to make a bunch and save myself a... 
Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass?
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter "S".The letter "S" has the Super Power of being able to turn singular into plural. But not always! Due to a design flaw it can only do this when used at the end of a word. Luddite Forces in the Audiover... 
A Shockingly Straightforward Query
Since you can't audition either one then the choice is simple: buy the one you can return no questions asked.If neither one can be returned then the choice is even easier: keep looking. 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
What, he asked of Audiogon's reigning physicist, is a "Quantum well"? 
Why Sinatra???
Frank Sinatra is like Tom Cruise. I'm tired of that guy being in so many movies. Why is that guy in so many movies? Uh, talent. 
Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass?
More Audiokinesis gold:The ear simply does not have the time-domain resolution to hear a slight timing mis-match in the subwoofer region. The ear is UNABLE to even detect the presence of bass energy from less than one full wavelength, compared to ... 
An encounter and lesson in speaker prices ...
There's no shortage of guys with way too much money and way, WAY too many dealers who find educating them too much work when its far easier to simply take their money.One of the best things that happened to me was the dealers who happily let me al... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
First up was a Reference Recording 45 of Mickey Hart "Rafos" one of those odd audiophile deals in plain white with only a little sticker on the cover, with some of those culturally odd mostly instrumental arrangement kind of things where sounds ke... 
Not Enjoying My Turntable
I sure hope the OP realizes Elizabeth is kidding about the vacuum cleaner. Everyone knows you clean records with a pressure washer. 
Step down transformers detrimental to SQ?
A web search turns up ONE country on Earth running 100v, Japan. The world being a big place rendered tiny by the internet, where anything and everything can be found (a German man looking for people willing to be killed and eaten had several appli...