bigjoe
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| Wife approval factor? i have a childhood friend who's wife made him put his rig in the spare beedroom where it sat until i bought it 3 years later.he also has a brand new harley that he asks permission to ride & 99% of the time she say's no way hose unless she is i... | |
| Wife approval factor? my wife's been a sport about the hifi & motorcycles for 20 years & has rarley complained ,unless you count the time i threw out a brand new love seat sofa because it was blocking one of my klipschorns.oh,she was pretty pissed too when i ha... | |
| Transparent Equalizers you name an eq & ive tried it & the best eq i have had in my rigs has been the dbx 20/20.mike | |
| mcintosh & big $ interconnects ive done alot of blind testing the last few days & ive come to a verdict.cables do make a difference,ive yet to hear a difference in speaker wires but with interconnects there is a difference.i put the audioquest cables in the mvp831 cdp &... | |
| Best Way to Ship & Insure Small, High Value items? this guy is talkin about "what if an item gets lost".if you are unfortunate enough to get an item lost with the post office your really in for it!ive been there.when your item dosent arrive & you call them for an update here is their response(... | |
| Best Way to Ship & Insure Small, High Value items? i would go with ups as they always pay off,ups seems to pay me faster where as the post office with their lagging senority driven employee's took 6 months to pay off.not to mention that the uspo's traking system is abysmal.i wouldnt ship a bunch o... | |
| sexiest sounding female vocalists? hey davehrab, whats up with all the footwear comments?seems a little freaky! | |
| Subwoofer options for Klipsch La Scala hi howard,ive heard lascalas called alot of different things but bass shy isnt one of them.have you tried a different amp with a little more power,my khorns didnt come alive till around 10 watts from my mcintosh mc2102 amp. | |
| How to replace blown paper cones in KEF's dont even think of just getting any old woofer from a store to replace your blown woofers,you will most likely not be happy with the results.you should be able to get both of your woofers rebuilt pretty cheap,you should be able to find a rebuilder... | |
| Building an equipment rack from scratch pilotboy,the VTI racks are ungodly sturdy,before i placed my mc2102 on the top shelf i climbed on top & stood with no problem,very stable.ive had upwards of 1,000 lbs of gear on my rack before i changed systems & it held it all without so ... | |
| Building an equipment rack from scratch ive done the DIY rack thing & in the end it ended up costing more than a factory rack.do a search on VTI here on the gon or ebay,mel has some real nice racks on the cheap too.mike. | |
| What do you put underneath floorstanding speakers? the suggestion that rlwainright made works great,the pads he is talkin about are made of rubber, i use a simular product called (humane pads).the density of the humane pads far exceeds anything you will ever get at home depot or places like that,h... | |
| mcintosh & big $ interconnects hi guys,the willingness to help here on audiogon sometimes amazes me! i have had alot of good suggestions about cables & wires that might sound good with my rig via email & here in the threads.i also recieved a generous offer(which i gladl... | |
| Keep equipement or trade? while i cant deny that its hard to stay in one place for long in this hobby i firmly believe that ive found the place where i want to be with my rig.ive never been into reviews & the latest & greatest gear,most of my efforts have been conc... | |
| Keep equipement or trade? for the last few years ive been a 2 but im at the point ill be a 1 in a few weeks.over the last 2 years ive gone thru a ton & i mean a ton of gear(over 100 different peices)not including 7 different sets of speakers.the new rig is gonna be wit... |