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power conditioners for digital
BPT can configure a CPC to your needs for around $400. Chris is a helpful manufacturer; can't hurt to give him a call.John 
What system do you get your audio epiphany on?
Tabl10s: You know, sensitive males in touch with their feelings! 
AT&T U Verse any good?
Thanks for the insight, Narrod. Present company excluded, of course. :) My perception is that a lot of the "phone help" service stuff is farmed out off shore, and this creates communication issues. For example, that I share my father's name was a ... 
AT&T U Verse any good?
I recently had the WORST customer service experience I have EVER had, while asking AT&T to do some very simple things as part of closing out my father's house. Not impolite, it just took hours and hours of confusion, ineptness, and tedium on t... 
What system do you get your audio epiphany on?
Friend gave me some big Madisound floor standing two ways he'd made, since he'd upgraded and I'd helped him with some drywall. If I remember, the associated equipment was NAD. Another friend and I cranked the Neville's doing "Will the Circle Be Un... 
Adcom GFA 555 amp upgrades
See also this recent thread: "Adcom GFA-545 - Modify or Move On?"John 
Gas or Charcoal
Trelja:You can go a couple of ways: pile the coals in grill, or use your starter can. Faster with starter can, easier in grill. Takes a minute or two of torching, and then ten minutes or so to burn down, depending on how much torching you do. Some... 
Gas or Charcoal
Never gas, always lump (!), never fluid (!!).Starter chimney is a good tool, but lately I tend to use a propane weed burner -- though much smaller than the one in the vid Trelja links to! Small ones that screw on a plumber's propane tank can be re... 
great musician's audio systems
Interesting thread! I went to the Tetra website, and found a "Who's Listening" page (below), which trumpets celebrity endorsements. Celebrity endorsements are supposed to be an effective form of advertising, but I'd not seen it much an audio, and ... 
question about grills....
My worry was not about grill damage, but about speaker (or Kitty!) damage caused if the grills were used as "handles" to pull the speakers over. John 
question about grills....
Ah, the price we pay for our warm fuzzies . . . .:) 
question about grills....
My current speakers don't have grills, but my last pair did, and I left them off on the grounds that the grills made the speakers look more like scratching posts -- thought the material might be just the thing to attract a scratchy-minded Kitty. H... 
Computer speakers?
Dnewhous: Sorry! Did not realize it was so designated. John 
Computer Speakers Under $200?
I have and enjoy the Swan M200 MkI (used $150), the MK II is $300 at Audio insider (link below). Looks to me like they list the M10, as well. Johnhttp://www.theaudioinsider.com/product_info.php/p/swan-m200mkii/products_id/80 
Computer speakers?
I've previously recommended the Swan M200s (about 200 new). I continue to enjoy mine. No sub, tho.John