jeffcott

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How much air into Townshend 3-D Seismic Sink
The older style Sinks had the red indicator led, but the newer ones (the 3D models) to the best of my knowledge do not. The 3D that I had did not. Regarding inflation, I was advised by the importer as follows:"Just inflate the Sink so that there i... 
Eagles One of these Nights - run off area wording
According to the 'wisdom of legend' at the time, the engraving on Hotel California was done by the producer Bill Szymczyk. As the story went, VOL was recorded live in one take, and Szymczyk was particularly proud of it. 
Your First Concert was.....
Double Concert: Creedence Clearwater and The Doors: Seattle Center Area in 1969 or so. 
Shipping damage protocol? Please Help.
If you look closely, you will see that the stated policies are intended to protect the buyer. One could view this as odd, in the sense that AG's revenue stream comes from the seller.IMO, it pays for both parties in a transaction and to be up front... 
Qualified Tube Technician in Pacific Northwest?
Peter:One other suggestion, that may be worthy of consideration:Brian Hawkins of Raptor Electronics. His bio as he introduced himself to me:"My "resident expert" status results from working for AudioPrism/Red Rose Music for 7 years. I was involved... 
Altis Ultima Dac - Chip set
Sawchuk: Tabl10s is right. If anyone can answer your question it is Jerry Ozment. His number is (203) 222-2274. 
Quality CD Recorder with Analog inputs,suggestion
Ozzy: According to Michael Fremer, the 'cats meow' is the Alesis MasterLink ML-9600. Judging from Fremer's remarks athttp://www.stereophile.com/digitalsourcereviews/605/ it does most everything that could be wanted, and would seem to thoroughly co... 
How Much Has CD Technology Improved in 14 Years?
Lashman: I am quite sure that you will get a wide variety of responses to this thread. I will offer mine. My learning has occurred over the last decade or so and my system has grown and changed in that time. I have used a number of players and fo... 
Genesis Digital Lens Latest Version
Illusion: The below is a note I kept from my previous reading:"If you bought a Lens with serial number lower than 111209, it has the old output driver" (from Sterophile review) - the new ouput driver is apparently much superior. 
Optical or coaxial - which one better for digital
When you say 'Optical' do you mean Toslink or ST-Optical. Toslink is considered by many to be the 'bottom of the bucket' when it comes to digital connections. In my experience, ST-Optical is an entirely different matter. Which would sound best dif... 
Looks like I need another stage...suggestions?
I fully agree with Jond. It is quite early in the game to be giving up. It sounds as though you have a full set of email dialogs which in essence should confirm receipt of payment, state intent to deliver and specify the product. These are useful ... 
Talon-New owner-NO customer service
Robyatt:I think you may have missed the point. You suggest that many here are simply 'Rives/Talon sympathizers', and that is simply not what I hear being said.The Audiogon Forums are not the wild wild west as may be the case on other sites. This i... 
Talon-New owner-NO customer service
Tnadu: Your remarks (with my compliments) are as clear and level headed as any of the responses. You raise cogent and valid points. As you have addressed me, please allow me to further clarify the position I was trying to take.With Rives now havin... 
Talon-New owner-NO customer service
Rives has been a LONG time member and contributor to this board, and has many times gone WAY out of his way to help others. To many here, his reputation is WELL known and appreciated. There ARE some risks in buying in the used market. Being one wh... 
Best of the AMperex 6DJ8/6922 Tubes
Peter: The '7316' is not a 6922 equivalent, but is a 12AU7 variant.