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Dq-10 Rotted Speaker Foam Repair
While were on the subject of DQ-10's, ive read about all these mods that people have done to them...ie x-over rebuilds and such, and i wondered if anyone had any experience with what i can do to mine that would help the most. I realize thats a lit... 
Reverse Speaker Selector
What about building a simple little switch box, like a pair of dpdt high amp switches in a little box? It seems like too simple of a solution.... 
Reverse Speaker Selector
I want to run a surround reciever into the speakers, as well as a 2 channel preamp/amp into the same speakers. I realize that this would be easy if the surround reciever had pre-outs and i could just that with a seperate power amp for the main cha... 
Reverse Speaker Selector
Can i do this without pre-outs on the HT reciever? 
Pre-amp outs
Audiophanatik:Yea, i probably will have gone through lots of equipment by the time im 40, though maybe not so much when im living in a dorm room or when im a starving grad student ;)Im tossing around several ideas for powering the dahlquists, and ... 
Pre-amp outs
Audiophanatik:I thought about that, but im looking for something to fit an extremly tight budget (i.e. fast food job). The center and surrounds arent terribly important to me right now, so im just looking for a way to get more out of my dahlquist'... 
How did you get into this hobby?
I got into it through my friend and his dad. His dad was a rep for quite a few speaker companies in the 80's and early 90's and still does some work for a couple of them. It kind of shocked me the first time i heard his set of M&K's or his dah... 
What do You listen to?
I always though (for my age (17)) i had a pretty wide taste in music ranging anywhere from metallica to john coltrane to reel big fish to nine inch nails to glenn miller to dream theater to squirrel nut zippers to frank zappa to counting crows to ... 
What's the funniest or dumbest thing you did?
Ive never done anything stupid (knock on wood), but my friends dad who got me into hifi punched a hole in the surround of the woofer in his speaker while commenting that it was amazing that hes never had to refoam them yet. 
I need a new Web Browser....now
First of all, you dont need a new browser, you need a new isp. AOL is the bose of the isp industry. Im not even going to get into a debate on your use of a mac, so ill just suggest alternative isp's.Earthlink does good usually, and its pretty chea... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
1)1994 Ford Mustang2)1994 Ford Mustang 5.03)1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 428 Cobrajet 
Why aren't all CDs created equally?
The problem is that most people's boomboxes and MTX subwoofers can't play CD's clean enough for producers to bother making them sound good for the small percentage of people who have higher-end audio gear. I am especially aware of this because I l... 
Where have all the protest songs gone?
There are plenty still writing protest songs. For example: anything by Rage Against the Machine, Metallica always has an anti-war song on pretty much every album, a lot of punk bands do, Reel Big Fish has a lot of anti-music industry songs, Tool h... 
5 most recognizable voices in American music?
Billie Joe (Green Day), the guy from the Smashing Pumpkins, Les Claypool, Trent Reznor, and James Hetfield maybe. 
Upbeat music suggestions?
Ska. For a more modern sound try 3rd wave stuff like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less Than Jake, Catch 22, Reel Big Fish, or Five Iron Frenzy.