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| Best bargain find ever ? Two Scott LK-72B integrated amps - one pristine; the other a little dinged up, both with all tubes intact. All from the dumpster for free. One man's trash...-Richard | |
| Matching stepup to phono stage Doug/All,Any thoughts on best resistor type (and wattage) for loading the Bent? I've played around with various 1/8 and 1/4 watt carbon comp, metal-film, ceramic-chip types, etc, yet I tend to keep coming back to plain old 1/4 watt carbon film typ... | |
| Receiver shuts down after a message Well, it seems you've done the diagnostic work for the technician yourself - it worked fine until you hooked up the center channel. That pretty much says it all. Dropped or not, the unit worked before hooking up the center channel. As I said in my... | |
| Receiver shuts down after a message Most of this type of receiver uses an integrated 15-18 pin SIP-M output device. Usually, they are in pairs - one for the "main" speakers, and another one (plus a discreet device) for "rear" and "center" channels. My best advice is to skip the Sony... | |
| 'Table techs near Springfiled MA,Albany NY? You might want to try Accent on Music in Mt. Kisco, NY. When I had my Linn, the folks there were very helpful in providing miscellaneous parts and the such. While I never had the table set up by them, they did offer to perform a tune-up and to ins... | |
| Linn Upgrades If you check out the Naim forum or the pink fish media site, there has been great speculation (and even pictures) of the Keel, the new one-piece integrated subchassis/armboard assembley, fabricated of cast aluminum/titanium. Of course, there's als... | |
| Importance of arm length? Very important in this case:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6178659.stmHave a nice weekend.-R. | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? John,Nice score on the brass. I figured that since the final weight of the rack was in excess of 200 lbs while fully loaded, there was no need to firmly tighten all of the weight-bearing brass cones - the sheer weight of the rack alone would provi... | |
| Where does your user name come from? you said it. | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? The aluminum (or whatever material) jig doesn't have to be square - simply consistent - though being square certainly helps align to the corners of your workpiece. Mark the jig as to what the top outside corner should always "key" to -- in other w... | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? Measure twice and cut once! When I drilled my shelves (on a drill press which I know to be mandatory - it is nearly impossible to cut a perfectly perpendicular hole with a hand drill), I made a small jig out of thin aluminum, which guaranteed the ... | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? I would like to point out that I constructed this rack about three years ago. With the wild upward fluctuations on the world metals market, I am not at all suprised by the price quotes on the raw material. Material such as copper has nearly double... | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? As I recall, the final cost of materials was right around $550 - a simple breakdown was $275 for the maple (sourced from a local millworking company), another $125 for the brass audiopoints, and around $150 or so for the brass bits from McMaster-C... | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? My "flexi" was built using 2" maple, sized at 24" x 24". My upright support rods are 3/4"-10 threaded brass from McMaster-Carr, with all brass fittings - nuts, washers and top acorn nuts. For the spikes, I used Audio Points (model 2.0AP-1OINT). I ... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? My feelings pretty much mirror Hdm's in regard to sonics. While it isn't a bad sounding LP per se, there is little doubt it spent significant time on a hard drive somewhere. While you can hear some pre-echo at the beginning of a few tunes, indicat... |