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    Elusivity

    Okay, so it's not a word. At least, I'm pretty sure (>90%) it isn't, but I'm not browser-searching it to check. Because even if it isn't a word, you know its meaning... and I like the way it sounds. Some recordings elude us. One that has dodged me for years, decades actually, is Passport's...
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    Musical Interlude Encounter Today

    My Case Manager stopped by today for her Quarterly assessment per Medicare requirements. She's a new-to-me one - they tend to change jobs a lot, so that's not unusual - a young black lady, Debra. I lowered the volume as she came in, but left it playing Acoustic Alchemy. As she sat on the...
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    In From The Cold

    My unheated enclosed garage. Chip amp cheapie, NAD 4130 tuner, ADS L400 metal cab speakers. Should I bring the speakers in before temps get down to freezing, or below? I have a pair of BIC America center channel speakers that I care less about, that I could leave out there. Don't sound as...
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    How Demanding A Listener Are You?

    I've found myself writing of other various AKers (and thinking the same about many of you) that this specific member is a more demanding listener than I am. Compared to some of you I'm just a piker. I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to speakers. Not that picky at all. Of course, every...
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    Unofficial Monitor Audio Owner Thread

    I have lived with the Silver 6 for several months now, and love the sound more than any other speaker I've owned. Clarity, resolution is excellent. A two-and-a-half-way design, the upper woofer is tuned via a port high on the rear of the cabinet to a higher frequency (handing the mids) than...
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    NuForce STA200 Power Amp

    First, I want to make it clear that I have not heard, do not own, nor am I considering a purchase of this amp because I simply have no need for it. However, it looks like it could be a winner, and I failed to find any threads about it. So if you show me one (or five) such threads, then, well...
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    Best-Sounding, Most Expensive And You

    What components comprised the best-sounding system you ever heard? What were those in the most expensive you heard? Were they the same system? Do, or did, you own it? Many of you, I expect may find these questions difficult to answer, regardless of the brands and expense involved, at any...
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    Head To Head: HE-400i vs HD-58X

    First, let me 'fess up. These are the two best headphones I've heard in many years, like decades. I listened to some Stax Lambda Pros a good bit back in the 80s. Those were the best I heard then, and that was a long time ago. Aural memory being what it is, I certainly cannot compare those...
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    Massdrop Generally, Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee Specifically

    Have you been happy with Massdrop headphones, and their service? Has anyone heard the 58X? A current drop at $150, in stock and shipping. Closes in two days if I read correctly.
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    Building A Simple Dipole FM Antenna

    I have 25' of 3/8" copper tubing and bad reception. Have had the tubing for several years, it's doing nothing, and I have no other plans for it, and after reading about the outdoor use of vertically mounted dipoles as pretty decent omnis, it occurred to me that I have three hall closets in a...
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    Monitor Audio Silver 6 Speakers

    Now that I've lived with these for awhile, I'll make a few comments. First. Yes, they are a drastic change from Klipschorns, as anticipated. They fit my space better. They have more neutral mids, and a cleaner, clearer top end than the Khorn. The soundstage is a bit smaller. The...
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    Mark Levinson No. 585 Integrated Amp

    Well, in a previous thread (three in all, this is 2nd) [ http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/upgrade-from-separates-to-integrated-amp-long-post.788690/ ]I mentioned an Audiogon seller who I failed to come to terms with on a used No. 585. He called me an hour or two ago because...
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    ST-70 Custom Died - Where To Start?

    Perhaps I just found why I shouldn't own a tube amp. Music was playing, at low-ish volume. My wife was standing beside the amp and I was looking at her, in conversation. There was no flash, no pop or buzz or noise of any kind. No odors. The music quit playing, the tubes faded. Won't fire...
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    1:00 AM Chickendancin' Polka With The Cat

    Christine gets home from work 'round midnight from her second-shift nursing job, and then it takes awhile to wind down. Jumper sleeps in my lap while she is away, but when mama gets home it's time to play for as much as an hour. Usually that involves chasing a length of string dangling from a...
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