Recent content by puroagave

The WP8 is going on 20-yrs and hardly represents Wilson's best work altho it was the brainchild of Dave himself. I think the current models are designed by people in the background with stronger engineering chops. If you speak with early WP owners they were revered for other things like...

By national standards, Altadena is affluent. A 1,200 SF, 50-yr old starter home is $1 mil. Many are 2+ mil. La Canada next door and Pasadena to the So. have many homes valued in the mult of millions. Its another reason insurance co. started to pull out of CA, the inflated home values didn't...

There's too much finger pointing at the moment when people need to focus on saving life and limb. The winds are still blowing and supossed to pick up again this weekend, coupled with the very low humidity its like a tinderbox. Hindsight is always 20/20; Shoulda, coulda, woulda is all you hear in...

As a native Angelino, this is the worst local disaster I've witnessed since the '94 Northridge quake. It's a nightmare no one could have readily predicted. The Santa Ana's we saw earlier this week were the strongest I can remember, with gusts up to 80 mph on the coast and 100+ inland. When the...

impressive sound room and system. thanks for sharing.

I knew Robert Zeff and the Pladsen bros well. I vistied their factory in Modesto in their heyday. They operated out of a barn that faced the road where American Graffiti was filmed. Robert was way ahead of his time, he would hardwire pre-outs out the back of a tapedeck into the first...

Soundstream were good, built poorly on the inside couldnt really play loads under 2 ohms before shutting down. I toured the factory, they were close to me. By contrast, the Fosgate and Orion amps could play 1 ohm all day long. Linear Power was also a player, not at Zapco or Audiomobile's level, imo.

Like others, my early foray into audio was building a system for the car. They were pretty sophisticated for the early '80s with Zapco modular amps, bi-amped with an elec xover, 2-way satellites/sub was the way to go. Designed my own passive crossovers w/ high-order Butterworth filters. Then a...

the retail is now 22.5k, four years ago it was 17k for the identical unit. I would say its still good value at the new price but if you're buying a used one dont pay the premium unless you know its no more than a 1 yr old.

Fedex insurance only covers damage (by them, and if you can prove it) or if they lose the package while in their possession. As a shipper, I always state 'direct signature' which lets me off the hook if a porch pirate takes it.

interesting to see how the sausage is made at B&W

This past month I've been comparing class AB vs Class D with two closely matched amps re price/performance/reputation. I own both the MX-Rs and Kalugas. I've been using a very narrow lens, so to speak, in my evaluations (Quad 57s). My speakers don’t do low bass nor do they reach the highest...

Dan had partned with different lead engineers that helped shape the product. Dave Goodman that is interveiwed with Rondi has been there 30+ yrs, well into Krell's glory days. I still use a KSA-50 from the '80s to drive Quad 57s, this one is going back to CT for service.

2nd only to a early '60s 250 SWB, this is the best road-going Ferrari, IMO.