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    Opening the audio mind...

    Ok let me preface this, I'm still quite a newbie when it comes to better audio, granted I have a killer HT/stereo hybrid rig I've been fiddling with things in my bedroom for a good listening system...
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    Re: New here, modest system....don't beat me up!

    Rested? Bud Bud Bud...you know there's no rest for the wicked! lol. Seriously how are you? Been a while...and yeah I know went MIA elsewhere...it's a long story.
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    Re: New here, modest system....don't beat me up!

    Thanks...again...lol. Just getting back into the swing of things audio-wise and whatnot. Slowly upping my game there...seriously!
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    Re: A Saturday Afternoon

    Enjoying my new system, after letting it burn in all week I gave it the beans a bit today and really woke up the speakers. Finally nice to hear it bloom in nicely. Surprising what happens when you...
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    Re: What’s in your glass tonight?

    Apple juice...under the weather budget audiophile...ugh I hate being sick.
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    Re: Who has more than one pair of speakers?

    Ok...now I can do a list! Yes I have multiple pairs of speakers...

    Polk
    1979 era Monitor 5 with Peerless tweeters
    Later Monitor 5 Jr+ with SL2000 tweeters
    1985 SDA 2 with mild mods
    RTiA3...
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    Re: Playing beyond it's price point

    I've found something can play beyond it's price point...if you hold out and wait for something to go on a deeply cut sale price. I've managed to pick up some items like this where it's nearly half...
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    Re: New here, modest system....don't beat me up!

    After some time away I'm back...still got a massive home theater/2 channel hybrid but slimmed down my sig to my smallsih insanely nice 2 channel bedroom rig. Got some reading to do...but eh...Hello...
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    Re: Well respected speakers that you don't like

    hrm let the fur fly...I've personally heard the Focal Grande Utopia EM speakers powered by a huge stack of Bryston gear. My impressions...meh. Honestly too sterile and not a lot of fun in the...
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    Re: Holiday AUDIO Wish List?

    Yep, and when hot rodded...they can do wonderful things, if I'll ever get a pair? Highly doubt it. Bought myself a headphone amp last month and called it my xmas gift to myself :)
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    Re: Holiday AUDIO Wish List?

    (Ducks) My holiday audio wish list is short and simple.

    Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL speakers, completely hot rodded to the nines with isolation transformer in the SDA cable.
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    Re: The Schiit

    I've been checking out Schiit myself, considering the Ragnarok combination headphone amp/actual power amp for my main desktop computer, would be a decent nearfield start to go with the high end sound...
  13. My systems, no pics cause well..I need to do some tidy up big time...

    Three separate systems, each with it's pluses.

    Ok the first system, my main showstopping HT/2 channel hybrid rig is detailed in my signature. I'm not as liquid as some in the hobby but I scoured...
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    I use canned air to get the top layer off, Swiffer duster to finish the job, especially on my gold coloured Yaqin MC-10L tube intergrated...works quite well.
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    Re: Attention All Members, Please Read !!

    Thanks for letting me and my humble cheap budget system(s) in here, sure the main one is nice, the other two ain't too half bad, now just don't frown on me when I go ask a stupid question!
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    Re: What is your favorite piece of gear?

    Second time answering this exact same question tonight, my favourite piece of gear is my Parasound HCA-1200II amplifier, while not as high end as much of the equipment you folks roll it certainly...
  17. Re: iPhone Launch 9.9.2014 "Wish we could say more"

    Mine was part of the recall too, but I paid to get it replaced a month ago, got refunded.
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    Re: Favorite tube amp/tube make/model combo

    I wouldn't mind getting my hands on 4 of those tubes for my Yaqin, it'd be a nice upgrade.
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    In my bedroom stands a pair of original Monitor 5 bookshelf speakers with the Peerless tweeters, begging to be hooked up to the tube intergrated I recently acquired. Gonna try that thing on all of my...
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    And now, the one post that could get me shot around here...lol

    Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL fully modified and upgraded. Crossover upgrades, hurricane nuts for all the drivers, binding post upgrades,...
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    Re: Hi From Alberta CAN

    Welcome to the tank fellow Canuck, I'm a former transplanted Calgarian myself, good to see Alberta represented so well here :)
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    Re: Do you want accuracy over musicality?

    For me, musicality wins over sterile surgical accuracy. Sure that's what some strive to get to but I'm a bit of a tweaker, if it takes a bump at 63Hz from the EQ to bring a little life in the low end...
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    Re: Gear Swapping vs. Gear Hugging

    For now, I'm a gear hugger, it took a year to get my system to sound "just right". I don't want to fiddle with the synergy just yet until I can spend at least a solid year goosing it and seeing where...
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    Re: Monday morning musings....

    How about my under $500 Yaqin tube intergrated that sounds quite nice? :)
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    Re: Monday morning musings....

    I personally am interested in "value" gear, granted I swim in the shallow end of the audiophile pool my dual purpose setup cost me around $6,200 and doesn't include the price of a piece that was...
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