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Wireworld Equinox 7 speaker cables 10’ pair

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Brand new silver plate bananas on them ($48)

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Wireworld Oasis 7 Speaker cables, 10 foot pair

Recommended adhesive for MW magnets

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This has been discussed to a substantial degree, however many threads are not valid anymore.

I have a few drivers I need to re-align, but would like an adhesive I could still break apart in the future if I had to without cracking the magnet.

Just planning ahead if by chance they shifted again. I cannot imagine they would but would like the option.

PolkFEST West....

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There has been much talk of a SoCal get-together, and thus far, nothing has come of them. Once again, I toss my hat in the ring to host an audio meet at my home in Woodland Hills, Ca... thinking of the second week in March, depending on the wife's schedule. My home is big enough to have a few setups going, and a patio for gathering around the grill and enjoying the music. All my gear will be available for audition and pairing with whatever anyone cares to bring along.

Lets make this happen and have some fun!

John

FS: Parasound 2250 v2/ RTA11T/ JBL L3

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The Parasound is in mint condition. Not a flaw on it. I have the oem box and manual. Smoke free home. I'm the original owner.

$600 +SH from 32953 or Local pick up 40 min east of Orlando FL.

RTA 11T in black and in very good condition with 194 tweeters. $250.00 local only. Not TLs.

JBL L3 in good condition. $250.00 Local only.

Will post some pics tomorrow.

Rosso Fiorentino Volterra in Dakar

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"Someone" on the forum is upgrading and I will have these ready for a new owner. These are in pristine condition and include all original packaging.

Retail was $13,000. Asking $8,000.

If you really want to go all out and have a reference system, pair this with the Norma separates I am selling. This pairing is true end-game performance.

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PS Audio Stellar S300 power amplifier

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I logged some time earlier this evening listening to my stereo system with the new PS Audio Stellar S300 amplifier in place. This is my third time listening to it since I hooked it up last Saturday. I typically hesitate to write about my experiences with new gear this soon after trying them out, but I have some initial observations which I feel are poignant and impactful.

To put it simply, I'm very impressed with this amplifier. I really like what I'm hearing, and it sounds quite good for being brand new with under 10 hours on it. PS Audio quotes a 200 hour break in time. If that's the case and it's going to get even better from here, then I'm in for a real treat.

To compare it to the outgoing Bryston 3B ST which was clean, this is even cleaner. This is evident at lower volumes, but especially when playing in the 75db range. I hate to use the simple term "better", but the S300 simply sounds better at these higher volume levels. My theory is that this is because it is technically more accurate. Because it is more accurate, it's therefore more true to the source - more true to the music. And because it's more true to the music, there's more emotion there as well.

So, if you value accuracy over other elements, then it could be "better" than your current amplifier. Personally, I love accuracy and detail so it sounds damn good to me.

That being said, there is no harshness, brightness, or fatiguing quality to it's sound. There's nothing that's inherently evident about it's sound signature that would lead you to believe it is Class D, such as a lack of musicality or a digital glare. I'm confident that if you listened to this amplifier without knowing what it was and what it's topology was, you would probably guess typical A/AB SS or tube. It just sounds "good".

The first day I tried it with RCAs going from the preamp to the S300. I noticed a quiet ground loop style buzz could be heard coming through the speakers when no music was playing. Additionally, when I turned on my Cambridge Audio CXN V2 I could hear a slight static-y interference and random modulating noise coming through the speakers as it communicated over WiFi. Again, this couldn't be heard over the music, but it's clear that the SE RCA hookup wasn't ideal, and that maybe the shields on the cables were acting as a sort of antenna as well.

The next day I decided to try XLRs running from the preamp to the S300 and all the noises were gone. No more faint ground loop buzz and no more WiFi noises. Great! But it gets better. The soundstage got wider AND taller, dramatically so. Midrange also felt fuller and lusher. I'm aware of how sometimes the volume increase from going from RCAs to XLRs can be perceived as an improvement, but that's not the case here. It was much more substantial of a change versus just a rise in gain. I verified with my db meter that I was playing at the same levels that I typically listen at. Clearly, if you have the PS Audio Stellar Pre/DAC and the S300, they are designed to be hooked up with XLRs.

Going back to it's fit and finish and overall performance. It's a fairly plain enclosure that won't win any beauty contests, but that's because they focused on what's inside. There are some niceties like two sets of rhodium plated binding posts though! Another thing I appreciated is how there is no power on or power off transients/thumps heard through the speakers. It also runs remarkably cool, getting just barley warm to the touch after several hours of listening.

On the amplifier front, I've now tried a NAD 316BEE integrated, a McCormack DNA-125, the Dayens Ampino Monoblocks, and the Bryston 3B ST. I feel that the S300 outperforms all of them. It's just smoother and more coherent top to bottom. It also has great dynamics and rhythm. It presents a huge amount of musical information in a perfectly coherent package. No one single sound overshadows another. Everything is just held out in front of you, ripe for the picking.

You can pick and choose what individual element to get lost in, or enjoy the performance as a whole. The detail, clarity, top to bottom even frequency response, and rhythmic drive are fantastic. I highly recommend you take a listen to an S300 and change your whole perception on what Class D can sound like. I know I just did.

I'm enjoying it so much that I'm actually hesitant to swap in some new SCs and ICs that I have on deck, for fear of changing what I'm hearing right now. Desire to tweak fading, desire to settle in for a while with the Stellar Pre & S300 combo growing. Now for someone like me who likes to try out a lot of different gear and cables, that's really saying something.

Snake!

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My friend was cleaning his car in the garage a few minutes ago and found this waiting to greet him. Looks like a Rattlesnake but, appears to be a Bullsnake since we're in central Illinois. He was able to use a rake and get it into a box and release it. Boy, if that wouldn't get your heart rate going!

LSiM703 versus S55

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I see the 703 are on sale so I need opinions please.

I have a pair of S55's and a S30 and I would like to know how much better the 703's would sound compared to the S55's. Use is about 60-70% TV and movies and 30-40% music.

I have no experience with the 703's so I need some opinions from the experts.

I am using a Yamaha 2070 and an Outlaw 5000. I do have a HSU sub.

Thanks

? about Tv & SmartPhone

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Ok. I have a brand new Skyworth 12volt tv/dvd. It has USB port in back. Can i plug my SmartPhone into it & watch Utube & maybe stream some movies online with my cellphone ? It is NOT a smart Tv. Havent tried because i dont want to fry something if its not ment to be.. Tv does have dvd player on side which i use often as i have 2 12v tv's. I have a 55in smart tv in garage storage but with solar panels & space in camp is limited. Any thoughts TIA

Hi Guys, I'm back...........

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How's the forum been ?
I've been away for quite awhile, but still very active in the quest for new sound.
Lately, I've been aquiring inexpensive speakers from my youth via Ebay and Craig's list and toying with them.
It's how I deal with my winter doldrums.
My latest venture was with a pair of 1974 Lafayette (Creative) bookshelves.
These were in very good shape cabinet wise and had CTS drivers, mainly a 6" woofer with a tiny alnico horshoe magnet and a 2.5" paper cone tweeter.
I say had, because I wanted the very ornate molded edge wood veneer cabs for a full range project and already owned a better pair of 6" blue paper CTS woofers from the same era with whizzer cones and large accordian pleated surrounds.
My original plan was to just unhook the tweeters and run the cabs as a sealed unit, but I eventually had to see what they would sound like with a port.
I did this by making a wooden inlay to fill the tweeter routs and then cutting a hole through the center of the plug to mount my ports.
These speakers from yesteryear have very nasty fiberglass insulation in them, so I made a small foam port bung to both filter the evil dust from exitting the cabs and also creating a mild acoustic brake for the 10 watt drivers.
I have to say, that they exceeded my hopes and dreams and sound quite nice.
I did have to pad the mids a bit and boost the treble, but I'd rather do that than to have to add resistors and such.
I also have a new pair of Dayton 6.5" point source full range drivers which are going into the cabs that the donor woofers came from (Realistic Solo1's).
My carpenter friend already fashioned some new face plates for those and seeing that the old ones are bolted in, I can swap in the new drivers without modding the cabs.
Still a month until motorcycle season, so this is what I do with my spare time.

Show some excursion!

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I’m sure some of you will scoff at this, but let’s see some of your subs/speakers move!

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Post a picture... any picture

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"Feeding me rice again, I'll get ya ya little brat."

LSiM 705 on sale again Adorama $999.00 for a pair


Polk Soundbar just stopped powering on

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Soundbar worked one day quit the next - it sometimes has a power light come on but won’t keep power. Tried a different plug - same problem.

Near perfect Cary-SLP-98 in Jaguar Red w/ "Silver" face plate ... STRIKING appearance

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Functionally perfect

Cosmetically, near perfect. 8/10 by 'Gon stds. IMHO it's 9/10

I'll post pix tomorrow

I picked-up this sweet thing about 6 yrs ago from a Dr in OH and haven't looked back, until now . . .

It's time to move on. I'd keep her, if I had room. But what I'd like to do is up-my-game in another area

Although this stock pre sounded amazing, 5 yrs ago I decided to go the Upgrade Path and sent it to Cary for the HT by-pass, Hexfreds and direct coupled (I think that's the equivalent of the optional F1 upgrade)

NOTE: Cary CS can be hit or miss, depending. So my receipt shows the above EXCEPT the direct coupled caps. But they claim it's been done . . . Any who, Sounds Amazing

Prior to sending it in for the upgrades, I had a custom shipping box made.

Included is a Revelation Audio Labs Cryo-Silver Reference umbilical cord that makes a Big Diff

This pre responds very well to tube rolling, especially in the 2 front positions. But the other 2 positions are responsive as well
It takes 4 - 6SN7 tubes

The "silk screening" print still looks good. See pix forthcoming

Comes with 4 stock EH tubes, custom shipping box, original umbilical, RAL umbilical, original owners manual and my receipts from RAL and the Cary for the upgrades

Local pick-up is much preferred. Traveling an hour or so 1/2 way is doable

Theres a reason they call this SLP-98 a "Sweet Little Pre" . . . because it IS

My zip is 48098

Payment method is negotiable

Net $2,500 to me

SDA1b (or early c) - opinions?

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Picking these up tomorrow for a song. No interconnect, but can build one. Opinions? Suggestions? Thoughts? Where do these fall on the ol Polk desirability scale?
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It's!..... lightman1 karma time again!

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$250 cash in hand
Y'all know the drill..
The Lone Star trip has been spoken for already. So suck it up sissies....
Pick one from 1-249 and if I like you you're in.
Random drawing on March 10...

Weather at Your House?

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WIth winter here I have been seeing that so far the northeast and mid west have been getting some nice weather recently. As a frequent flyer and traveller. I am always needing to check the weather at my destinations and usually use Intellicast.com as a friend of mine who is a pilot/skydiver tuned me into some years ago... No BS adverts no political agenda.... just the weather and easy to search with forecasts and radar and frequent updates... works on everything...

I recently put my PWS (personal weather station) online :smile:

http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KFLCAPEC94

anybody else with a PWS link?

What's the weather like at your house today?


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