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@ Joel, I disagree with your sweeping statement above. I am not any of the first three, however, I am definitely a good example of the last one.

Steerpike,  your "comments" regarding the electrons and manic depressive devices is very witty and very clever. Either no-one else thought it amusing or it went over their heads. Keep those comments coming!

@ Johnny Begotten.    Thats exactly what I was trying to say in my inarticulate way,  In spite of "roll-off" poor distortion figures and tape hiss etc on all the old music equipment, you cant just slough it off as a nostalgia thing because even younger people, who have better ears than mine, and...

There are many theories as to why old audio equipment sounds better than the latest and best stuff. I use as an example here why valve amps with horrible specifications sound better to most people who give an unbiased opinion. Even within the valve amplifier group one gets the Single Ended...

on my wishlist is to have a "room" as big as this to plonk down my system. I think that most of my house would fit into that "theater"

Am I seeing things or does that three arm turntable run anti clockwise or is it built for left handed vinylists?

I am so mechanically minded that the way I assess a product , is to listen to it and if it sounds good ,I open the case and look inside. If is crammed full of electronic things and is strongly built,...Then it must be a good product, and then I will alialise with it. Ha ha.

It looks a lot like the tonearm that came with the Marantz 6300 DD turntable which I bought many years back and only recently sold to a forum member.

If having a sealed box produces less bass, then how come real AR speakers were sealed and for the size of the box produced some of the lowest bass notes effortlessly. I'm talking about AR 11's AR3's not the "made in China" ones which have ports. AR called it "accoustic suspension" and  AR...

@ Ampdog.  What value capacitor and what type (polyester, mkp etc.) and what value resistor, and what wattage? I need to do this on some of my appliances so I would really appreciate a bit of advice. Many thanks in advance.

Where were the Giya's and for Francois, dont those poll people know about Tannoys? What was this poll supposed to prove? Price range, value for money, or speakers for the hard of hearing? Just joking, but I would like to know how the tests were done and how were the results aquired.

@ Skollie,  grammar. The keys to my Laguna "are" not in the plate.    "keys" plural  means that "they" are not in the plate. "key" singular would be "the key to my Laguna is not in the plate. Sorry  Skollie I couldnt resist this since you called the grammar and spelling on this forum is...

Mike, please start working on these "mothers" and take copious pictures of all the repairs and or modifications you do. The time for boasting is over. Fix those "toys" and leave the turntable "gemors" for now please. Regards, Mike the valvaglo.

My problem is I dont trust the stuff they use for the hot glue. I have had "hot glue" let go over time and on a warm day. I wouldnt want your speakers to come tumbling down one day when you are at work and the sun shines on those stands in the summer. I must say though, that the stands are...

Thanks Mike and Kent if I was in Cape Town I would make an effort to go and see these speakers, they appear to be the forerunners of Accoustats, what do you say Fdlsys?

Do the speakers contain the OTL valve amps? or are the amps seperate? or what? I am asking because I am a keen collecter of OTL amps.

I can also recall many instances in my life where a borrowed item was never returned and when I foolishly assisted a homeless man to look more respectable in order for him to get a job and a new  ID book. I lent him my best Levi"s my new Cowboy boots to match and obviously matching...

Bass is beautiful.  I have recently decided to re-connect my old sub. The reason why I stopped using it was that all my more learned Audiophile Friends scowled at my use of a sub. So in order to also appear audiophile-worthy I stopped using it until Francois lent me a pair of Quad 2905 ESL...

Ghostie, Thanks for the acknowledgement for the bases.  I am glad that they turned out as they did. Although I am very impressed by the way you have restored the actual screens on the mics. To me that is impressive.

Those old Kenwoods sometimes blow the starting capacitor and a resister which one can buy and solder into place and it's on the go for another few years again. Go Google "Kenwood capacitor repair" or something like that. Those very old Kenwoods could also by now do with a bit of a service,new...