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    What to use to remove old glue holding down electrolitic caps on circuit boards

    Hot glue will release on contact with rubbing alcohol.
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    Speaker spikes?

    I have my 1st gen RF-7s on the spikes that came with, standing on 12"x18" furniture dollies. Great sound and mobile to boot.
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    Vintage speakers recommended

    Love my A35s!
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    Klipsch RF-7 feet "first version"

    I have my 1st gen RF-7s on the spikes, standing on footprint matching furniture dollies and biamped with Arcam gear. I'm sure the feet are in a drawer somewhere.
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    Help identifying speakers

    Vintage Van Whyte?
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    This is bizarre…

    Aliens.
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    One of your senses sharpens greatly as you age...

    ...The B S detector.
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    If your 21st century self could meet with a 20th century business owner...

    ...just before their quantum leap to success, who would it be? I say Henry Ford J L Kraft Hector and Mario Boiardi Leo Fender Alonzo Decker Jr. The things you could show any of them, think of it!
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    What small vintage speakers are in your collection?

    Dynaco A35
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    Best speaker score under $100

    Klipsch RF-7s/RC-7/RS-7s/RSW-12 Arcam AVR300/Arcam CD33 My mother called me to come and pick them up. silent since my dad passed 14 years earlier.
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    Genetic lottery winners...

    My mum~86 in July, her dad passed@48 and her mother@74 My dad's side fared similarly. My Nonna passed@59 and my grandpa passed @ 85 but my dad died@ 71. Myself and my sister, the only ones of 7 siblings that are not diabetic, myself 66 and my sister 58 in Dec. My nephew, 35 6' 6" 550 lbs...he...
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    Learned in school... never used after.

    Unless you know the right words.
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    Learned in school... never used after.

    Obsolete information. I'd like to go back to Auto/Electronics shops and explain things to my teachers that they could not comprehend or in some cases, imagine in the 60s~early 70s like electronic ignition or fuel injection or digital electronics. All with no tubes. "The Wizard Of 2022". We all...
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    Tax Time scare calls

    Every year at tax time, I get no ID callers which I ignore. They leave messages always in Chinese. How do I respond as I do not understand them?I could play the messages to my BIL who is Chinese, and listen to him laugh. I have ignored them for years and no Chinese police have ever tried to...
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    What are you drinking now?

    Chilean plonk and smoking weed.
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    Anyone partake in the weed

    I do but only daily (continually for 1/2 century...I'm fine).
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    HBY George Jetson

    George Jetson is a 40 year old family man in the year 2062, placing his birth this year. Anyone know his parents?
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    your kitchen mixer?

    What machine do you use to beat up your food? I have the KitchenAid Pro 550 6qt, 575w now 12 years old and just like new. That thing would mix drywall mud or concrete but I also have a DeWalt cordless drill that will do it too.The KA has been used primarily for meatloaf or mashed spuds but will...
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    Rate YOUR Speakers You Own Right NOW.

    Klipsch RF-7 Braun L800 Dynaco A35 Polk RT35i Not getting into any of the Fender/Marshall etc.
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    Polk 705 versus Klipsch RP-8000F

    Never heard the RP-8000 but I'm certain they will sound very good. I will continue to endure with my RF-7s.
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    Speaker identification

    Someone's homebrew LaScalas.
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    Table top am/fm radios

    Got one on the night table for 30yrs. There is a white one on the kitchen counter in the movie "Uncle Buck".
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    Vintage black receivers?

    70s blackface. In my bedroom is an Advent 300 receiver driving (very well) Dynaco A35s for the tv. I have some "near modern" BF gear in the form of Kyocera B910 power amp(80s), Yamaha RXV1300 6.1 rec and Arcam AVR300 7.1 rec from around 2000.
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    Vintage speakers that have a lot of bass?

    I have A35s that can rumble.
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    Mystery "Denmark speakers." Anybody know anything? Just for fun.

    From Van Whyte Labs.:rockon:
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