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  1. voltcontrol

    Audio Magazines Recommendation

    Hmmm, the Hi Fi News digital subscription @ 20 quid a year is very interesting, I'm going to give that a try. Thanks for pointing me in the direction!
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    Lanco B55, on the bench.

    Gotta love Lenco's for their well informed simplicity. I don't recognise the cart..
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    BBQ / Get-together at Simi's on July 21st.

    Same here :D , thanks for the invite Simi and enjoy it everyone.
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    A big thank you to all AK'ers

    In passing 6000 posts, I want to thank all of you for sticking up with me and I cannot thank you enough for what you all bring to AK. :tresbon:
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    "Fake" Sony ES components ;)

    Hear, hear. :tresbon:
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    Am I pathological?

    An ongoing process in finding perfect balance between enjoying what is and looking forward to what will be. That's what 'it' is for me. Sometimes hard to pull myself away from one of those sides, that's for sure.
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    Rumor: IKEA coming to St. Louis!

    Cool! And you'll find out what Swedish meatballs taste like. :D
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    Unknown Speakers with beautiful cabinets in Denver

    Wow, I'd go take a peek, they look like they could be nice and if not, excellent candidates for an econowave.
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    What is the best looking "audio jewellery" sexiest turntable you've ever seen? Pics!

    Sweet lord, That Kyocera is one cool table! In terms of looks I somehow even like it better that it's totl MS sibling (that Kyocera is a MS product too). I'm very curious what rare and exotic (ceramic materials etc) table like that will sound like with something like a Dynavector on it will...
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    Need Subwoofer driver reccomendation

    Well I feel ya, here it's even worse. My 6,5" Volvotreter Tangband 30Hz Tapped Horns (http://www.volvotreter.de/th.htm) were banned from the house... :(
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    Need Subwoofer driver reccomendation

    Not a lot of power should be needed to get result it the enclosure is well tuned to the driver. You are using a LAB12 if I read the thread correctly? If you have time (etc), trying a couple of different enclosures (even building prototypes in cheap OSB {as long as they are airtight}) might be...
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    A Little Vintage Tonearm Porn

    I never come across any of this stuff in real life, There's a GE transcription arm on this guys converted Lenco: http://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=1526.0
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    Cheap Audio Rack ideas...(and I mean cheap)

    Or just live at minimal side of the scale. No rack needed. ;)
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    Another Milestone Reached. Who Thought I Could Have Made It This Far

    Please keep that duck pecking away at the keys Mr. Pig! For exactly your opinions and interest consider to have an interested reader here too. Always a joy to read your posts.
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    Portable soundcard with great sond quality

    Hmmm I listened to some creative cards today (unaf. the X-Fi Xtreme Audio notebook is not for sale anymore (here?) ), and I didn't get a satisfacory level of performance, i.e. not much better than what the standard output on my laptop sounds like. This quest contintinues, thanks for the advice...
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    Cheap Audio Rack ideas...(and I mean cheap)

    Did you notice the dates of the previous posts? ;) Nonetheless, to add something to the thread anyway: Yet another cheap piece of IKEA furniture to display your gear on: The Molger
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    What is the best looking "audio jewellery" sexiest turntable you've ever seen? Pics!

    A lovely SL, looks excellent in that case Celt. Reminds me I really like the look of this (no idea what it results to in terms of performance btw :D ):
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    First turntable

    If you plan on staying 'here' for a while, becoming a subscriber to AK (I've been one and will do so again after my holidays) you'll gain access to AK Barter Town, where many nice items can be found (, and there are more perks to it) is a great option. -- This is a nice used turntable buying...
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    Jico sas @ $15700

    1 Japanese yen = 0.012647 U.S. dollars, so a mistake hopefully? This would make the price ~200 Bucks. *Edit; Ah, tybrad beat me to it. ;)
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    Portable soundcard with great sond quality

    Thanks for getting bakc on this Kent.
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    Portable soundcard with great sond quality

    Exacly why I keep myself limited to AK on the audio front. (And Lencoheaven, and diyaudio, etc, etc... You probably get the picture ;) )
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    Portable soundcard with great sond quality

    This one might be a nica and very elegant solution for me + there's an unused unit on the local 'CL' at the moment. P.s. I'm using Thinkpads at work and at home. P.p.s Those Apogees also look nice. Very nice indeed.
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    Portable soundcard with great sond quality

    Thanks for the advice so far guys! :thmbsp: I wonder what your reason for avoiding MOTU is, I've had great experiences with their Ultralite.
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    Turntables: What should you buy? : eBay Guides

    :tresbon: Good idea! Imho it should be a collaborative shebang with info from this http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/ttadjust.html and threads like it integrated into it. Thanks for chiming in with this (unfortunate) experience. It's a shame it is like this. Buying delicate used items...
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    Turntables: What should you buy? : eBay Guides

    http://reviews.ebay.com/Turntables-What-should-you-buy?ugid=10000000002161529 What do you make of this? I think it was fairly well written and didn't know this kind of info was available on the bay. I also wonder if the author is among us.
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