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It's finally time for me to do some house cleaning (long overdue as far as the wife is concerned), so I'm going to part with my first ever pair of Polks. They are SDA 2's... originals, not A or B....

They get another vote from me on the quality of the CDs. Definitely right up there with Telarc and Chesky. That said, I did get one cd where there was some audible static in the recording. I was...

Wow... that provoked a bunch of discussion! To address some of the questions mentioned...

The cable from the service panel to the attic is a 12ga romex-type thing with a tarred woven cloth outer...

Thanks, and I do get that a new cable run is the right way to do it. But I'm not sure I could use the old 12/3 to pull two new 12/2's through to the attic without messing something up, but I think...

A recent thread on dedicated circuits got me thinking I should be paying more attention to the circuit my 2-channel system is on. I live in a 60 year old house, and I gutted and re-wired the basement...

Is this the Advanced Audio in Tacoma, WA? If so, I'm gonna have to play hooky from work next week.

It made me smile to see this. It seems like such a simple process all wrapped up in one neat little sentence, and yet I'm the only guy in the house that seems to get the order right. Every time I...

Thanks for all the feedback... been doing a bunch of research and it's making my head swim. As for budget I'd like to keep it around $1,000 but willing to dig deeper if the value is there. It seems...

So far in my audio exploration I haven't ever really had a decent pre-amp (had some mid-fi garbage in the 80's). Other than that I've been using NAD integrateds (occasionally as a pre-amp with other...

I actually did have a BJC HDMI fail on me after about six months of use. It was probably pilot error as I had been messing around with connections a lot at the time swapping out components and...

LOL... fair enough, maybe that was a bad example especially given the fact that I've never seen The Who live. I just meant that disc sounded super realistic to me (kick drums not withstanding) on...

I did own both for a while, and between stock 2Bs and the CEs I'd definitely give it to the Vandersteens. I thought they had better balance from high to low, perfect mid-bass for my taste, and the...

Just got back into town and found my Avel waiting for me at the post office. Wish I had thought ahead to have the binding posts here already! At least now I'll have some time to re-read all the...

Gerald McRaney is a beautiful man.

Well, it's finally time for me to part with my first high-end DAC to (hopefully) make room in the budget for its big brother. The DAC is the Benchmark DAC 1, which is a full 24/192 2-channel DAC. ...

Dammit, I know I'll be kicking myself if I don't get in on this while the getting's still good. Although now I'll have to start shopping for another pair of dreadnought-compatible SDA's in case...

I agree that the ferry trip from Anacortes to Sydney is beautiful if you get good weather. If your trip is this month the weather is pretty variable and the trip is 3 hours each way. If you wanted...

PM sent for one of the Valabs.

Figured I'd pile on with the Polk stuff from NewEgg... crazy cheap yet awesome stuff:

82-290-200 - $79.99 w/ Promo Code EMCNJJG29 + Free Shipping! Polk Audio Monitor30 Series II Two-Way Bookshelf...

Any other Tebow fans think this is the best song ever (re)written?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAIQWzW1MIc

Speaking of 1C's, if there are any Western WA (maybe even OR) Polkies who are interested in a pair where most of the big upgrades have already been done (tweeters and XO's), I just noticed a pair on...

Um... I think FTGV is on your side here. He was saying passive bi-amping is still bi-amping, as distinct from bi-wiring as some others assert you are effectively doing.

For the record, I agree...

Note to self... read the sig, maybe. Receiver is a Yamaha RX-V1200. It can be run as 5.1 or 6.1... no bi-amp option that I saw in the manual.

@Mongo, don't try to bi-amp anything using that...

I don't think the OP said what Yammy receiver he has did he? I don't know of any receivers where outputs labeled Front A / B are used for bi-amping. All the ones I've ever seen repurpose the rear...

Cool, thanks. Overly bright is not a problem I've run into with mine, at least not since the TL upgrade. Good luck with the Strata Mini's!