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    Factory Tour

    Very nice link there, thank you...
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    Everyone with ESL's Chime in..

    If ESL is not intended as reference to a trendy marketing/product name, I've had my ESLs (reQuests) for 14 years and haven't been speaker shopping since... Old.
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    Another Weird Room Layout

    How about a portable temporary wall-segment.. a 4x8 of plywood stood on end, see what happens, match the distances on the other side, push it out of the way when the wife gets home.
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    Fabio's System - 1995

    Well... Tom Green is a PITA. And the motorcycles (at that time) were in the kitchen, thanks to the Tom Green video. Disclaimer: I have Martin Logans, and Krells, and a motorcycle (in the garage), so i can't help have some affinity for a similar soul. "When manufacturers work directly with...
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    Fabio's System - 1995

    Since you can't read the text above... Here are the original scans, with legible text. fabio.zip The equipment list:
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    Fabio's System - 1995

    More Fabio The rest of the article.
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    Fabio's System - 1995

    Who is Fabio? Well, look him up. He's recently done some fun Old Spice commercials. But, he's also an audio enthusiast, like us, but with more money than (most of) us. Here's a reprint from Audio Video Interiors, November 1995, which, miraculously, was not chewed up by the Florida Palmetto...
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    Homebrew Cables

    Show yours, I'm interested in seeing what people use/try.. Here's my current (pun alert) setup... Images: 2awg thnn to the woofer and 18awg magnet wire jumper to the panel - ML reQuest White noise sweet spot response curve...
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    Listening Room Lighting

    Color CFL's for me... Feit Electric CFL This brand has a pretty rich color... red blue green and others available, $4.98 each at the Home Depot
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    Sources for high-quality live material?

    I like www.dimeadozen.org for addtional roio's. You'll have to register, and maybe wait a little while for a slot to open. General tracker statistics (last updated on Mon, 12th Dec 2011, at 20:26 GMT): Registered users: 124,991 New within 24 hrs.: 150 Unconfirmed: 36
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    System #382 (reQuest)

    Speaker Wire Change (DIY) As probably noted above, I've become partial to single-solid core wiring for signals and speakers. A friend bought and liked Mapleshade's cables, so it sent me on an investigation...
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    Cable "Burn in"... Fact or Fiction?

    Burn-In is probably Room Temperature Annealing I've been playing with wires again lately, and the key word for this discussion should be "annealing". Bending copper stresses it, and apparently changes the electrical characteristics to some degree. Heating (to a high temperature) allows...
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    System #382 (reQuest)

    Lusts fulfilled... Replaced the Acurus with a Krell KAV-250 and a week later with Krell FPB 350 Mcx. Replaced the Phillips DVD with an Oppo 93. Added a Roku. Replaced the rack with a steel/glass AV stand. Cable Universal Remote works with the amplifiers. I feel like I'm done for a...
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    Please Advise!!!! Upgrade Bug

    Let's see a picture of your room, because you have a pretty decent kit already.
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