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Greetings! Hopefully I'll be getting my Sequels out of storage soon. Miss them. I'm planning on a long overdue panel replacement, but I'm wondering if anybody knows of a good replacement L.F. driver? I don't know the specs on the original drivers. The rubber surrounds separated from the cones...

Hey everybody! I've been really busy with work and relocating and life and all that. But I'm still around, still got my trusty Sequels (which need new panels BADLY now....) and I'm in the process of building a new amp & preamp. All tube of course. My Sony Blu-Ray player croaked earlier in the...

Greetings all! Recently I moved to my new place with my honey (fortunately she likes my ML Sequels) and after setting them up, I noticed that the membranes in the panels had become a little wrinkled with the change in the environment, and from the move itself. I VERY carefully worked the...

Hey everybody! It's been quite awhile since I've posted here. Been really busy and I haven't had the time. Last April I was laid off when the local branch office of my employer shut down, and I haven't been able to find work since then. With my brother-in-law's help, I'm getting the house ready...

Hey all Thanks to the lack of business and expenses going up in my company I can't do anything about, I've had to cut back severely on the hours I work. As a result, I'm now unable to meet my needs for mortgage and utilities. Worst case, I lose my house & I live in my office. Business comes...

Hey everybody The factory Nakamichi system in my Lexus died, and I'm looking at a double-DIN head unit with satnav and a 7" LCD touchscreen. All three offer similar units, and fairly close in price. Right now my only personal preference is Clarion; I've installed their products before in other...

Listening to music off and on all day today.:music: Between albums, however, I kept hearing this really annoying buzz, randomly happening to either the left or the right Sequel. True to form as such things happen, i.e. the car stops acting up when taken to the mechanic, etc., the buzz would go...

Hi all Recently I started reviewing how many channels I watch on my DirecTV service, and it amounts to about 5 channels! I hadn't given it much thought! Given that I'm spending 68 bucks a month, or $816 / year, I'd say it's not worth it!:rolleyes: So, anyone with a similar story? I haven't...

Hi all The factory Nakamichi sound system in my Lexus is starting to slowly give up the ghost. I was never really pleased with it anyway! My question is this: I'd like to set up a 2.5" notebook hard drive in my car for music storage. I've done a bit of homework; MCM Electronics offer the...

The other night the cheapie powered subwoofer I have in the den decided to have a parasitic filter network die an ugly death...... and of course the standby circuitry sensed a signal..... and released a 60 - 80 hz signal to the output devices at full voltage.... it went BANG...

Hi all My Sony BDP S-550 randomly activates English subtitles, at the beginning of the movie, be it on BD or DVD discs. It's easy enough to access the subtitle menu and defeat it, but is there a way to lock it out entirely? I looked at the owner's manual, but there's nothing there.

Hi all Long-term, I'm looking for a sub amp. But I'm wondering if there's a traditional full-range amp that has a built-in sub crossover and eq, if the user wishes to use it for that sort of work. Any ideas? Otherwise I'll find a sub amp module that has 2-channel discrete outputs, and not a...

Fired up the system this morning, and it didn't sound right. Top end was okay, but the bass below +/- 80hz was almost completely gone. I was worried that something happened to my Blu-Ray player, since both channels were affected equally. But to be certain I pulled my big Eico tube tester out of...

Now that I'm on the hi-def bandwagon, I'd like to know what's good out there for concerts! I'm fairly wide-ranging as far as my tastes in music is concerned. I avoid teen-pop and rap like the plague. Currently I have Sarah McLachlan's Afterglow: Live and Norah Jones and the Handsome Band 2004 on...

I'm just starting a new pair of amps, made from the chassis of a pair of old Yamaha M series amps that fried up crispy. The window on the front panel, where the original level meters used to be, leaves me with enough room to either show off the output tubes or to do something creative. I was...

I wasn't near enough to the radio to get what it was exactly, but I think it was some sort of public service announcement. There was a female voice, who sounded like she was barking and half yelling, half singing something to a really strange syncopated beat. And I heard a deep, raspy male voice...

Hi all In reference to my earlier Silly Blu-Ray question thread, I pulled the trigger on a Sony BDPS-550 player, instead of the Insignia unit I'd been looking at. Not a whole lot more dosh for the Sony, and it already has the 2.0 upgrade. Video. For the last week I've been watching both BD discs...

Hi all I bought a 62" DLP TV from a friend in the service industry after he rebuilt the power supply. Mfr. replaced it under warranty. So for parts, labor and a 90 day warranty, I got a $3k unit for beer money! I'm limited for wall length in my living room. I'll be using my existing audio gear...

Hi all This is my first stab at a wall treatment, albeit a temporary one! I'm using an egg-crate foam available from MCM Electronics, p/n LS00626. The sheets are 39x19x1.5, and cost $15.19 for a two-pack. Per the photo, I affixed them on the wall end-to-end with squares of carpet tape. At first...

Hi all I've just come into posession of a 62" 1080p DLP TV. It was ordered scrapped by the mfr, but it just needs a few things in the power supply replaced. To take full advantage of it, I'm going to purchase a BD player, and my question is this: Until I get a proper HT receiver, will the player...