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Sorry but this country rarely elects a president who exhibits common sense. As for someone who tells people point blank that their financial situation is the result of their own bad decision making, well that won't fly around here. Personal responsibiilty? Never happen. Could you imagine him going to congress & telling them they would have to stick to a budget, reform entitlements, cut discretionary spending, & pay down the national debt? Don't make me laugh.

My wife says the exact same thing. Odd. To Boxx?!?! LMAO - I was thinking the same thing.

Haven't heard any of the preamps, but some look interesting for entry price points. Owned an ST-120 amp at one point. It was an early version and it sounded and performed well. Design had high gain at the time. Now, these are very nice amps with not only choices in gain on their driver board, they come with an adjustable attenuator which makes them all the more useful. Very good sounding for the money. There are better and worse as well.

Thx Justin. Yes, both the RF-7ii and the RF-83's make even the original RF-7's look small. I posted some size comparisons of the RF-7, RF-7ii and the RF-83 here.

I got the makings for homemade Chicken Carbonara, from fresh made pasta to local bacon; it was a delicious affair (for one). I ALMOST picked up a pair of Paradigm Studio 60 speakers and proper receiver (Anthem MRS 510 or Yamaha RX-A1030) but traffic was horrible and I missed the dealing. So carbonara, and a bottle of wine, will have to do! Until Friday when I get another chance!

Yeah, okay, I don't agree but I see. I never understood where this "fast" description came from. Of course an 18-inch driver won't have to move as far to displace as much volume as a 12-inch driver, so driven at the same frequency the 12-inch has to go faster because its excursion is much greater. But I guess you are thinking not of what really happening but a description of what it sounds like it's doing. But lower excursion means less distortion, so I always figure that a bigger driver should lead to less distortion (other things being equal).

Looks like a Victor Exhibition reproducer. This is a very common reproducer produced by Victor Talking Machine Company and used with many of it's phonographs, issued as standard equipment with many of it's outside horn machines (Victors) and also the inside horn Victrola. This reproducer was designed for playback of acoustic recordings (roughly 1903-1924) from before the era of electrical recording. The Exhibition uses either steel needles or fibre needles for playback. But many of the old reproducers need to be rebuilt to experience the true sound that they are capable of. The gaskets are often dry and brittle, the needle bar springs may be worn out, and the mica diaphragm could be damaged or loose. When properly restored the sound from the Exhibition can be jaw dropping. Huge volume with steel needles. Remember these reproducers are very heavy, so they will wear the grooves of shellac records. Victor produced a more refined No. 2 reproducer later during the acoustic era. This was replaced by the Orhthophonic reproducer in the mid 1920s to play the new electric recordings. Amazing acoustic playback of recordings made with the electrical process.

I owned rf83 for 6 years bought them in 2005 I miss them n wish I never sold them. Very musical and beautiful !

Putting everyone on beans will help with the gas situation. Rog

2" larger than my previous screen.

Felt platter and cast tone arm suggest late 30's to early 40's era "wireless" player..perhaps? [&]

Well, having just gotten my 78 rig up again last weekend and getting pumped from this thread, I went up after work yesterday and started playing 78s. My 11 year old son came in. Touching the equipment...or much of anything...in my music room has been totally off limits to him so far, but over the weekend I began to show him a few things and explain stuff. He's just started trombone this year, so I dropped on some 40s vintage Dorsey, 30s vintage Teagarten, some Glenn Miller, and such. When I played a VERY early acoustic Duke Ellingtion recording of "The Mooche" and told him it was nearly 90 years old he seemed properly impressed. I am proud to say he stayed through it all and it was, in fact, me that reminded him he still had some chores to do. We got so far as him dropping the needle on the Empire on 78s with the volume down, and rasing it after turning the volume down at the end. and then I showed him that the Shure arm on the LP turntable was about as 12th as heavy and had to be handled with extreme care and locked in place when not being used. Still a ways to go, but I think he'll be a trained and reliable operator in the not too distant future. I am explaining to him the rare nature and fiduciary responsibility of many of my old recordings and he seems to be taking it seriously. Good father/son times! Dave