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http://www.anthemav.com/NewSitev2.0/AnthemProduct/MCASeries/MCASpecs/MCASeriesSpecs.html
The link above will take you to the Anthem MCA series spec page.
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Still available if anyone's interested.
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http://chicago.craigslist.org/emd/163561426.html
Saw this ad on Craigslist, thought someone here might be interested. Lots of LPs for sale.
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Hey frankphess, nice rig. You do alotta wheelin'?
nicholtl, My avatar is not actually my personal vehicle. I have a stock version of that truck. That avatar is what my truck aspires to be some day. (Also, I wouldn't be able to fit that beast in my garage.)
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Craig David, "Born To Do It", CD, R&B/Urban Soul
While there was a single from this album (Fill Me In) played on MTV, Craig's debut album is filled with great songs with clever lyrics and great beats. This is more of a "car" or "date" CD because of its pace and romantic flavor. [
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Older amps had green LED, newer ones blue (since around the AVM 30's
introduction). Sorry, can't be swapped - different voltage, mounting,
number of leads.
I have 2 MCA-20s with different color LED lights. I contacted Anthem to see if I could get one of the MCA-20's LED lights changed and above is his response. So I'm keeping the older one and will offer the newer one for sale here. I paid 960 a month ago, brand new. I'll part with it for $750.00 + shipping. (A local sale would be nice though.) It is black with a blue LED. It has about 10 hours on it. I have original box, manual, packing & chord. Please send e-mail to frank.p.hess@sargentlundy.com if interested. Thanks.
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http://www.cobaltcable.com/audio_interconnect.htm
A little more than $50.00, but not by much.
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I would snag Analog's Bottlehead Foreplay @ 350.00.
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John Lee Hooker, Hooker & Heat, CD, Blues
John Lee hooker on his own is the man. When he got together with Canned Heat for a double album it get's "double good". The version of "Boogie Chillen No. 2" on CD2 is about 15 minutes long and worth the price of admission alone. One of my favorites.
Boogie Chillen!
Thebes, Nice choice on Buddy Guy. His club, "Legends", is right down the street from where I work. Excellent guitar player and singer.
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I see, my fault, didn't notice the dates. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Mine are still sounding as sweet as ever. Thanks again.
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Dean,
Is this a "new and improved" crossover upgrade for the RF-7's? I recall the RC-7 upgrade being that big, but not the RF-7.
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Maceo used to play Saxaphone with James Brown back in the day. This is by far my favorite Maceo album. Live album, recorded well, very funky, good pace between fast and slow songs. Great for a party!
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If nothing else, at least point it out to them, have them check all the drivers, and maybe they'll reduce the price some.
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I have the exact same crack in one of my RF-7's. This happened when my speaker was on spikes and was knocked over, with full weight, to the floor. While I believe this to be purely "cosmetic", I would check all the drivers and connections to make sure nothing else is wrong. I believe it takes a lot of force to create a crack like that.
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In another thread, a member mentions upgrading his source to the new Rega Apollo CD player. Which is considered better, a tube CD player or something like the Rega Apollo?
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Van Morrison - Skiffle Sessions, Live in Belfast 1998
It is an upbeat, folksy, bluegrassy live session with Lonne Donnegan, Chris Barber and Dr. John.
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From the album, "When Pigs Fly"
Ani Difranco & Jackie Chan singing Nat King Cole's, "Unforgettable"
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Do you live in Canada? How close is American border? You have me confused but, if it was my money, and your going to buy a Sub woofer, I'd buy 4 Heresy 3's, sounds like you can afford them, and power them with a McIntosh receiver, or get in touch with Frzninvt, see what that lad has, he's on the forum, and I know he has a nice sub for sale. Just my thoughts for what they're worth.
I live in Canada (in Vancouver, very close to the Washington State/BC border).
I only have permission to add up to 2 subwoofers, and I'd prefer subwoofer's with built-in amplifiers (e.g. non-passive) because I don't have the space in my A/V rack to use a seperate amplifier to power each woofer...
Johnny if you stay on here long enough there is a Klipsch dealer from Washington on this forum He'll join in sooner or later. I know he can help you.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THAT DEALERS NAME? He's on here alot.
SoundBroker
Joined on 04-10-2004
Bellingham, WA USA
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If you have not tried it this way already...set it up as a vertical biamp. This means each amplifier runs a speaker (left amp runs the left speaker, right amp runs the right speaker). This gives you the advantage of monoblocks (one amp per channel) and the advantage of biamping. Only disadvantage to this is that unless your preamp has dual outputs, you must use a Y-splitter...which can have insertion losses and degrade the sound if you get a poor one. And yes, it will take some time to break in. Keep in mind, your original amp probably sounded the same when you first brought it home...it just has had time to cook. Unless you have an amp with a problem or or they've changed the design...it needs time to break in.
Perhaps your dealer could let you borrow a demo to try (assuming the demo has time on it).
That is how I tried it, however I only used 1 channel from each amp for each speaker instead of 2. I do have splitters but I think I would get the same results using the splitters. I'm convinced that it needs break in time, which I'm now thinking about doing. Thanks.
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I'm inclined to agree with ironwoods. I think the problem is that the new one isn't broken in yet. These are stereo amps that cannot be bridged for mono.
I tried using one channel from the old amp for left, and one channel from the new amp for right. I did not change anything else. Same speaker placement, same cables, etc. There just was no "synergy" between the left and right, as there normally was when using the old amplifier.
I have since gone back to my original amplifier and have placed the new one back in the box. I'm now torn between keeping it for the upstairs system or just returning it or selling it as I really do not want to spend the time to break it in. I do love my current one though.
Thanks for everyones time and help. You may see a "for sale" sign here in the future if I decide to go that route.
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Anthem MCA-20 (2-channel) = 225w 1 channel driven, 200w 2 channels driven
I have been using an Anthem MCA-20 with a Bottlehead forplay (w/RF-7's) for about a year, and have loved it, but I've always wanted monoblocks, so recently I bought another MCA-20. One was good, so 2 must be better right?
While I wasn't looking for more volume, I was hoping to get an even wider soundtage imagining, etc., however that was not the case. Actually 2 sounded "worse" than the single stereo amp. I think it was because my first one was "broken in" and the second was brand new out of the box and therefore was getting different sounds from the two "different" amps. Has anyone else been down this path with the same results? Or are these amps not suitable for use as monoblocks for some reason?
Also, I know this has nothing to do with the sound, but cosmetically it is something I did not even think about, but should have, when I purched the second amp. My first amp goes from a red LED light on standby, to a green when receiving a signal. The newer one I just purchased goes from red to BLUE. I about hit the floor when I saw that. (It is a "cool" blue though.)
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e-mail rec'd. - sold. Thanks.
]It's also a nice change from the repetitive "hip-hop" heard every day on countless radio stations.
Another Blueberry for sale - 1400
in 2-Channel Home Audio
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http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1154393356
Still available on A'gon. Where's all the Peaches?