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    Quartet Recommended Upgrades/Mods

    in Technical/Restorations

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    I have had a few sets of Quartets.....I kind of use do rebuilds as a way to relax before I retired 3 years ago....Yea you can do the caps and  tweeter diaphragms....

    I 'd usually not do the midrange ones unless they were bad....Never had to brace the cabinets .The only complaint I have ever heard about them is they either need to be raised or angled up because of their size.

     

    Enjoy them,

     

    George

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    What I Got Today!

    in Lounge

    Posted

    1 hour ago, richieb said:

    Lot of barbs thrown for someone spending 💰💰💰on gear. He obviously has no trouble putting dinner on the table so who cares, this type of gear is nothing new for A1. More power to him. I paid approx twice this for a new Mustang GT. His server has better build quality then Ford — 

    You are correct.....More power to him...

    I have always been amazed at gear A1UC has purchased.....It's gear that I can only dream to have.

    Please A1UC.....no offense......

     

    George

    What I Got Today!

    in Lounge

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Thaddeus Smith said:

    I hate shitting on other people's purchases, but with ~20 years in IT, these audiophile music servers (and their $$) frustrate me.

     

    The compute specs are absolutely overkill for the function. Gotta justify the cost somehow, I guess. Kudos to you, Rodney, but this is within the stratosphere of diminishing returns for most people. The chassis is sexy.

     

    I have dual xeons, 128gb of ram, and running Roon server as a VM in my Nas, physically located out in the server room (In a detached garage).Then a small raspberry pi with a linear ps and digital coax out to my preamp. This is well within my audible threshold and most of it was free. I'm admittedly a budget audiophile though. My latest overhaul of speakers and equipment is only in the $2200 range, and that's quickly approaching my threshold of what I'd want to spend for this hobby. 

    Couldn't have said it any better......

    Nice gear.....

     

    George

    Turntable recommendations

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Dude,

    Let me start of with a story....Ill keep it short...Just got back into 2 channel because of a Klipsch forum get together about 5 years ago....First thing I bought was the same Philips 312 I had in high school...(mistake)....Upgraded to an MMF 7 ....While nice....I still wanted more...Bought a Thorens TD 145 mint....Nice (after the HUM mod was done)....Sold everything as well as a few home theater items ....Bought an SL-1210GR and a Hanna SH cartridge......Should have bought the 1210 and the Hanna first...If you have an issue about end of play lift.....Buy a lift device.... End of story

     

    George

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    Quartets

    in Alerts!

    Posted

    Quartet's are one of my favorites..... I have owned 2 pair. One pair I refinished and sold to my coworker.....The other I still have.

    I have heard that their weekness is they sit too low.....To be honest ...... it's never been a problem for me

     

    George

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