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I must admit that in my HT setup I am using the Bose 901's Series 2 ('73) as front channel and their VCS-10 as center channel speaker. The LFE driver makes up for loss of bass and with my hearing loss I don't hear the high end that isn't there. Am using some old Norman Labs as surrounds. I also receive the Sound and Vision magazine, compliments of a catalog retailer, and I must say that I don't recall even seeing a Klipsch ad in there, though I clearly remember seeing many Bose ads. If the Klipsch ads are there they must be unimpressive or unrecognizable. Regarding editorial and or magazine review articles, remember that nothing bad will ever be printed in a magazine that will in anyway degrade one of the major advertisers or that would offend a large number of subscribers. Consequently Sound and Vision wouldn't say anything to alienate the large number of Bose users that subscribe to that magazine, just like a motorcycle magazine I use to take could never find anything on a Honda to be critical of, too many Honda owners subscribed to the magazine. Get it, the goal is to sell the magazine. Before the flames get to high let me say that the Bose speakers sound like crap compared to my '74 Heresy's and even worse compared to the '73 Belle's. My thoughts on the Acoustimass line, its crap, bought a set of AM-5 from catalog retailer (with liberal return policy) and tried these out to use for the surrounds in the HT. The did very poorly as surrounds matched with the 901 fronts. I then tried just an A/B comparison with the 901's, ohh even worse. I think a tin can with a string would sound better, almost. Anyway the Acoustimass stuff went back. I love listending to music with the Klipsch speakers, my wife isn't interested, even better. I can tolerate the Bose 901's with their heavy midrange sound for home theater setup. I am sure glad I have the HT in one room and another room has my 2 channel gear.

There is some light rust on my mcintosh amp. Can I remove it someway? Should I try to remove it or should I just try to inhibit the rust? How can I remove it or inhibit it? I hope I didn't overlook this topic covered elsewhere, I tried search and didn't find it covered. thnx

Blow by Blow and Wired. the only Jeff Beck vinyl I have. I am sure it's been at least 10 years since I listened to either one. I am going to take tomorrow off from work, plan to listen to those in the morning (on the Belle's and Mcintosh gear I got a couple of weekends ago in Shreveport (thanks Bob if you read this)), and then if the day is nice go out and play a round of golf. About the Mcintosh amp I bought, a MC250, it has some light rust on it. Can I remove this anyway, and does anyone have any suggestions? Also as some of you may know I also picked up a Marantz 120 tuner and pair of heresey's at the same time. The tuner and case are A1 shape. The C26 has bubble around the headphone jack but otherwise great shape, the case slant leg something is in good condition, with damage to bottom and bottom right, though top, sides and most of front are in very good condition. The heresey's are very good to excellent, one has small chip and both have some degradation of the cane over the black cloth. one of the belles has some real damage to the veneer on one of the sides of the riser, though above the risers these speakers are near mint condition with AA crossovers. Everything sounds good. I hope my wife doesn't insist I sell some of this though that may occur as my job is somwhat shaky right now. I will let you all know if I have to sell any of this. Thanks all Ric

I will know more for sure in a few days. Hopefully post some pictures. And probably have many questions in the days/weeks to come. I am expecting to pickup 2 Walnut Oil Bell Klipsch, 2 Walnut Oil Heresy's, 1 Marantz model 120 tuner, 1 Mcintosh C26 pre-amp, 1 Mcintosh MC250 amp. All from around '72 and '73.

Bob, Sold the whole lot to me this afternoon. Thanks for taking my calls Bob. As promised I will call you Wednesday to arrange for pickup. I've wanted Klipsch speakers since 1975. My wife was expecting me to buy a pair of heresy's, hope I'm not in the dog house when I bring home heresy's and belle's and more goodies. Thnx Ric