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All I've ever seen is this 20 minute video when it first aired back in '06...if there is a full-length version, I've never heard anything about it (and I don't recall ever hearing Max mention a longer version). Guess Ken Barnes would know for sure...

LOL...you guys crack me up![] And we won't discuss what's left of my fleshy protuberance on an open forum...[:$] Gregg, I think it's a piece of wood molding to match the other armrest.[^o)] And my actual listening chair is also my leather office chair in front of my computer desk.[]

It's a bit worn, but well broken in...

If it were me, the TV alone would be front and center between the Cornwalls, and the audio components to either of the side walls on its own rack. Since your tiling your basement's concrete floor, I seriously doubt you'll have to worry much about vibrations affecting your turntable (IMHO, since I have my 'table only 2' away from one of my subs...all on a concrete floor). Concerning your question, the answer can really only come from your own experimentation and what sounds best to you. I would rather have the CWs equal distance from either side walls, and the TV centered between them, and the audio rack on a side wall. The only drawback would be purchasing longer ICs and/or speaker cables to compensate for the added distance. YMMV. PS - Dave, love your website! I almost bought an AR XA years ago. It was virtually a giveaway, but it needed lots of work and I just couldn't afford the added expense of restoring/upgrading it. Vinyl Nirvana was the first site I explored about that 'table...learned a lot, natch! If I ever purchase an AR, you'll be my first contact in having it rebuilt/modded. Keep up the good work!

Interesting, Larry...I can appreciate the concept of air bladder-type platforms underneath 'tables and transports. Someday I may experiment with them ($$$ permitting, natch). My audio rack is steel with glass shelves sitting on brass cone feet on a solid concrete floor (the glass shelves sit on hard rubber pucks that are attached to the steel shelf frames). I assume this is why I detect no differences in sound from my disc player with or without its own brass cones. Maybe this is why I can relate to Doug's 6th point of his article: "Anything you put under your components changes the way they sound to some degree. If you don’t hear the change, the degree may be inconsequential or you don’t listen to the sorts of things that are changed by different footers. You are probably lucky; enjoy not having to spend money to get footers that sound a certain way."

I have a quad of Dayton Audio solid brass (black chrome) isolation cones underneath my Cambridge Audio azur 640C disc player. I've experimented with and without the cones numerous times when I first purchased them, and truthfully to my tin ears I hear no difference whatsoever, even with the same music and volume settings! I don't doubt there aren't any differences...I just don't seem to detect any. The player doesn't sound smeared or less focused on its own plastic feet, and with the addition of the brass cones the same source material doesn't sound any worse or better. I've also got brass cones under both my tube amp and preamp, and again, no differences at all that my tone-deaf ears can pick up...my music just sounds great regardless! Maybe I just can't detect slight improvements, or I really do have tin ears!

Probably the "Right This Minute" music thread...so much great music listed in one place there's bound to be something for everyone.

Temporarily swapped both my Baldwin and BEZ tube amps back to my '78 Sansui G-7000 transistorized receiver...go figure, this 85Wpc monster receiver sounds fantastic! Also swapped my RB-75s to my bro's '85 DCM TimeFrame TF350 loudspeakers...change is good! I could get used to these remarkable towers.

I wish...I'm a lousy organist!

How'd I miss this thread?[^o)] Hey wwh, there was an Organ Grinder pizza parlor in Denver back in the early '80s...it had a Paramount-style WurliTzer that was highly modified and added to behind glass expression shades...just wonder if it's still in town. I was stationed at Lowry AFB back then, so I can't recall its location. Theatre pipe organs are fun to play...they're today's digital synths in old analog form (with loads of mechanical effects; it's amazing what Robert Hope-Jones and Rudolph Wurlitzer conjured up in their heads). I've been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity several times in my life...here I am in '79 at age 16 playing a WurliTzer that was installed in a home in CT (it now resides fully restored in my dad's friend's 19th century farm house near Tolland, CT).

Nice to see Andy and Jim online again...hope you're both doing well.[Y] I personally don't like the idea of placing ANY gear on top of loudspeakers, especially with vibrations being produced from the drivers (but that's just me). The corner shelving unit that davis419b shows looks to be rigid enough to support heavy receivers and amps...I'm sure the shelves can be braced or replaced with thicker shelves if needed for sturdiness (especially if you're a DIYer). And maybe use isolation dampening devices under the components for better protection against vibrations (if that's your belief). Just my two cents...

My 6.5Wpc 300B SET amp will drive Cornwalls and RB-75s to ear-piercing levels easily! And my small room is only 12 x 13.5! Having dual subwoofers help piss off the neighbors too.[]

Another thing I've learned recently to appreciate...that well-designed solid-state amplification is IMHO every bit as enjoyable as good vacuum tube amplification (MaxG can attest to that fact)!

Had an '84 dbx 400X for years (bought it new in Stuttgart). Guess when I was downsizing in the late '90s I pawned it off then. What a shame...I put that route selector to good use when I owned 3 cassette decks at once (Nakamichi DRAGON and BX-1, and later a 3-head harman/kardon CD 491). Glad the Teac patchbay is working out for ya, Dave.

The stands and spikes are made by Atlantis...good ol' Canadian ingenuity! The Klipsch are stored in the closet presently while I'm enjoying the DCM TF350 TimeFrame towers...I'll try the nickel trick again and see.

With Virgil Fox playing Widor's Toccata on the mighty Riverside Aeolian-Skinner organ at over 100dB SPL, this nickel did NOT fall over! You're impressed, aren't you?

And I was gonna say somethin' stupid like, "lucky tire"...my wit is so out of fini's league it's not funny (literally).

Ditto...been missing mine ever since.[:'(]

Ditto. Glad to hear Heritage have graced your home once again. Enjoy, Jim (and don't be a stranger).

I've never auditioned Mark's creations yet, but I personally think you're getting a good deal on the late model McIntosh integrated amp. Is it a good choice? Only your ears can determine that IMHO. I'm sure it won't suck! Buy it, try it...if it doesn't measure up, sell it for what you paid towards it, and get the Blueberry and PCats.

C'mon now, it doesn't take this long to rip the box open and hook it up...let's hear from ya how this Mac sounds![]

Reading the day's events was fun...I imagine actually being there would've been way better! Thanks for the thread.

What a wonderful Christmas present (and what a great wife you have to indulge your audio hobby)...enjoy!

And now Mark's components are living up to their (almost) namesake...sorry, that was bad.

Nice bus (if only I had the dough to restore one)... I do have the beginnings to a monster receiver stack...well, only one receiver so far, a restored '78 Sansui G-7000 packin' 85Wpc (it's a start, especially on my tight budget).