JimJ

Kind of an obvious thing, but is the cartridge/stylus good? Is it one of those where the phono stage is built into the turntable?

Keeping the parts proprietary may have something to do with it. I've never seen a subwoofer like that, but there are plenty of 32 and 16 ohm speakers out there. A lot of tubed output stages have a primary impedance of around 3k ohms, which tend to be suited for higher impedance loads on the secondary For the first couple decades of audio, that's what it was - lower impedance speakers didn't come along until transistors became common.

Ignorance is ignorance no matter what kind of equipment is involved He needs to learn the fundamentals, and that could happen with the current equipment I'm not surprised he doesn't know much, he bought it turn-key. But since you didn't mention any kind of SPL numbers, hard to quantify anything at this point...

Oh God no.

No need for the double posting... Normally I would suggest the JL Slash amp, but since you're going for SPL I'm not sure that would be the best option here.

Need some time away from here?

Hmm, a nice R60/5 on Ebay, pretty close to me...not going to get one bid at a starting price of $4k, though

I would pick the MEs

Antique, late '90s...

I've never heard the IXL's, so I'd have to go with the W6v2's, but I trust the ears of the people here who have heard them...they'd have to say between those two

Atlanta would make me want to move away from the US Athens, on the other hand...now that's a good time in Georgia

How much do you have to spend?

Please, no.

Honestly, you really can't blame them. There's only a few audio stores that I've been in that I'll go back to...

The page is working for me? $280...

I actually need to buy some more, the BIB's are going to need it if I have a hope of getting the pine trim to take stain evenly...

I'm a firm believer in full insurance after Fedex smashed a shipment I had going to Canada this summer...a couple phone calls and all was taken care of.

Did a couple practice tests, didn't do too badly, just a lot of acronyms to sort through. Most of this shit is real common sense...the PMP exam is probably the same thing.

Go to either Home Depot or Lowe's and look for Deft - sanding sealer. Apply that, and make sure to use extra on the end "grain" where MDF loves to soak up even more. Prime, sand, prime again, and paint...

Eh, studying for project management exam tomorrow...

Coltrane, Charles and Springsteen had the same b-day? I didn't know that.

I don't remember exactly how much power Brooksie was running to the ones in his kicks, but they definitely did the job I see we have another Fostex convert

I L8's...

The Focal tweeter is a love/hate thing...it's something I'd definitely listen to before buying.

Stephen Lynch - Down To The Old Pub Instead