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In Reply to: Bad Hi Fi experiences posted by geraldm121 on January 17, 2012 at 08:16:12:
I decided to splurge on HiFi and being somewhat from Europe I bought myself a pair of French High-End speakers straight from Paris -Cabasse Iroise. Ouch!!! I called them ear scratchers (also they looked like somebody was knocking them over for fun-or maybe out of frustration ) I understand now that French are different. The other frustrating experience was Thorens TD-124. I spent quite a bit time and effort (not so much money though) to pimp it out but it turned out to be a thurd. I do still hope that it will sing for me like it does for all those vinyl asylum posters who can spend several hundreds/grands to buy upgraded parts. The only system which never let me down was/is a factory 99' Honda Civic radio.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Bad Hi Fi experiences - geraldm121 08:16:12 01/17/12 (153)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - michaelhigh 19:41:48 08/26/14 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - eleiko2@verizon.net 16:48:58 08/23/14 (0)
- KLH Model Forty - Bill Way 11:15:26 08/10/14 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Classical_Confab 18:04:18 02/15/12 (0)
- Crown IC150 - BillH 05:44:48 02/7/12 (1)
- RE: Crown IC150 - Bill Way 11:18:59 08/10/14 (0)
- Advent Receiver w. AR Speakers - CometCKO 22:35:44 01/26/12 (6)
- RE: Advent Receiver w. AR Speakers - Brian Levy 20:33:28 08/8/14 (0)
- RE: Advent Receiver w. AR Speakers - Crazy Dave 11:36:04 01/27/12 (2)
- Some people you just can't tell anything to... - CometCKO 13:50:43 01/27/12 (1)
- RE: Some people you just can't tell anything to... - Crazy Dave 15:36:07 01/30/12 (0)
- RE: Advent Receiver w. AR Speakers - geraldm121@hotmail.com 23:04:00 01/26/12 (1)
- Nope: The Sound Gallery - CometCKO 08:42:21 01/27/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - jlandreth 14:55:17 01/23/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - jdiamantis 12:21:00 01/23/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Wojciech 01/20/1215:16:17 01/20/12 (0)
- Two sets of speakers back in the days of quad... - EdAInWestOC 07:07:01 01/20/12 (3)
- Wow! I'd forgotten the Bose 501's. - CometCKO 08:49:42 01/27/12 (0)
- RE: Two sets of speakers back in the days of quad... - geraldm121 04:59:29 01/21/12 (1)
- I had a Technics receiver and various outboard gear... - EdAInWestOC 18:11:49 02/6/12 (0)
- Technics SL-1200 - niklasthedolphin 04:46:37 01/20/12 (6)
- RE: Technics SL-1200 - Wojciech 14:54:14 01/20/12 (3)
- RE: Technics SL-1200 - must 15:09:07 01/20/12 (2)
- RE: Technics SL-1200 - niklasthedolphin 15:47:22 01/20/12 (1)
- RE: Technics SL-1200 - must 15:54:59 01/20/12 (0)
- RE: Technics SL-1200 - must 07:31:29 01/20/12 (1)
- RE: Technics SL-1200 - niklasthedolphin 07:37:00 01/20/12 (0)
- B&O 4002. - hcman 18:16:39 01/19/12 (0)
- Only one that would never work right . . . - Larry I 18:20:11 01/18/12 (1)
- Probably why most owners replaced the pump - DFaulds 11:21:50 01/19/12 (0)
- Dynaco 120 Power Oscillator - gusser 15:15:12 01/18/12 (4)
- RE: Dynaco 120 Power Oscillator - whsh93a 08:49:20 01/23/12 (2)
- RE: Dynaco 120 Power Oscillator - Brian Levy 08:23:37 01/25/12 (0)
- Much of what you say is true, ... - Neil49 19:17:15 01/23/12 (0)
- Same here, ... - Neil49 01:04:14 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Neff 14:05:07 01/18/12 (4)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - fredtr 10:56:25 01/28/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Crazy Dave 08:57:17 01/19/12 (2)
- PAS-3X - Neff 14:50:28 01/19/12 (1)
- RE: PAS-3X - Crazy Dave 08:37:05 01/20/12 (0)
- The smell of Selenium.... - sanman 13:36:34 01/18/12 (0)
- Most solid state amps I have owned - Al Nico 10:26:31 01/18/12 (5)
- Ever hear a Threshold amp in your system? - E-Stat 18:11:45 01/18/12 (3)
- RE: Ever hear a Threshold amp in your system? - Al Nico 18:12:18 01/19/12 (2)
- RE: Ever hear a Threshold amp in your system? - E-Stat 06:13:16 01/20/12 (1)
- RE: Ever hear a Threshold amp in your system? - Crazy Dave 08:38:45 01/20/12 (0)
- RE: Most solid state amps I have owned - airtime 11:36:44 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Crazy Dave 09:04:14 01/18/12 (0)
- Royal tuner n/t - Awe-d-o-file 08:58:35 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: Royal tuner n/t - Crazy Dave 09:07:21 01/18/12 (0)
- Scott 710 turntable; Browning tuner - Dave Pogue 05:44:12 01/18/12 (4)
- Wonder if the same Browning made the "Golden Eagle"? - mhardy6647 13:38:33 01/19/12 (3)
- Probably. - Dave Pogue 13:58:06 01/19/12 (2)
- I'll reveal my secret, seldom-fails technique for vacuum tube tuner repair - mhardy6647 15:01:21 01/20/12 (1)
- I'd like to add... - Crazy Dave 13:14:35 01/25/12 (0)
- Tandberg TCD340A - soundnut 04:38:54 01/18/12 (4)
- The only way to get one of those to work right ... - reelsmith. 06:12:22 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: The only way to get one of those to work right ... - hifijr 16:38:11 02/5/12 (0)
- RE: Tandberg TCD340A - geraldm121 05:12:18 01/18/12 (1)
- I sold my TCD340A... - soundnut 07:11:52 01/18/12 (0)
- Carver amps. - Michael Samra 20:26:41 01/17/12 (8)
- RE: Carver amps. - pbarach 03:01:51 08/24/14 (0)
- My Phase Linear 400 failed one afternoon... - T100 21:11:17 01/19/12 (4)
- Musical Fidelity A100X "class A" integrated amplifier - KanedaK 17:32:31 08/13/14 (0)
- RE: My Phase Linear 400 failed one afternoon... - Michael Samra 16:41:06 01/23/12 (0)
- RE: My Phase Linear 400 failed one afternoon... - Alpha Al 22:23:36 01/19/12 (1)
- RE: My Phase Linear 400 failed one afternoon... - T100 21:31:10 01/20/12 (0)
- RE: Carver amps. - Crazy Dave 09:16:16 01/18/12 (0)
- Agreed with the Carver.(Junk).....I bought a "900" Receiver that was - AdamC 05:16:22 01/18/12 (0)
- JBL L-110's Incident... - Hi-Fidelity 19:19:24 01/17/12 (4)
- RE: JBL L-110's Incident... - willieL 06:31:22 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: JBL L-110's Incident... - Bold Eagle 15:14:38 01/18/12 (2)
- RE: JBL L-110's Incident... - Hi-Fidelity 21:05:49 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: JBL L-110's Incident... - Crazy Dave 09:42:39 01/19/12 (0)
- AR Integrated amp - E-Stat 19:01:36 01/17/12 (0)
- ARC D100(A) - Steve O 18:03:41 01/17/12 (12)
- RE: ARC D100(A) - Bold Eagle 15:36:26 01/18/12 (6)
- It's performance was not stellar, either - E-Stat 18:09:03 01/18/12 (5)
- RE: It's performance was not stellar, either - geraldm121 13:31:00 01/19/12 (4)
- Similar experience with the SP4A... - Steve O 20:32:35 01/19/12 (1)
- RE: Similar experience with the SP4A... - geraldm121 07:16:06 01/20/12 (0)
- The one we sold was the "Gain Cell" - E-Stat 13:59:33 01/19/12 (1)
- RE: The one we sold was the "Gain Cell" - geraldm121 15:03:37 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: ARC D100(A) - hahax@verizon.net 20:31:32 01/17/12 (2)
- RE: ARC D100(A) - Brian.Levy 11:50:06 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: ARC D100(A) - Wojciech 18:48:39 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: ARC D100(A) - must 19:21:38 01/17/12 (1)
- RE: ARC D100(A) - geraldm121 05:01:36 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Brian Levy 15:38:23 01/17/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Bold Eagle 15:10:48 01/17/12 (19)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Inmate51 15:25:06 01/22/12 (0)
- RE: "...lots of Japanese girls with a 100 watt American Beauty soldering iron..." - Neil49 00:49:15 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: "I have this mental picture of rows of long tables and lots of Japanese girls" - 1973shovel 18:18:43 01/17/12 (9)
- RE: "I have this mental picture of rows of long tables and lots of Japanese girls" - Bold Eagle 18:33:03 01/17/12 (8)
- I couldn't resist.... - sanman 11:15:58 01/18/12 (7)
- Is that the Japanese peacetime navy?... - Neil49 01:12:39 01/19/12 (1)
- RE: Peacetime or not... - Crazy Dave 11:32:16 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: I couldn't resist.... - Bold Eagle 15:21:12 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: I couldn't resist.... - Crazy Dave 14:56:22 01/18/12 (3)
- Very clean gals Dave. Asian girls have tidy ........nt - Neff 17:16:26 01/18/12 (0)
- looks like the morning after.... - sanman 16:09:54 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: looks like the morning after.... - Crazy Dave 11:30:22 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - geraldm121 15:59:18 01/17/12 (6)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Bold Eagle 17:23:23 01/17/12 (2)
- When I worked at a shop in the 70s - E-Stat 19:04:29 01/17/12 (1)
- RE: Talk about blazing saddles!!! (nt) - Bold Eagle 20:36:30 01/17/12 (0)
- Agreed on the 330c ... - reelsmith. 17:15:01 01/17/12 (2)
- RE: Agreed on the 330c ... - Bold Eagle 17:26:57 01/17/12 (1)
- I picked the turntable ... - reelsmith. 17:35:37 01/17/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Bold Eagle 14:59:03 01/17/12 (0)
- Interestingly AR Xa turntable - DavidLD 13:15:52 01/17/12 (16)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - michaelhigh 10:35:50 02/7/12 (0)
- I'm a fan - Redwing 20:18:13 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Brian Levy 16:12:43 01/17/12 (13)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - DavidLD 04:21:07 01/18/12 (12)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - elflow 08:09:31 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Brian Levy 11:33:16 01/18/12 (10)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - briggs 06:10:15 01/19/12 (6)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Crazy Dave 11:39:46 01/19/12 (4)
- A minor point - kavakidd 23:05:17 01/22/12 (1)
- RE: A minor point - Crazy Dave 13:18:14 01/23/12 (0)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - briggs 12:52:20 01/19/12 (1)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Brian Levy 18:02:07 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Brian Levy 08:31:28 01/19/12 (0)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Crazy Dave 15:47:54 01/18/12 (0)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - kavakidd 14:15:00 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: Interestingly AR Xa turntable - Ross 19:11:13 01/22/12 (0)
- Tandberg 6000X R2R - dadbar 11:39:15 01/17/12 (4)
- RE: Tandberg 6000X R2R - must 14:00:56 01/17/12 (3)
- RE: Tandberg 6000X R2R - niklasthedolphin 04:38:56 01/20/12 (1)
- RE: Tandberg 6000X R2R - must 20:37:43 01/20/12 (0)
- RE: Tandberg 6000X R2R - dadbar 21:36:47 01/17/12 (0)
- Dynaco SCA80Q - Tadlo 11:10:08 01/17/12 (6)
- RE: Dynaco SCA80Q - Brian Levy 16:17:26 01/17/12 (5)
- RE: Dynaco SCA80Q - Bold Eagle 17:29:21 01/17/12 (4)
- RE: Dynaco SCA80Q - Brian Levy 17:52:06 01/17/12 (3)
- RE: Dynaco SCA80Q - Bold Eagle 18:38:19 01/17/12 (2)
- RE: Dynaco SCA80Q - JonM 03:32:34 01/18/12 (1)
- RE: Dynaco SCA80Q - Brian Levy 11:40:00 01/18/12 (0)
- The worst I ever owned was the... - EdAInWestOC 10:36:19 01/17/12 (4)
- RE: The worst I ever owned was the... - middleground 17:26:54 01/30/12 (1)
- Yeah...but the Maggie ribbon speakers are special... - EdAInWestOC 18:14:50 01/31/12 (0)
- RE: The worst I ever owned was the... - geraldm121 17:13:53 01/17/12 (1)
- That was an interesting time... - EdAInWestOC 06:19:52 01/20/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - gfederys 09:23:48 01/17/12 (0)
- NAD cassette decks ... - reelsmith. 09:20:59 01/17/12 (3)
- Odd - because - kavakidd 11:36:50 01/17/12 (2)
- That was the last deck they ever made ... - reelsmith. 11:42:48 01/17/12 (1)
- Gotcha - thanks. The "lesser" one - kavakidd 11:50:53 01/17/12 (0)
- Ever hear of Lloyds? Made Emerson look like Levinson. nt - viridian 08:58:49 01/17/12 (0)
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - geoff 08:49:23 01/17/12 (2)
- You sure it wasn't "Sonic Farts".????? - popsy 13:59:41 01/17/12 (1)
- Bose's budget line, if you can imagine. - geoff 15:13:55 01/17/12 (0)
Follow Ups
- RE: Bad Hi Fi experiences - Wojciech 01/20/1215:16:17 01/20/12 (0)