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FredH

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  1. Cool coincidence! (I don't keep up, as you can see.) I hope The Receiver is still pumping out music for you.
  2. Alas, there is resistance. It's convenience versus fidelity, and no-one in the house is buying new music on CDs. But the family cheered when I climbed up onto the roof to realign the analog/digital antenna and tighten connections to the masthead signal amplifier, but that was for the Olympics, not music. <sigh!>
  3. It finally arrived today (yes, 6 months) from Rolland's shop, and I slipped it back under the Carver TX-11B tuner and the Peachtree Nova amplifier on top of that. We shall see if the household can be weaned back off of streamed music.
  4. Well, I read Rolland's email and researched currently available new multi-disk changers. Based on those, I placed the 360 in its original box and took it to the UPS store. I paid $68 for ground shipping from PA to WA; there was no way I was going to put it into the parcel maelstrom over at USPS, and the FedEx location was much further away. The investment calculation of labor, parts and return shipping awaits Rolland's next email.
  5. I'm not an "audiophile" but I have a compact Carver/Sunfire setup that has served me well for decades. I started with a new Carver "The Receiver" in the early '80s, recommended because it had the most sensitive FM tuner to capture a distant Baltimore station that broadcast the music I wanted (so I wouldn't have to buy vinyl and a turntable). It was only years later I discovered it had a model number, MXR-130. Later, I added a new Carver SD/A-360 5-disk CD player. The MXR-130 had one service back at Carver's Washington address, and in 2012, the CD-player was repaired by Rolland Barr in Oregon. When streaming music was going mainstream (sorry) and the MXR-130 was showing its age after 30+ years, I bought a used Carver TX-11B tuner and a new Peachtree Nova amplifier with digital to analog converter, designed to accept the first Sonos Connect unit. I listed the MXR-130 and extra new parts for sale on a (now closed) Carver forum's classifieds, and it went to a woman in Pennsylvania. Sound comes from a pair of PSB Image T5s and a Sunfire TS-SJ8 subwoofer in the living room, a pair of KEF-C shelf speakers in the library and a portable first generation Sonos Play 5 speaker that goes where wanted. And that's where it all stands today. Sonos wants me to upgrade equipment to operate on their new Sonos-2 software, but I'm dragging my feet on that because it'll require replacement of the Play 5 speaker, too. I'm afraid I am not well attuned to the whole streaming world and its multitude of convenient but odd-sounding choices. Today, the SD/A-360 is packed in its original box for shipping to Mr. Barr in Washington for another service, so the Sonos and the TX-11B are picking up the slack until the CD-player's return. I'll post the photos when allowed.
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