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  1. Like the Post Title says, I have an RFQ and have one response
  2. Sounds like a potential trade in value....Thanks!
  3. Yup, I got my fathers 76 chevy 4wd 400 auto Scottsdale pickup with 53k miles on it in back of the house, rotting away after many years of good occasional use. It now needs work which I can do, but I would never use it that much to justify the effort, if done "Might" get me 12-16k. I've had the "I'll take it off your hands" or I'll do it for 8k offers, and had to restrain myself from getting the backhoe out for the offeror. I tell them that I'm running out of room in the back yard. It's a difficult, painful, and frustrating decision to issue that "DNR" order, but it's taken a while for me to realize it's time Anyone with old girlfriend/spouse versus new girlfriend/spouse analogies? The Gen 2 XSP-1 is $1200
  4. No blame meant. Thanks was intended. Just my frustration after all the research and requests over the last three years for a C1/C11 refresh, I give up. There seems to have been some good baselines for a refresh, but then after reading all the changes and differing opinions/arguments, I gave up. I still have the amps which were rebuilt as a result of the good knowledge and experience from this website, and will continue to "proudly" use them. The preamps are still operational at some unknown subjective level of degraded performance and will continue to be used in the short term. I have the ability and equipment to do any of this work, but choose at this time to leave it to an established business with experts who may still be doing this work, for which I haven't found many, other than the one quoted, for the preamps. This thread can be used as a reference for anyone else looking to have a C1 or C11 rebuilt/refreshed in the future. The Emotiva XSP-1 seems to be a unique option, other than the C1 and C11 to me, to extend the use of the good two channel systems shown on this site for home theater use.
  5. Thanks for the offer to take a C11 off my hands. I certainly wouldn’t want to put 650 into a 150 preamp that would still be a 150 preamp. Your offer has however conjured up an alternative use. At my range we have egg shoots. That’s shooting at egg shaped profiles on paper with a one inch shoot-n-see in the middle at 100 yards. Ties are broken with a shoot-off of five tootsie rolls standing upright. This new idea would involve a schematic with a grab bag of locations and points based on the size of the components, for a circuit reflow shoot. Those little carbon resistor buggers would fetch the most points! You get the idea. Thanks for getting me all excited! I’m just trying to figure out if we do the faceplate first or last. I love shooting bugs off targets at 100 yards!
  6. A wide range of sounds https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gotye/like-drawing-blood/ Also, http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/bas_cd.htm The birds and frogs sound tasty !
  7. I had a 69 GTO convertible I bought for $750 with 50k miles in 76. The guy couldn't stop getting tickets, no matter what color he kept changing it to. I left one patch in reverse, then four patches in gear changes when trying it out. Since there are many variables that result in a performance judgement, the variables for my studio playback system are specific to that system. A neutral non DSP pre-amp that does not have to tweak or influence any input or output or environment factors. No headphone or phono requirements. I have other systems for those. The classes of circuit families and their characteristics have been kicked around for many years. And now due to popular choices, are mostly being made in China. The C1 & C11 work for now, but shall be replaced with something like a Gen 2 Emotiva XSP-1. My custom system integration and major pro-audio sources say that these types of endeavors represent less than 2% of the consumer market. And now as we and our old components age, that percentage will not be increasing. Kind of like the old boat owner scenario of throwing time & money into the water, if you have the time and/or money. Get the wife's opinion on that, but be prepared to duck My fear with all the upgrade/refresh options, discussions and arguments, has been related to catching an "STD" (Stereophoniclly Transmitted Distortion) in my system! I do like simple uncomplicated boats. This is one of mine
  8. The Question: I have an old C1 and C11 that I would like to send to an authorized business that has done C1 and C11 refresh/upgrades for over thirty years and will provide a warranty. So, an RFQ was sent out. This is the first response. Bottom line is $624 with the following content and comments. This option for now, is a send it out and get it back reality. C1 Update RFQ - $624 AdminEdit: Info removed at request of member.
  9. Parental permission required Linden Hudson: raylene Music Video on vimeo I dare not post that link!
  10. Remastered http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/simon-garfunkel-remasters-in-24-192-bookends-stereo-sounds-great.396660/
  11. A guy I just emailed said he has Youtube music linked to his system. ???
  12. I'll bring the single malt! How about one of these for a new projector? I'll wait till they are on sale https://www.'>https://www. sony.com/electronics/projector/lspx-w1s https://www. sony.com/electronics/projector/vpl-gtz1 (Links truncate and don't work if left on one line)
  13. Welcome aboard. Just keep going vertical to save space http://www.chicagoaudio.org/our-next-event.html
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