On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:26:56 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2021-02-12 18:23, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:18:44 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2021-02-10 18:46, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 11:33:41 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2021-02-08 17:35, Savageduck wrote:

San Francisco has a bad reputation for car robbery, usually from parked cars with valuables visible. The rule of thumb in SF is not to leave any valuables, hidden, or visible in a parked car.

SF is not unique for that... why you usually buy (negotiate in) the
privacy cover if you buy a hatchback.

Years ago I had a pair of speakers stolen which the police later found
had been sold for $45 for the pair in a local pub. It cost the
insurance company $12,000 to replace them.

The insurance company paid about $800 to replace them because they know
you could never tell the difference in an ABx test.

They were Quad ESL63 electrostatics
http://loudspeaker-repair-service.re...le_example.JPG
and I bought them for the insurance company from a dealer in England.
They were several thousand dollars cheaper than anything locally.

You could get equivalent (or better) sound quality with some $100
drivers and some well chosen material, properly prepped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEh0...echIngredients

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKIy...echIngredients

(And other speaker builds from the same guy... and other things not
speaker from him as well ...).

Have you ever listended to Quad electrostatic speakers? Have you ever
listened to any electrostatic speakers?
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Regards,

Eric Stevens