Recent content by 5aces
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Calling All "Vintage" Integrated/Receiver Owners
Kijiji is another online buy and sell website. Craigslist is more popular in the USA, Kijiji is more frequently used by us Canadians. My reason for coveting the AU 7700, would be my original purchase new in 1976 of the smaller sibling amplifier - the AU 5500. Also, I am partial to the...- 5aces
- Post #16,337
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Calling All "Vintage" Integrated/Receiver Owners
Very rare to get original packaging, with the actual retail store written on the side with the taped serial number intact. The owner was born in 1953, purchasing the amplifier new when he was 21 years old in 1974 for the then princely sum of $500 Canadian. It has been in his bedroom closet for...- 5aces
- Post #16,332
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Calling All "Vintage" Integrated/Receiver Owners
I have waited patiently for a Sansui AU 7700 to appear in the right location and condition. This weekend I picked up a Kijiji score, 30.9 pounds of audio goodness. One owner, mint integrated amplifier from 1974, box and manual. 54 watts into 8 ohms, 2 aux inputs, two phono input - one with...- 5aces
- Post #16,329
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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how many of you guys cook???
Been a while, good to see the food carousel going round. Spring is in the air, time to roast a small leg of lamb. Watercress salad is good with lamb, took 1.5 hours to finish the meat with cherry wood. Happy Spring/Easter to all.- 5aces
- Post #3,559
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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how many of you guys cook???
'Dem beef tails...- 5aces
- Post #3,059
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how many of you guys cook???
Coincidentally, I just prepared a fresh pork leg shank half, not long ago. Lower part of the rear leg, easy to carve. Reasonable @ .99/pound, pork is returning to affordability as protein, whereas beef has skyrocketed. Started it out at 475F for 40 minutes, 375F for 40 minutes, then 350F until...- 5aces
- Post #3,053
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how many of you guys cook???
A bit over 5.5 pounds of oxtail, is now a trendy luxury... I used leeks in place of onions. Browned the wonderful oxtails before braising. Pulled the meat from the bones, beautiful gelatinous beef. Stored the braising liquid in the fridge overnight, easier to remove the fat. Roasted...- 5aces
- Post #3,050
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Calling All "Vintage" Integrated/Receiver Owners
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649158310-klipsch-forte-original-mint-condition/ + used tube amplifier = not disappointed.- 5aces
- Post #13,710
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Knights of Badassdom (2013) horrible/10 Peter Dinklage capitalizing on Game of Thrones? Stoner flick? Fantasy/Comedy (fail)? Who is the target audience for this mess? Awful, just awful and painful to watch until the end. The Monuments Men (2014) 5.9/10 Mediocre portrayal of a true story...- 5aces
- Post #15,140
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Lone Survivor (2013) 7.0/10 Based on a 2007 non fiction military history book of Operation Redwing in Afghanistan. Plenty of Marine Hooah in this film adaptation.- 5aces
- Post #15,032
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
From www.Spooool.ie: Voted worst Irish film of 2013. "Good Vibrations (2012) shows how to make an inspiring film about one of the darkest times in this island’s recent history where as A Belfast Story is the worst type of idiotic nonsense so far removed from any notion of reality it makes The...- 5aces
- Post #15,020
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Themed Monthly Avatar Committee (TMAC) discussion thread
Up here in GTA Toronto, I see lots of Beats Headphones, often used as an accessory to compliment clothing outfit colors. Certain music genres have evolved into fashion lines and it would seem the Beats headphones have become a part of that. FUBU, Ecko, Phat Farm, Kangol duds come to mind...- 5aces
- Post #10,885
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Themed Monthly Avatar Committee (TMAC) discussion thread
I took a look around here (Toronto) after reading your price drop/discontinued info on these headphones and did indeed find those Sennheiser's at Best Buy Canada for $119.00 discounted from a retail of $299. They've been selling truck loads of these phones during the clearance, I had to reserve...- 5aces
- Post #10,879
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Rate The Last Movie You Watched
The Counsellor (2013) 6.4/10 This one almost slipped by, haven't heard much good press for this film. An examination in the perils of trying to sustain a high dollar lifestyle through dubious means. If mostly just to watch the known actors play their parts along the obscure plot points, it...- 5aces
- Post #14,893
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What Are You Listening To Right Now?
Thank you for that. Just hoping you did not find this remaster to be inferior to your ears and that the physical set has stood the test of time. You answered that and I will look to purchase soon.