Hi all,

I'm going to upgrade my system later this year and will probably do it in stages. I currently am running the following:

Denon UD-M50 amp/CD player/Tuner - http://www.denon.ca/hapdfs/udm50.pdf
Energy Conoisseur C-1 speakers - http://www.energy-speakers.com/v2/products/product-page.php?ident=C-1
Mission MS-8 sub

I recently received a pair of Hartley speakers.
They were manufactured in 1972 and have a 24" super-woofer in them.
Any idea how much they are worth?

I recently bought a new Music Hall mmf 5.1 turntable. To clean my records before playing, I use the Discwasher brush with a few drops of their D4 fluid on it. When I remove the LP from the platter after playing, there is so much static electricity that the felt matt actually sticks to the record and comes off the platter. You can hear the crackling static electricity when you remove the LP. I live in Phoenix and it is very dry here, but has anyone had this issue and how did you solve it?
Thanks
Don

Hello all. I'm purchasing a new pair of Athena LS-500 speakers. They will be powered by my NAD C-320BEE Integrated Amplifier (I'm a poor audiophile!). I've read that these speakers should be "broken in" for 50 hours. Does this "break in" period have to be 50 continuous hours or can it be broken up in several hours at a time? I don't own a tuner thus I can't play an FM station continuously for 50 hours. Any help would be appreciated! Also, if anyone could recommend some "cheap" speaker wire I can use (I'm using Radio Shack 16-gauge on my old speakers). Thanks!

The following announcement arrived too late to appear in our June issue:

Thursday June 12, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm: AudioVision San Francisco (1603 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA) will host a seminar featuring KEF's Muon loudspeaker, Naim Audio's Reference 500 Series electronics, and Nordost Reference Odin cables. Representatives from each company will be on hand to discuss. Refreshments will be served and a drawing will be held. RSVP: (415) 614-1118. For more info, visit www.audiovisionsf.com.

Greetings,
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And "audiophile" stuff vinyl should be $12 an LP, not the prices now being gouged, like a bad stylus The music companys are doing THEMSELVES in....pricing themselves out of business. The old axiom, raise the price and people think it's better stuff (only works on wires, and overpriced amps /pre amps, nudnick pricing), I think they have passed the peak, and are now on the decline, self induced. Music itself will be a "niche" market. AND, if they had any new stuff worth listening too, maybe they could sell. Music in the last 15 years has been total CRAP.