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Newsletter Magnepan MG
1.7 Now On Display! Magnepan’s new speaker is among the most highly anticipated in the history of two channel audio! At $2k per pair it replaces the MG 1.6, itself a true classic in the annals of great loudspeaker design! Please see last month’s newsletter for details about the MG 1.7. Better yet, bring in a CD or two to check out the 1.7s for yourself!
Salamander Flat Panel Stand $660 Suppose you already have a low boy equipment stand that houses your AV gear. You want to put a center speaker on top of the stand- but that leaves you no room for the flat panel TV. If you want a nice surround package, you do need room for that center speaker! Salamander has come up with this nice solution to the problem. For $660 the stand holds your panel and allows slight side to side rotation. Slide the feet under the cabinet from behind and you have a very finished look- without having to wall mount the panel! You can adjust the height a little too.
Elvis Lives! In China! He performs to sold out venues. His influence is enormous as he has changed the landscape of music in the nation of a billion people. Elvis is, Lang Lang (translated: Very Brilliant) As Elvis brought rock’n’roll fever to the US in the 1950s, Lang Lang has kick started the piano explosion China witnesses today. It is estimated that over 80 million Chinese children are playing the piano today in hopes of making it big, as Chinese national Lang Lang has. It is not an exaggeration to say that Lang Lang’s impact, right now, in China, is comparable to what Elvis stirred up here half a century ago! Happy 30th Birthday to Kimber Kable! Having been in the AV business since the early 70s, I’ve witnessed first hand the evolution of the cable industry. I’m pleased to report Ray Kimber’s Kimber Kable is still at the forefront of our biz after 30 years! Speaker wire in the early days was not really considered a “component.” Audiophiles used skinny zip cord. A few audiophiles used thicker zip cord. But not all! I remember one tube company who pushed thinner cable instead of thicker! Until 1979 the cable pushers (Fulton & Monster) just said bigger is better. In 1979 Ray Kimber started his company and said, there’s far more to it than that. His first product was FOUR PAIR speaker wire. It was (and still is) wires bundled in groups- and then braided to eliminate RFI. It provided cleaner sound than big, fat, parallel bundles of wires. And it didn’t blow up amplifiers like Cobra Cable and some other early alternatives! Similar braided technology soon made its way into interconnect cable. Over the years literally every cable company out there has morphed off Ray’s early discoveries! Today we have many versions of this cable. There are different thicknesses. There are fancier dielectrics than plastic. There are creative banana plugs and spade lugs. Thanks to Ray for getting us all down the right path! We’ve sold Kimber Kable from the beginning and are still proud to! |
