[quote user="Dillen"] Kids and teenagers are speechless when it plays. [/quote] I never could decide whether I consider these '40s-'50s record players as lovely or butt-ugly. Nevertheless, I enjoy the pictures!

I use foil caps simply because then I'll never have to replace them again. It's fun on the first time, but not exactly after that... I'd probably use electrolytics for speakers I was going to sell sooner or later, but that never seems to happen to me I'm quite sure I'd never hear any difference between foil cap brands or dielectrics

Squeezing a (full) 16:9 picture on a 4:3 screen is called letterboxing. You only do it once, either at the source, or at the display device. You are probably watching an analogue broadcast, and there the letterboxing is usually done at the TV company if needed, resulting in a 4:3 transmission format with black bars at top & bottom. Therefore you

It will take a while before the changes are updated... what are you supposed to have there now? I see a guy in a large hat Also, it may be a cache problem in your browser. Try clearing the cache, or keeping shift down while clicking on "reload" to force a complete reload of the page content (won't work in all browsers).

Yep, I knew it - it looks good You now need a Beogram 4500 with a trashed lid to make over!

[quote user="david coyne"] Tournedos... I love that photo!!!! Would you mind if i took a copy of it????? I'd like to post it on my facebook page! [/quote] Not at all - I'll PM you an URL to a little bigger version

Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years This cracks me up every time in it's all 1'53" glory "He sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at 15 1/4 % and put a down payment on a little two bedroom place."...

[quote user="Søren Mexico"] Forgot to mension: when I have my speakers here, I will make 2 holes in the upright for cables. [/quote] Now that you mention it... can't understand why B&O didn't think of it! Might be difficult to thread it with a connector attached, but even that could work with just a slot in the bottom of

Those darn kids!

Love these! Is the top end (the attachment to the horizontal bar) different in 45 stands and the bigger ones, or is that small horizontal "step" your own idea? In any case, I like these more!