On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:59:21 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Mon 10 Aug 2009 04:24:08p, Chemiker told us...
>
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:18:45 -0500, Chemiker
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:21:28 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon 10 Aug 2009 02:00:09p, notbob told us...
>>>
>>>>Yes, there are a couple of things I sincerely regret. Another being a
>>>>mid- 60s vintage McIntosh preamp and power amplifier coupled with a
>>>>Thorens turntable and Ortophon cartridge. And yes, I've seen the
>>>>prices on those matched power tubes. :-(
>>>
>>>Had a Tandberg deck with one of those Thorens TT's, with the massive
>>>turntable and the aluminum TT top. Eventually the drive wheels hardened
>>>and could not be replaced. One day my Harmon-Kardon amp went BANG, and
>>>that was that. Cartridges were Shure.
>>
>> I still have my Leak speakers, the ones with the sand-filled
>> walls. They're still excellent.
>>
>> Alex, who remembers the ElectroVoice 30" woofer.
>
>I do!
>
>> Trivia: We have Tweeters and Woofers. What was the term
>> used for mid-range speakers, the term that never caught on?
>
>Squawkers...

Full Marks, Wayne!!

Alex