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  1. Terry McCann

    cable splitters

    Rich, I just had Charter Cable out to try to clean up a weak signal problem. One thing they did was replace a old splitter of mine rated to 900mHz with one of theirs rated at more that 1000mHz, all at no cost to me. You might check with your cable company and see what they are willing to do...
  2. Terry McCann

    Radio shack , cut the mustard??

    Todd, I just bought a whole new set of interconnect cables from http://www.vsse.com after extensive searches on the internet for best price. The brands I bought were RCA, Recoton, and Acoustic Research, all of which I would consider to be the equivalent to what RS sells. Terry
  3. Terry McCann

    New Area

    What Jeff said squared! Terry
  4. Terry McCann

    Flexi Rack and threaded bars

    Dave, I'll offer another alternative for your consideration. I also did not care for the look of the exposed threaded rod, so I built mine using 1-1/4" birch dowels connected by dowel screws. The only difficult part of the process was centering the hole for the screws since I made the...
  5. Terry McCann

    Running wire in older home with plaster-on-lathe walls?

    Hey folks, hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. I'm posting this question question for a friend at work who owns an older home with plaster-on-lathe interior walls and wants to run coax for cable. I have no experience with this sort of construction, but figured someone on the...
  6. Terry McCann

    CD Changer advice, I think mine is about to bite the dust.

    Michael, I've had the Sony CDP-350 (300 disc capacity) for about 2 years and have been extremely pleased with it. I would not hesitate to recommend it. Terry
  7. Terry McCann

    Anyone had experience with stick antennae?

    I'm looking at installing an antenna for OTA HD signals and wanted to query the membership to see if anyone has used a stick-type antenna and, if so, how well it worked. Here is a link to the sort of thing I'm referring to: http://www.jascoproducts.com/cgi-loc...0a5+1014077070 Thanks, Terry...
  8. Terry McCann

    What as yet unreleased catalogue titles would u like to see in 2003?

    Here's my contribution of titles I'd buy on day 1 if released in 2002 (some of which are rumored to be released this year): The African Queen Treasure of the Sierra Madre To Have and Have Not Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Raiders of Lost Ark Star Wars (1 & 2) Schindler's...
  9. Terry McCann

    Looking for source for 5/8-inch cap nuts for flexy rack

    I've decided to go ahead with building a flexy rack for my A/V components. I've been able to locate everything I need except for 5/8-inch cap nuts to trim out the top shelf. Anyone have any recommendations for a mail order or internet source? Any other design solutions for trimming out the...
  10. Terry McCann

    How many digital cable owners buy RF cables?

    I agree with everything Bob McElfresh said in his post except:
  11. Terry McCann

    Seeking opinions from anyone who has used RCA brand cables

    Hello everyone, this will be my first post to this forum and I hope I'm not going to start yet another cable-war, but here goes... My wife and I just purchased a Panasonic 56-inch RPTV, 4:3, HDTV-ready. With that in place, I will be moving other audio and video components into storage next to...
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