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206dino

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My hearing deficits are becoming clear...
This hearing problem is something that many of us have or will have by varying degrees as we get more mature, which is ironic since that is the time when we can really afford the exotic goodies and pursue that psychoacoustic nirvana which for some... 
Roots, ie: how did your music/sound/audio life/listening begin?
My family always had classical music playing on a Grundig console radio in the living room and we never forgot it. I got a crystal detector radio set consisting of a mounted crystal with a metal whisker that pressed down on it attached to a bunch ... 
For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone....
Dynaco PAS-3X tube Pre-amp and other kit gear. Harman Kardon HK505 DC Coupled Ultra Wideband Integrated Amplifier (1979)Magnepan SMGa panels   
Cautionary Tale
Well, having been out of it (audioholics) for a number of years, I now find myself cooped up at home with my own toys.  Thirty years ago I didn't know what a phono stage was so I never thought I needed one.  I remember in  the 1970s cruising Elect... 
Cautionary Tale
I agree that were it not for the market support given the manufacturers, the creations of Mark Levinson and John Curl  (BTW love the JC amps/preamps) would never have seen the light of day.  I have owned a lot of equipment, some of it expensive...