abucktwoeighty
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| You know you're an audiophile if-- Years back I stopped at a barn sale and found a Denon DP-57L turntable that was just sitting on the floor, a bit away from the usual fair. Behind it were around 400 lp's. I asked about it, and the gal said it previously belonged to a dj who was st... | |
| Carbon Fiber Brush with Milty Gun? After reading the comments I believe I'll shoot, brush, then shoot again. | |
| Gemm.com Really too bad. International outlet with very hard to find items. If I can't find what I'm looking for in the usual places, Gemm was the place to go. | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? My Pass Labs X250.8 makes me smile every time I turn it on. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Goldfrapp, Felt Mountain, RSDEric Clapton, ClaptonThievery Corporation, The Richest Man in BabylonJaco Pastorius, Anthology- The Warner Bros. Years, RSD | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? Anyone remember when WLS was WLSD? Changed for obvious reasons. | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? My brother in law works at a radio station doing everything from sales, news, and yes, playing music. I help keep him employed. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Forgot Pat Metheney, First Circle | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thievery Corporation, SaudadePatricia Barber, Verse, 45rpm MofiCassandra Wilson, New Moon DaughterWise/Magraw, eponymous, tabla and guitar | |
| Anyone receive Focal Utopia speakers with defects? Jon, I'm glad you have this worked out. Now you can start looking into amplification seriously without the nagging afterthoughts to bother you. | |
| Songs that Inspire or Move you The Road is Lonesome, by Club Des Belugas | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Tostadosunidos, it's funny how that works. There was a point not real long ago where I was happy with a cheap Sharp receiver and cdp powering a set of AAL speakers. | |
| How do you respond to this question? Because that was the format when I got into audio and I have many lp's. | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Get a Nitty Gritty cleaner for a couple hundred bucks. It's manual, but one gets used to such matters. I use AIVS 3 step fluids with excellent results. Follow up with a Zerostat static removal gun. Silence. | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... Thank you Arsh. Most folks here seem to be a pretty nice group of people. Everyone has been very supportive and the pain eases with time. As long as I don't think too deeply about it, I do fine.My system is sounding so good now I never have the te... |