abucktwoeighty
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| Help. My system is shouting at me What do I remember about de Nile? Bakshish! | |
| Best rock song of all times "Little Red Rooster", by many artists. I was driving home from work one day listening to XM radio on Bluesville, and they had a marathon going, playing just that one song, but they were playing different renditions for 12 hours straight, with no r... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Jdodmead, not mine in particular, solid state in general. | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours People who bash solid state vs. tubes. My solid state system sounds great, and I get tired of people saying it's inferior. I don't bash tube systems for the short-comings they possess. | |
| WAF - Wife Acceptance Factor If I want to purchase a piece of equipment, I have to figure on the cost being twice the actual amount, since she will usually find something she wants that is very close the amount I want to spend. That's fine with me. | |
| Cheapest system you could ever stand to listen to Marantz 2252 receiver, $75, ebay.Large Advent speakers, $10, estate saleDenon DCD 1500 CDP, with remote, $15, ebayDual 1218 turntable, $4.50, GoodwillThe turntable was sold to me at half price, since the stylus was missing. I didn't complain. Stil... | |
| Norah Jones a tinge short I get a kick out of these petty squabbles. Everyone always thinks that they are right in their thoughts, everyone else is wrong, or lacks the knowledge to know any better. Some are worse than others. I hate Celine, her voice makes me cringe. I lik... | |
| Norah Jones a tinge short If you like Norah's voice, try a listen to Melody Gardot. Sounds very similar. I'm waiting for her "Worrisome Heart" cd to arrive. | |
| New TT/cart question The left channel on my cartridge was wired backwards, which put it out of phase. (My bad.) This made the left channel sound more dominant, and put the sound way outside the left speaker. Switched the wires, and all is well. | |
| White Album, when's your last listen? I have a friend whose father gave him the original copy, still sealed. He told me about it when I was talking about my system one day. He is not an audiophile, and his system is lo-fi. I told him to hang on to it, keep it sealed. He knows what it'... | |
| rooms and sound levels Had a monster HTS 3500 mkII which sacrificed itself during a surge of power. Nothing else was harmed. Fried the power supply. I found the unit didn't do a thing for the sound quality. System sounds just as good without one. I bought a monster HTS ... | |
| Tubes to solid state for amplifier path... My Pass Labs X250 runs class A for the first 40 watts, then switches to A/B. It does run warm in class A. I also noticed my 40 inch LCD TV gives off a good amount of heat, and have heard the plasmas give off even more. Thank the Lord for central air. | |
| More shipping damage again? Never had a problem using FedEx. UPS (Unlimited Package Smashing) has delivered packages that were so smashed pieces were missing. Mostly from poor packaging by the sender. UPS did refund each time, but as mentioned above, many hoops to jump throu... | |
| Best lines in a song "Dinah-Moe watched from the edge of the bedWith her lips just a-twitchin' an' her face gone redSome drool rollin' downFrom the edge of her chinAs she spied the conditionHer sister was in"...Frank Zappa, "Dinah-Moe Hum" | |
| Music for "Tough Times" Allman Bros., "Melissa" from Eat a Peach Lp. |