aewarren

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Help me understand the current amp market
Aren't you glad you asked?  
joule la150mkII- preamp
To clean the knobs while on the unit, try a mild soap and water solution such as dishwashing liquid on a cloth. If this does not remove the "dirt", it is probably because some of the thin plating has worn off the knob from the oil on your fingers.... 
When Was The Audio Golden Age?
 Tomorrow.  
Vinyl Only
Ode To Billie Joe on Patricia Barber's Cafe Blue LP. Musical monotony, and skip-worthy.  
Listening Room
I solved that issue by moving my significant other.  
Favorite moment with music in your car.
Pre-8 Track days, I had a brand new '65 Comet Cyclone in which I installed an RCA car record player I ordered from a J C Whitney catalog. I added a pair of 6x9's on the rear shelf. The unit played a stack of 45's with an upside down tonearm, jukeb... 
How often, and how, do you clean your stylus?
I'm quite a bit older now but I still clean my stylus and sharpen my pencil as often as I can.   
Music first or sound first?
The sound of music.  
Picture Discs
Most picture discs are made of plastic, not vinyl. Colored vinyl is just that-colored vinyl.  
Magnepan 3.7i VS 2.7X
@jcadwell    Thanks for the response. I am not interested in the hassle of trying to integrate subs, so I may even go in a different direction altogether. Also, I see that Magnepan is tinkering with some new designs, so I might even just wait to s... 
Qualities Of An End-game System
Qualities of turning off the lights in the listening room: -Speakers disappear. -Room disappears. -Listener disappears, his mind is shut down/gone. -The listener doesn't know where any of the music came from, but it is all inside of him. Sex, ... 
Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review
I agree that this product deserves a better, more comprehensive review and a performance comparison with other TT's in its price range. The review was vague and bordered on a fluff piece, but each reviewer has his own style and ability. TAS has ha... 
Are You a Swifty?
Who?  
How would you spend my next $5K?
Stay out of Best Buy stores and off audio forums with snarky repliers.  
Throw it out!
My interest in music is mostly in the jazz genre. I have often bought records that had music I did not fully appreciate and then pulled them out later to find my taste had either changed or matured to the point that I later found them enjoyable. T...