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Favourite Guitarists
For Glen Campbell Rockin’ on …. It’s approx at 16:00 minutes …  
Favourite Guitarists
Randy Bachman   Glen Campbell      
Favourite Guitarists
Les Paul and Chet Atkins       
What are your top 3 favorite female singers?
Barbra Streisand Celtic Woman ( ok ,,, it’s a group but with rotating individual lead performances) Karen Carpenter   Worthy mention as contenders  Diana Krall Holly Cole K D Lang  
When CDs first came onto the market in 1982 .......
The Jurassic era introduction of music presented on silver spinner discs had its appeal in ease of use and portability that was a welcome step-up to cassette tapes. Six disc CD changers flooded the markets and car audio. Vinyl strengths and warts ... 
Are cables additive or subtractive?
@hilroy48 +1 ..,. Nailed it! NOTE: cables are not tone controls.But as with other components in your system, their synergy / or lack of it with the rest of the cradle-to-grave systems will influence your tastes vis-à-vis Yay or Nay. KEY POINT ... 
Power cable dilemma
   
Power cable dilemma
@jrimer ”ALL I ASKED WAS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT POWER CORD TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE A QUANTUM LEAP IN THE LAST 5 YEARS. That’s it…” @whipsaw kinda nailed it succinctly. +1 . Simple “NO”. (1) CARDAS ,for example are a very fine cable supplier who h... 
HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range
Pre-owned BRYSTON (Bryston analog audio products and loud speakers are warranted to be free from manufacturing defects for twenty (20) years from the original date of manufacture. The warranty includes parts and labour.) PS .Zeroing in on Stated ... 
Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home
(1) I don’t know squat about DEVORE speakers or their dealers, Comments below reflect my general overall experiences (1) MY EXPERIENCES PRE-COVID maybe /…. ( but it’s very dealer specific ) AND very dependent on: (I) speaker size weight & p... 
Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time?
@ieales  - not sure why you would even conjecture that … but in any case …nope … that is dead wrong … and you lose that wager …full stop.  - My entire system was fully disconnected into its individual components and then boxed up and stored away... 
Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time?
@ghdprentice  my experience too …. A new 20A line over a 15A line ( both dedicated ) provided a higher degree of slam right off the bat  …this was kinda expected somewhat with more amp headroom maybe, I guess ? but nada further improvement after... 
Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED)
   
Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED)
SUGDEN      
Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time?
I just moved my “A” system to a new room and had two new 20A dedicated lines installed . All the goodies …. New Armoured electrical cabling from the panel, new top model FURUTECH electrical outlet plugs, ..and with already run-in CARDAS CLEAR powe...