alaric62
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| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? Using a previous poster's definition of "band" and "group", I'll go with the band (loosely defined) that had more hits than any other gathering of musicians-The Wrecking Crew. They made the careers of some pretty big names. | |
| (dons Helmet, kevlar vest and cup.) Biwiring Cornwall IVs any benefit? My experience applies only to my set up, so grain of salt, etc.. My Paradigms absolutely benefited from bi-wiring. Maybe it's the connector the speakers come with between the binding posts, but bi-wiring makes a positive and very audible improv... | |
| Dealers with excellent listening rooms? They're probably long gone, but Imperial Sound in Tulsa, OK in 1983 was great. They asked what gear I wanted to audition, then told me to pick some albums off the MoFi rack to listen to. They moved a Tandberg stack, a pair of ADS L1530 speakers, a... | |
| "I'm a believer" I don't believe in the "diminishing returns", at least not as a universal truth. When you're in to the subjective the value of the return is up to the one who spent the money. That, and a $100k system does sound way better than a $20k system-ass... | |
| From pass xa25 to krell k-300i I believe JA, at Stereophile, got more like 80 wpc from the XA 25. So not quite the power deficit advertised, relative to the Krell. | |
| Two questions to make you mad. This thread seems very...kenjit. | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Still happy with my v.3 Paradigm Studio 60s. I'd be happier if I had my old ADS L1530s back, though. They were very good, IMO. | |
| What happen to MQA on Tidal? Soooo, physical media isn't really "dead" and I should hang on to my CDs? My fixed income and 3 Mbps internet (I kid you not, 3 Mbps) seem to have kept me from going down the streaming rabbit hole. Best of luck to all the early adopters, but I s... | |
| What was your first record? First record (45) was "Little Willy" by Sweet. (I was 10 years old). First album was about a year later, BTO's "Not Fragile" | |
| Costliest Brainfart Thought my future ex-wife wanted my stereo, so I sold it cheap so she wouldn't get her grubby mitts on it. Turned out she was a better person than I gave her credit for and never mentioned my rig. I still miss that gear. Definitely a brain fart. F... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? After enough time (years in my case), I found a few reviewers who have reviewed gear I've heard or owned, own, or thinking about owning. Their reviews jive very well with my own impressions of said gear. I came to understand what Kal Rubinson mean... | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? Once again I am shown another reason to be grateful my daughter shares my passion for music and appreciation for my modest gear. It all goes to her when I'm gone. I know she'll keep and love it as much as I have, maybe more. I wish I had a ... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Ted Nugent a dozen times, stereos, Black Sabbath, BTO, years-no, decades, of engines and race tracks and dyno runs...a lifetime of poor judgment regarding my hearing. Now I have a permanent noise floor that sounds like 1000 metallic crickets. A ca... | |
| Show off! Sheryl Crow's "Tuesday Night Music Club", and some individual tracks like Dusty Springfield's "Son Of A Preacher Man" and the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman". A good copy of "Rock On" by David Essex is good, too. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? I can't believe how many supposed grown men are whining about what other adults spent on their gear. "Insensitive"??? Why does that even appear here? My main rig has under $10k invested and if someone spent a million plus, good for them. It doesn'... |