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| ??? Where Does "High End" Start ??? @fatdaddy2 "Absolute? The point at which your significant other gets really p*ssed at your most recent purchase." Hold on here. You're supposed to tell them???? | |
| Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs @sns Well said. | |
| What A Drag It Is Getting Old Minister: Do you believe in the hereafter? Me: Yes. Every time I walk into a room I ask: What did I come in here after? | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? Beethoven's 5th, Hartford Symphony, mid sixties. Judy Collins, 1968 Kinks, 1971 | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile I fooled around with Heathkits etc. in high school, but turned the corner when I got a KLH Model 20 for graduation. Shortly thereafter I discovered a somewhat questionable use for student loans, but that's another story... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2796248 As far as I know it is "India" pale ale. My first beer sample when young - I HATED it and didn't start drinking for many years after. Then I made up for lost time and then stopped drinking 8 years ago. Hav... | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? Cecilia Bartoli Bill Evans Rory Gallagher Marillion | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Well, thanks to stuartk, the Dregs (What if) and Jeff Beck (Who Else) because it is time to air out the system! | |
| Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff beck @stuartk Yes, thank you for that. I met him (Steve) a while back and he was just as gracious as I expected. Gotta love the Dixie Dregs! | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in mbmi "I have a 30K rig and use a $150 Schiit Loki Mini....why, Because I like to tweak bad recordings . Don't put it down until you actually try one." I started with a Mini, it is now in the garage system. The middle one is in the H... | |
| HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO? @calvinj I have a pair of the Gato PWR-222s and the PRD-3S (not using the DAC) and I haven't looked back either! | |
| Looking for an Amp Replacement @uncledemp +1. Wow. | |
| Schiit Loki Max? I have all three Loki. Lokies? The three band got relegated to the garage system pretty quickly. The Lokius is better but is now in the studio. The Max is a keeper - more bands yield a narrower Q, plus the memory and the ability to switch it in an... | |
| Your audiophile chair I don't have a pic of mine, but for 25 years just for headphones see below. It is too tall for speakers, but crank it back and I can be out in 10 minutes, so it stays upright for listening!!!! | |
| What to do with my legacy CD collection? wsrrsw said: "Try and see if your local library wants them." I don't know where you are, but my local library is going the other direction. They are rapidly thinning the collection because CDs don't get taken out much any more. Like ... |