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arcticdeth

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Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track
Loved my 8 track, pop it in and it would not stop til pulled out 😁   had a few fave, Styx, paradise theatre, grand illusion, II, Eagles, the long run billy Joel, 42nd st.    ac/dc, high voltage, highway to hell kiss, destroyer judas priest,... 
Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll
@brianh61   :So the one political comment above is not off base, just the person pointed to because he just does what he is told.       you have won the internet, and the best comment in this forum.  -buys Brian a cold Guinness pint!  
Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll
24 hrs for my monos to be their best sounding.    such a difference from initial power up to same time next day listening.         
Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll
My mind goes to how much of a draw this purchase will damage the account total.     Also, the wife and her talks, complaining, whining.  she is a nagger.   
TMR: What is the Best Amplification for Magnepan Speakers?
Roger Sanders magtech monoblocks.    your 🤗 welcome         
Advice? Less than $4k, solid state preamp, neutral to gentle
Personally, we would have the Parasound p5.  AVA makes a no thrills pre.  if  want to have a preamp rehabbed, caps, full cleaning, etc look for a great cond Onkyo p-308 warm sound, smooth controls, great pre! had t remove my B and K pro10-mc. N... 
Most underrated female recording artists..
Linda ronstadt bobby gentry Sabina Classen Karen Greening (Lee Aaron) metal queen!  
Snap Crackle Pop Streaming
Buy a danm CD player, get rid of extra components, cables, hassle get a nice 5 cd changer, shuffle…..done for 3 hours.  enjoy a 4 finger scotch and some Irish cheese and German sausages cooked in sauerkraut with fennel seeds  
A** Kicking, Rock and Roll!
@larsman    Bought the Japanese edition while back. Newer stuff past 20 years is so far off from the Mike Kiske era, goddann did he have range for a metal singer! I miss him, bought his first solo cd long time ago, was NOT what I expected.    ... 
A** Kicking, Rock and Roll!
@goofyfoot    i have a demo vhs sent to me by Egghead from broken bones long time ago. They were all over, in discharge, Exploited, UK subs, other stuff    good stuff!    
Help recommend a good tube preamp
CJ makes very nice ones 3, 5 i think, SE series. used ones are a steal  
Power conditioner vs use of a audio grade outlet?
unless you have dedicated 10ga from incoming to your stereo wall, so basic 16ga in your house ran in hundreds and hundreds of feet through conduit, romex, whatever, a single outlet fed by 16 ga will make instruments float around the room, so it so... 
Hesitant to upgrade my phono cartridge
had ortofon x5-mc for a while     switched to ortofon concorde nightclub II for taming down the highs, and the Arkiv, which boosts highs for recording to hard drive then burn to cds. have a drawer full of ADC shoes, for the head shell, still ro... 
Am I Getting Soft Here?
@goofyfoot      same here, most my somewhat higher dollar stuff is in amps, pre, cd, some semi above average Audioquest cables. some Belden ones which did drown out the radio tower 1 mile from my home.  
Am I Getting Soft Here?
what..??   dude, really? not that good?    in best umbshitday voice " cmon, man"    that's a great system, unless that's what you wanted to hear to reinforce your audio decisions??   that's a great system, we go with what we can afford, an...