arizonabob
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| Classical Top Five Jeez, let's now go with the 5 greatest rock bands...1. Beethoven2. Mahler3. Stravinsky4. Mozart5. Tchaikovsky6. J S BachIs that five already?? Doesn't matter who their influence was or when they composed, those weren't caveats. | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? Been buying vinyl record since 1964. When Capitol records state that they've sold 8 million copies of Sgt. Peppers my audio collector friend and I say hogwash, between the 2 of us, we've owned that many.........Many of the answers and yes, even op... | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? When I started college (1971) my parents offered to buy me a new (to me) car. Had a '64 VW that was good enough for me so, I inquired about a 'new' stereo system. Reluctantly agreed....McIntosh MAC1700 (who needs AM?) $600JBL L-100s $550Pion... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Just a decade and a half correction, the date for B B King should have read 11/30/2013! | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? '72 or so, Z Z Top @ Celebrity Theater Phx AZ Front row, so loud I still have ringing in my ears, excruciating. Left after 2 numbers.'73 or so, Clapton @ an outside venue in Phoenix, can't remember which one, smack and booze, what song is that?11/... | |
| CD player reliability.... good and bad. I've been using 2 Denon DCM-390's for more than 20 years. OK, so they aren't the high-end single disc Oppos or Brystons, but they work well. After all, they're for listening to CD's...There has been a glitch on occasion, they are 5 disc carousels.... | |
| If you hopped into your time machine and brought back audio gear- what would it be? @oldhvymech;'Scuse me, "Everything is better now?" Please. I have one (of many) that I own. Early JBL L100's with copper hand wound/edge wound voice coils. I have 3 sets of this model (L100's) and in a blind shoot out its easy to tell the differen... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! @millercarbon & audioguy85;Couldn't agree more. Why bother acquiring a AAA recording only to convert it to AAD (please see 'loaf of bread' analogy)?? Sure, streaming is convenient but not for "listening to music". For background noise at a p... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! @millercarbon;Not all preowned copies are 'used'. Just recently I sold a Kinks LP that I purchased used because when I removed the disc from the sleeve it was still sealed in a clear perforated plastic inner sleeve (thought it may have been a cont... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! All true, but not so much. Thru this post, reading each one, no one mentioned the secret trail-off codes. That's probably OK too. Even if you're lucky enough to find that 1A stamper, how was it treated in it's former life (assuming buying a 'pre-o... | |
| The Weekend I dunno, the way the Weeknd sounds phonically reproduced as the weakened. Maybe it's just me, I thought he was pretty good. Now, not as good as GaGa was, but then again, really don't care for her much either. AB | |
| Please Educate Me Hey! I got an idea. Let's have a red forum and a blue forum. The reds can be as nasty and condescending as they wanna be and the blues can give it all away with love and understanding (read enablement and coddling). Can't we all just get along?? | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? ADC. The first pair of component speaks sold to me with my first system. We're talking 1971 or 1972. Sansui 350, Pioneer PL-A25 and these. Horrible sounding. Not the way they sounded in the showroom. An honest upstanding dealer took them back and ... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? Just a couple of observations, I was perusing eBay the other day looking at McIntosh. In the listings was a MC 275. It looked just like an MC 275 until they got to the detailed pics. The side of the unit had a different name (can't remember what i... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. The poster said he was good with the amp/preamp and speakers. Still about half the responses referred to these in some form or fashion, jeeeeezzzz. Read the post and respond accordingly. Answer is source. Clearthinker noted the garbage in garbage ... |