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| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Certainly there's no such thing as a 'typical' audiophile. I drive a 1983 Toyota Corolla. I don't have a commute, I keep it up and Toyota makes cars to last. It cost me well under $8000.00 back then.Having said that, if audiophilia nervosa hadn't ... | |
| Speaker suggestions My room dimensions are similiar. I have Von Schweikert Jrs., also on either side of a cabinet and very close to the wall. They sound really good and can be had used for $2700. | |
| Nina Simone Remastered If you have a tuntable I'd search out LPs. Of the many recordings and compilations available, I own relatively little. I'd start with her 60's Philips recordings, specifically "Wild Is The Wind". "Raw" is the word I'd use to describe many of these... | |
| Von scheikert VR4jr what are you using ? I'm waiting for a pair of VAC Standard 90 mono blocks to arrive. Albert has paired VAC equiptment with his speakersat CES. Kevin Hayes of VAC is very enthusiastic about the JR'S with the mono blocks. I'll weigh in when I get things set up. I have ... | |
| Western Electric 300b Tubes - Differences Clarification: The Blue and White boxes alone do not translate into inferior tubes. These boxes are indicative of bulk packaging. | |
| Queen on American Idol Chris has the talent but I became bored with him. I myself favor Kat and Elliot. Elliot was so good last week. No winner will have control over any aspect of production so the CD will be mainstream. Still, I'd buy a CD by either of those 2. | |
| Western Electric 300b Tubes - Differences Pawlowski6123I didn't have anything to compare them with. They didn't exhibit any sonic distortion or anything like that. The man at WE told me that the tubes in question do not sound as good as the bonafide 300B's. | |
| All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmy Lou I've heard that Mark Knopfler is an 'audiophile'. Odd that more care wasn't taken in the recording. I sure hope that the concert is memorable. | |
| Western Electric 300b Tubes - Differences OK here's the real skinny on the Western Electrics. I just spoke with Charles Whitener at Western Electric. There is no such thing as an OEM tube. It's a term that's being bantered around. If a 300B comes in a blue and white box and there's no ser... | |
| Western Electric 300b Tubes - Differences Pawlowski, I'll get back as soon as possible. | |
| Western Electric 300b Tubes - Differences I've done a little research on this. Western Electric makes OEM tubes which come in a blue and white box. These are sold to manufacturers of amps which use the 300B's. The specs are the same but they don't come with a warranty. I don't think these... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Silversmith Audio for all of your cable needs. I'm wired up with Jeffrey Smith's silver interconnects and speaker cable and am off the cable merry-go-round. Done searching, done wanting. Jeffrey's customer service rivals no one's. He's approachabl... | |
| I'm Looking for some great electronic music Do a search for 'Hearts of Space'. I live in the Bay area. One late night 30 years ago I discoved a radio program called "Music From The Hearts of Space". It was 3 hours of commercial free 'Space' music, a term coined by the producer of the show. ... | |
| A "Unique" Voice... Steve Forbert | |
| Queen on American Idol I'm suprised no one has mentioned Elliot. He's one of my favorites. Lots of talent there. |