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| For Old Timers who experienced the "Golden Age" of Audio of the 60s and 70s. Don’t forget, the original Quad ESL was available back then, and so were good tube electronics, the Thorens TD-124 turntable, and the Decca cartridge. So a highly transparent, uncolored system was available, though only the audiophiles and early h... | |
| Treasure KT120z vs NOS GEC KT88 Tube expert Roger Modjeski also feels the new Gold Lion 88's are even better than the originals. He supplies them stock in his RM-200 amp. | |
| Best Country/Rock - Poll Absolutely, pehare! I have a few collections of their stuff, plus the Satan Loves Sin (!) album. The Everly Brother sure didn’t invent close 2-part harmony, but they (along with Buddy Holly, with whom they were close friends) did mix it with the n... | |
| Canadian rock and roll 50’s Rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins had a band in which members came and left regularly. He picked up drummer Levon Helm in Arkansas just as Levon was graduating from High School in 1958, and took him with him as he traveled to Canada for work. ... | |
| Canadian rock and roll 4/5ths of The Band. | |
| Best Country/Rock - Poll Man, there are some great, great lists here! Lots of good names, but for me it always comes back to The Everly Brothers, imo the first and still best Country Rockers. Gram Parsons is associated with the great Felice & Boudleaux Bryant song "Lo... | |
| Sanders magtech or odyssey kismet Bombay, Satie uses resistors to correct for power amp voltage gain differences. I still have my Dahlquist DQ-LP1, which I use for the bass leg only. Brooks Berdan tried to get me to sell it to him for the longest time, but I knew I'd need it event... | |
| Tube Phono Stage Frank Van Alstine used 5751's in his Dynaco PAS redesign he offered back in the 80's. A little less gain than the 12AX7, but quieter. I don't know if he still modifies that pre-amp, or makes a similar one of his own. | |
| Sanders magtech or odyssey kismet Right you are Bombay, the high end powerhouse amps cost as much as my whole system. Plus, I really don’t need a well-rounded amp with great sound in all octaves (I have a real nice amp for the Tympani's M/T drivers), just a great low end brute---m... | |
| Sanders magtech or odyssey kismet All right, thanks. I've done some more digging, and it looks like there are different levels of Crowns these days, with different designs, power supplies, etc. The fan noise the Pro amps are notorious for possessing would rule one out for me anywa... | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists Brian Johnson was fine by me. But AR (I won’t even speak his name)?! | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) I’d like to hear from AC power cord designers/manufacturers. Do any of them test the wire they make their cords with for directionality? They can't simply be reversed by the user though, of course. | |
| Tube Phono Stage There is an Allnic 1201, held in high esteem by it's owners, available on Audiogon right now. Asking price $2100. | |
| Albums you can listen too all the way through and it's all good Me too, Ghost. There are also photo albums ;-). | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists I'm so dismayed that AC/DC, one of my favorite bands, is having AR be their new "singer". Damn it! |