bipod72
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| Made in USA I buy American made products when I can but it's not because I'm patriotic or feel the need to cover myself or my window shield in flag decals. I buy American made products to support local companies and manufacturing. I like to make & fix my ... | |
| I feel bad for Generation X and The Millennial's Oh man...the drug called nostalgia is running high. It’s pretty telling that the window of "greatest music ever" is limited to one decade of their life. It’s as if Boomers are ashamed of all the great music they grew up listening to as kids and te... | |
| New Pink Floyd release It's intriguing but I'd rather try and track down a copy of the 5.1 recording (30th edition) than buy the box set. Then I could do a comparison of that 5.1 to the original stereo version I have on CD. I think this is for hard core completists and ... | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? @larsman What does and doesn't surprise me is that there's a market for rare bootlegs now from a collector's standpoint but certainly not from an audiophile standpoint. You're right that many/most were dreadful audience recordings. I recall readin... | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? @jjbeason14 The last time I saw U2 live was the Joshua Tree tour. After that, the venues were too big and getting great tickets became a struggle. One of my favorite live albums Under a Blood Red Sky. When they played at Red Rocks for the War tour... | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? @larsman Oh I realize the OP wasn't talking about bootleg recordings BUT for a period of time in the 70s through the 80s there were vinyl bootleg pressings of live shows that, for all appearances, looked like legitimate label pressings. I had seve... | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? I have to question anyone who thinks a live concert trumps a studio recording with regards to audio quality. It makes me think they haven't seen as many disappointing/meh live shows as a reference or are very selective about who they see in concer... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! Welcome to the club. I'm sure you'll find it a slippery slope in many ways. Equipment tweaking, treasure seeking, and aural euphoria. But don't give up on digital. If anything, the format can help you find good and bad vinyl. I don't konw that you... | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. I have the P3 w/ the Exact 2 cartridge and love it. It's improved the listening enjoyment of my vinyl and it left some cash on the table that I can put toward other component upgrades down the road. | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? At the moment: Neko Case Sharon Jones Ella Fitzgerald But I'd have to add these ladies into the mix: Norah Jones Aretha Franklin Billie Holiday Dusty Springfield K.D. Lang | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home Audio Advice and Crutchfield have great return policies if you're looking to try out what brands they rep. and return in the window of their respective return policies. A local shop may have extra demo models to loan but you'll be limited to what ... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! I've found Audio Quest Swiffers to be much better at providing a dust-free signal path. | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl I was born and raised in an analog cabin in the backwoods on a dirt road. It was made by stacking unwanted vinyl records into logs. The gaps between logs were filled with obsolete 8-track tape. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. ... | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @ovinewar1 Thanks for the tip on the solder sucker. I'll check out Digikey. I've had the amp disconnected and unplugged for about a month now. So I'm going to plan on doing my amp refresh over the New Year weekend. | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @builder3 I've had hit-or-miss results with service shops in past and that were with the shop also being a dealer of the Marantz integrated amp I had years ago. I figured this old Adcom amp would make a good DIY project and an opportunity to sharp... |