bobgates
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| where to buy vintage speakers? altec, jbl, etc eBay is your best bet. I've picked up a lot of older vintage equipment on that site as well as newer equipment. | |
| Best cd player under 1K used A real sleeper is the Consonance CD120 Linear. I just purchased one a few weeks ago for $800 new and love it. | |
| Beginner/ Starter cables The Purist Audio Musaeus are by far the best for the money in my opinion. | |
| Best affordable phono preamp? My choice would be the Art Audio Vinyl One. | |
| IEC AC Inlet for Philly Audio 7B pre amp This one from Parts Express should work:http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=090-442 | |
| can anyone reccomend a high quality receptacle I like the Porter Ports (Hubbell) myself and personally prefer them to the Wattgates and Oyaides. | |
| Best object in your listening room. Lots of wood ducks and decoys (my wife collects them). | |
| Smooth Jazz Freak needs New Artists I don't think Bob James was mentioned; I like "Grand Piano Canyon" and several of his ealier ones like "Touchdown", "Sign of the Times" and "Obsession". Also, eventhough not entirely classified as smooth jazz, I would highly recommend Patricia Bar... | |
| The best sounding Audio Research Line Stage preamp The LS-5 is very nice if all of your other equipment has balanced inputs and outputs. I myself like the LS-25 Mk II. | |
| What song turns back the clock? Zenieth - you're absolutely right; Maggie Mae by Rod Stewart was a huge song; I remember first hearing it September of 1971 while going through basic training and it really struck me. Another big song I remember from the summer of 1971 was Pete To... | |
| What song turns back the clock? Vermonter - you have great musical tastes; "School" from Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" is one of my favorites also; listened to that album often back in the late 70s. Also love Alan Parson's Gaudi but early on listened extensively to I Robot... | |
| What song turns back the clock? Xiekitchen - we have very similar tastes; love the cut "Free Man in Paris" from Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark and also Steely Dan's "Aja". Yes's "Roundabout" from Fragile is another favorite. Music from the summer of 1966 (the year I really star... | |
| Feedback wanted from Jolida JD100A owners I agree with the pros and cons that Pdreher pointed out. The Consonance CD-120 or Shandling S-100 are better sounding units in my opinion. | |
| power cord recommendayion Hi Ramesh, how's things in Singapore. I recently bought some Marinco IEC connectors and hospital grade plugs from Parts Express and made up some power cords that sound very good for not a lot of money. Signal Cable uses the 10 ga. Carol wire that ... | |
| Best rock song of all times Purple Haze by Hendrix. |