bobgates
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| Efficient speakers to use with Jolida 102B amp? You might check out the Axiom speakers from Canada. They are very efficient, easy to drive and are not very expensive (I think around $400/pr). | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? My wife doesn't know anything about my hobby and could care less; she's too wrapped up in her Boyd's Bears and all of her other useless junk. I recommend this approach; when your wife or girlfriend complains about how much you spend on stereo equi... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Purist Audio preamp, Purist Audio 4 piece speaker system (biamped using Lamm 1.1 on satelites and Krell power amp on bass modules), Purist Audio Dominus interconnects and speaker cables, Krell MD-10 transport and 64 processor. | |
| How did U get into this expensive hobby? Mom used to play albums on an old Magnavox console stereo while cleaning the house and, as a young child, I became interested in music. As I grew up I became interested in equipment that could reproduce music to realistic levels. In high school a ... | |
| Do the Audio gods shine upon you? This happens to me quite often. I don't know if it's caused by the frame of mind I'm in, my physical condition, or something to do with lower then usual AC voltage. | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Steve Miller, Doobie Brothers, Joni Mitchell (with Jaco Pastorius playing bass), Yes (90125 tour with Trevor Rabin on guitar), Joe Walsh (1st with the James Gang and 2nd with Barnstorm). | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings I've always greatly enjoyed "Nojima Plays Liszt" on Reference Recordings. In my opinion Minoru Nojima of Japan is one of the best pianists in the world. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? I don't think I could ever get off the merry-go-round because I have always loved this hobby. As I have gotten older though I have tried to simplify my system. I now have a nice integrated tube amplifier, smaller floor-standing speakers (so I don'... | |
| What's your profession? Age? I'm 50 and unemployed. I used to have a $120,000 megabuck system and have since downsized to a small system that cost under $10,000 retail (I bought everything used) consisting of smaller floor-standing speakers, an integrated tube amp, a cd playe... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Don't forget Yello's "One Second". | |
| Jazz Recommendations Eventhough it is not considered "classic" jazz, one of my favorite modern jazz albums is "Three-Way Mirror" with Airto Moreira, Flora Purim and Joe Farrell. It is an exceptional piece of work and is on the Reference Recordings label. | |
| Best female vocals on CD Patty Larkin is my all time favorite but I also love Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Eliane Elias, Edie Brickell, Nancy Wilson (Heart), Pat Benatar, Mary Black and Rickie Lee Jones to name a few. | |
| Any audio gifts for Christmas? My wife and friends never buy audio stuff for me; I should have married an audiophile. | |
| Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio) Definately golf; this hobby can be a lot more extensive than you can imagine if you get into golf equipment like I do. Also love road and mountain biking and photography. | |
| Best KT88's for an Mc 2000 ? Any suggestions I recently purchased some JJ Electronic KT-88s(made in the Slovak republic) from Quest for Sound and really like them. They were a big improvement over the stock 6550s in my Audio Research CA-50. |