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| Death of Rock 'n' Roll The Stones have done nightclub gigs in the past just for a lark, selling tickets for ten bucks at venues with less than 150 capacity. Seeing the Stones at a place like that is what rock and roll is all about. | |
| Watkins Audio Generation Four Bookshelf Speakers ? I use a REL T-5 but only because I had it before the Gen 4's. You are right; you don't need a sub with the Watkins but I typically use mine anyway with volume and crossover dials at 9 o clock position. | |
| Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of The Allman Brothers Band I consider the Fillmore East album the best live rock recording ever made. I once saw the Allman Brothers (both of them) in Johnson City TN. They were second billed to Goose Creek Symphony. This was about 1970 or 71 | |
| This is a brilliant interview of Keith Thanks. Keith is a legend and has been doing what he does longer than just about anyone else alive. And he's not a legend "in his own mind" but apparently he's a ghoul in somebody else's mind. Tragic | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." Let me guess: corporate greed and malfeasance that's been perfected over several decades. | |
| Is this the real life, or just death on 2 legs? never was a fan.....would call it death on two legs | |
| File Under Misc. Audio Musings--Do any famous/infamous people qualify as audiophiles? Anthony Cordesman is a national security type guy; writes for various news outlets and magazines. He's also on the staff of The Absolute Sound mag. | |
| The Science of Cables doug.....my apologies and also sympathy for your loss.....no harm was intended. | |
| The Science of Cables Practically any cable of adequate length can be used as a garrote; of course, the thinner ones are better. | |
| Where to Purchase New Tubes for Audio Research Preamp? Brent Jessee audiotubes or Tubeworld. or Vintage Tube Services; any of those have the best selection and none of them except Brent Jessee sell any of the junk made in Russia or China | |
| Wondering about capacitance settings for phono cartridge thanks | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? I saw a PBS tv show a few years ago about the nations electrical grid; they stated there are three of them: East, West, and Texas. | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Grado Gold | |
| Arguments devolve on threads to wordsmithing contests a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma is why Churchill drank a fifth every day.....and it wasn't Beethoven's | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? @bsmg I was under impression that I need a step down because the voltage from my wall is higher than the amp spec. Sorry; you’re correct. I misunderstood what you were asking.Don’t know where millercarbon is but my power conditioner shows a digita... |