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| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? @jsalerno277 +1 | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? the HK430 is one of the receivers that got blown away in direct comparison w the new little Marantz nr1200. it wasn't even close. I was disappointed because although the HK looks way retro-cool, and it does sound good for a vintage, in honest lis... | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? depends... I gave up on the "vintages" from the 1970s after I did some serious A/B testing vs. the newer little Marantz nr1200 amp and that little Marantz blew 'em all away (including the vintage Marantz) that said, I have used an Onkyo Integra r... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? @jasonbourne52 big +1 @baylinor +1 equating price w sound quality in audioland is a serious mistake | |
| Need help! First step into high end audio @soix Soix’s suggestion at $3100 is good, too... the system he suggests will be amazing and be totally satisfying, both for two-channel stereo music listening and for video watching in surround - a system like that and you'd be "done" for a long... | |
| Need help! First step into high end audio SVS Prime LR and Prime C, and surround, plus an Onkyo rz50 AVR... IF you wanna go surround... add a sub later if you want and if appropriate If you are content with two-channel, what about something like the Polk r700 speakers for 2k or less, and... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? @coltrane1 I love Marvin Gaye’s music and am still sad about his tragic death... I wouldn’t classify his music overall as hip hop, though... | |
| Made in USA @stebut +1 | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? sure... here’s my questions instead: Why would you post such a comment in the first place? Why is it "hilarious" and why the focus on age and race? Are you saying that hip hop and the related rap really is race-based music and anybody not of whate... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? @perkri "Old white guys discussing rap and hip hop. Hilarious." so you're both racist AND agist? ok, thanks for letting us know. what if somebody wrote "Young black guys discussing classical. Hilarious." ...? think about it. | |
| A perfect song? What are your choices? @moogiewunderland +1 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning I've always liked Time Out of Mind... and didn't mind the murky because I thought it went with the overall theme and tone of the album, but I'll be interested to hear the remix. | |
| Made in USA @ghasley "its never been in fashion for educators to present opposite sides of a given topic" hmm... guess it depends on the quality of the teachers you have. I haven't had the displeasure to struggle w one-sided profs or teachers; generally the... | |
| Made in USA @grislybutter it's a good point... workers as owners In capitalistic corporate America, and indeed any capitalistic or semi-capitalistic country that allows private ownership shares, the workers can be owners... it's called stock. Gradually on... | |
| Made in USA "A member of the Communist Party USA at the time when Stalin was enslaving half of Europe, Zinn ignored that colonialism as he focused A People’s History of the United States on the supposed horrors in American history from Columbus onward..." Ar... |