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| Explain the asthetics of Punk Eggs-zactly, Eastein | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk Bongofury - went to an exhibition of Raymond Pettibone's art at Bergamot Station Gallery in Santa Monica a months ago. Lots of singles and album covers from the early days along with his comic books.Also saw and Anna Suma photo exhibit of her 1977... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk The thing I remember most was the shows were very small. In LA, The Dickies, The Circle Jerks, The Germs, X, the Alley Cats, and Fear all played to crowds that averaged 50 to 500, so despite what anyone says, this was music for outsiders.In Southe... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk In tenth grade(1979), some friends at my new high school took me to a concert at a small club in Hermosa Beach, CA called The Sweetwater. The show blew open the doors of my perception about how rock & roll should be. Big stadium rock couldn't ... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk Jaybo, The Clash album to start with is "Give 'Em Enough Rope", still my favorite. | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk First off, The Ramones predate The Sex Pistols by a couple of years and actually deserve more credit. And The Stooges should get as much credit as The Velvet Underground.Secondly, look at the state of "Rock & Roll" from 1976-82. It was a bloat... | |
| What the most musical power amp for under $1K? Monarchy Audio SM-70 Pro, around $450-600 per stereo amp(used). Can be switched to bridged monoblocksBTW, that's a really nice system you've got. | |
| SS phono stage in $2k to $3k range... Rockinrobin,You can pick up a used Reflex for around $750-1k and EXP for ~$750 around here fairly often. Just be patient, one of each pops up every 2-3 weeks or so. There were both available just a few days ago.They are a great choice that perform... | |
| SS phono stage in $2k to $3k range... I actually compared the JLTi to the Era Gold at Jay's(Audio Revelation) house on his truly great system(s). In his system, the only difference we both could discern(although, he may have been polite and not mentioned more) between the two was a ve... | |
| SS phono stage in $2k to $3k range... You might want to consider the AQVOX 2Ci. It's half of what you are looking to spend, but the reviews place it as serious competition for phono pres in that higher range.10AudioStereophile reviewPositive FeedbackDagogoAnother combination worth con... | |
| Hi End Pre-Amp shoot out in central jersey? As Mechans said (tongue in cheek, I assume)This kind of ultra low noise tube has yet to classified there are only few electron particle accelerators large enough toidetect(sic) the subtle vibrations that each tube naturally resonates at....It is a... | |
| Hi End Pre-Amp shoot out in central jersey? Rlips, Yowsa! that's one hell of an amazing system and listening room you have. | |
| How do you shield an isolation transformer? Zargon gave the best answer, I totally forgot about the internal shields. I actually wired mine for balanced power and better noise cancellation. | |
| How do you shield an isolation transformer? I own 6 of these iso-trannis and never noticed any negative effect in a low power SET/high(ish) efficiency system. But if there turns out to be a problem, simple to a search for "mu-metal" and either buy a mu bag or ox to place over the Topaz. Mu-... | |
| Small Single Driver Speakers - Help Check out Omega Speaker Systems. Most of their speakers are single-drivers designed with low wattage amps in mind(93-96dB/8ohms) and they have several monitor models. All now use their hemp cone speakersHere's a Positive Feedback reviewAs to wheth... |