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| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Buyers who send email saying: "I want to buy this. Please send total including shipping." and are never heard from again.Are these jerks "mental"? You know, do this for kicks?The dork equivalent of knocking over my garbage cans at night?Also can't... | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? Wasn't Leadbelly A blues biggie from way back?Also, Bob Wills was a giant with his "Texas Swing". | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? Pawlowski6132: I had doubts about the Elvis musicianship (apart from singing, of course) until I saw his '68 "comeback" video.He was circle-jamming with a big honkin' acoustic and was "playin' guitar just like a ringin' a bell"...I think you are c... | |
| Best Band That Never Was Richard Thompson - Lead GuitarRichie Havens - Rythm GuitarNicky Hopkins - KeyboardsSteve Mariott - VocalsJaco - BassMick Fleetwood - PercussionDenise Richards - Groupie | |
| What CD Player can top this I've been using a Rega Apollo for a few months.Ergonomics aside, it has excellent sound. | |
| Rolling Stones CD Remasters 2002? The "DSD remastered" are redbook CDs not SACD. | |
| Rolling Stones CD Remasters 2002? Sony repair center in Laredo, TX lost my copy of "Let it Bleed" SACD.Does anyone know how I can replace?What is with the "limited runs" of media that will surely sell?I thought record companies are in business to make $$$?At any rate, I still have... | |
| Acoustic Sounds Customer Service I remember buying LPs (in the old days) that seem to have been put into the paper sleeve with the vinyl still warm from pressing.This caused the (all paper) sleeves to "shrink wrap" themselves to the record.Modern sleeves are probably made using s... | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? Allied Radio.Allied Was a gigantic electronics super store in the '60s.Noted for their catalogs, Allied sold everything audio and even had their own brand (receivers, speakers, etc.).I have fond memories of attending their "midnight madness" sales... | |
| Going to USA: Where to buy LPs in CA and Vegas? Hiend2: You mean "Decature ave." as in "Decature ave. on the west side of Las Vegas"?Also, try "Z" records on Eastern ave. and Flamingo (3-4 miles east of the Strip).Nothing like the used-vinyl vaults on Chicago's Clark street but worth a look. | |
| "Glue Cleaning" Your LP's Didn't someone try this with Silly Putty a few weeks ago? | |
| Aaaargh. Please help Viridian select a new TV. The following set is relatively future proof and is what I'd buy if I were buying.-60" LCD with LED light source (no need to replace bulb every 2-3 years (I hear prices for bulbs are falling, however.) -At least 10,000-to-1 contrast ratio (15,000 ... | |
| Ayre C7xe integrated vs AR VSi55 with Proac D25 sp Are you using the Ayre in balanced mode?Does your CD/SACD input come from an XLR player?The word on the street (wots?) is that this integratedonly shines as part of a balanced system. | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly A Dealer Man I know says that, in his experience, tubes take an hour to stabilize and sound good and solid state takes 24 hours.So a good "green" compromise is to turn your amp on Friday morning and turn it off Sunday night for a good weekend list... | |
| New Display Technologies June/July's "The Perfect Vision" features a 52" LCD RPT which uses an LCD light source.This currently available set from NuVision retails for $4299. |