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| most difficult speaker to please I saw some Infinity IRS Betas make an ARC D250 "weep and moan" (clipped like a barber)... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Janis at the Chicago Auditorium around 1970.My sister was a huge fan (and had pipes freakishly similar to Ms. Joplin).She and my Mother presented me with a spankin' new Cabretta leather coat (quite the Greaser in those days) so I'd be presentable.... | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist YEOWWW!How could I forget Brother Duane Allman? | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist Johnny Winter, Jimmy Page, Shuggie Otis, Mississippi Fred McDowell. | |
| How to insure shipping large speakers? FYI: UPS now has a "Frieght" division (can handle pallets). | |
| Problem - HF "Chirping" Using Turntable Make sure the belt on your TT wasn't twisted when installed. I twisted mine and it was making scraping noises. | |
| Dan Fogelberg Succumbs to Cancer Just heard, on Larry King, that Steven Stills will have prostate surgery in early January. | |
| Dan Fogelberg Succumbs to Cancer Don't let Dan's passing be in vain.Please see your Doctor and have your prostate checked.Even the biopsy test is simple and painless (been there, done that).Many great men taken by this disease because they were too"macho" to have something put "i... | |
| Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it I'd wait-n-see how the new digital formats shake out(Dolby True HD and/or DTS HD).They are supposed to be something special. | |
| Angriest Lyric/Vocal "Run for Your Life" - The only Beatles song John Lennon had regrets about."Baby Blue" - Bob Dylan "He understands your orphan with his gun" (on Lyndon Johnson and the Viet Nam war)."Electric Avenue" Eddie Grant | |
| Stereophile or Absolute Sound I usually cruise through Stereophile in one sitting whereas TAS takes more like a week.TAS has more of that good-old-feeling from the early Nineties... | |
| Vinyl Nightmare - flooding in Western WA A fellow I worked with in Chicago did me the honor of lending me his very nice reel-to-reel tape recorder (Tandberg?).He'd gone through a taping phase where he'd schlepped this baby and recorded Church organ and choir recitals.Two weeks after I re... | |
| What is the optimal temperature/humidity for audio Hold on cowboys!'Tis the season to be jolly! | |
| LCD TV Help In terms of bleeding edge technology, Samsung has 40, 46 & 52 inch LCDs that have:LED light source - bulbs last many years (most LCDs use bulbs that must be replaced every 2-3 years and cost hundreds).These Samsung sets actually dim the LEDs b... | |
| Tube hiss - any idea what's causing it? Purchased a BAT 300X-SE and out-of-the-box it was hissing like a can of spray paint.This was a constant hiss (both channels) and not volume dependant.I didn't pee myself or throw a hissy-fit toward the seller but instead agreed to ship the unit to... |