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shy about prices
“Understanding marketing is easy   It's all about convincing people to buy things they don't need...“ Let me finish that for you: Understanding marketing is easy. It's all about convincing people to buy things they don't need...at a price the... 
**Advice Needed**Damage To Imported Speakers**
Did you ever try calling either the dealer or Heco since emailing didn’t work?  
Happy Holidays and Your Favorite Tips?
Start early morning Go to bed late. I too find sleeping to be the worst use of my time     My version: Go to bed when you’re tired, get up when you’re not   Sleep may cost you time in the short term but you’ll get it back and then some in... 
Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One.
So I started by coming up with a short list of possible choices and came up with these, sticking with the heavyweights: Grateful Dead - Live Dead OR Europe 72 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks OR Blonde on Blonde OR Live at Royal Albert Hall The ... 
Your last concert was to see who and when?
@immatthewj As always, Iris put on a great show. Other than a couple of shows with John Prine she's always been solo when I've seen her, but this time she had a couple of talented young women on bass, guitar and vocals backing her. She seems to b... 
Jazz for aficionados
Sonny Rollins Quartet Symphony Hall, Boston 10/19/78 Sonny Rollins (s), McCoy Tyner (p), Ron Carter (b), Al foster (d) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK6-16FjBYs  
Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others?
To my surprise I don’t believe anyone has mentioned the last four on my list (Gram Parsons might have made it if he had stuck around a little longer):   Dylan  Hunter/Garcia Lucinda Williams Lennon/ McCartney Van Morrison Paul Simon Jagger... 
Jazz for aficionados
Alice Coltrane Live at The Berkely Community Center 1972   Alice’s versions of A Love Supreme and My Favorite Things are quite unique and something to behold. Her music is as spiritual as John’s if not more so. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdF... 
Is there miracles in audio experience ?
Just one thing I got to say I need a miracle every day It takes dynamite to get me up Too much of everything is just enough I need a miracle every day.   
Somewhat of an oxymoron - speaker stands for the floor for bookshelf speakers.
I could never understand why some people think bookshelves on stands look any better than floorstanders. When you come right down to it, what's really the difference?  
What is your most fond musical memory.
I became a big Bob Dylan fan in high school when I was around 15 yrs old and the first time I got to see him was in October 1965 at the Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford CT. This was a few months after the famous Newport show when he went electric. ... 
Interesting videos about sounds and music
Wayne Shorter:Zero Gravity. Thank me later.   
Costliest Brainfart
It wasn’t an audio gear brain fart but I once attempted to back out of my garage while forgetting to open the door. When I heard the sound of the crash and realized what I had done all I could think was what an idiot I was. To this day I still dou... 
Audiogon, meet Buddy Miller.
My first exposure to Buddy Miller was in Emmylou's backup band when I first saw one of her shows many years ago. He's also played with Lucinda Williams (my favorite singer of all time) quite a bit. I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Na... 
Watermelon test for audiophiles!
 Drummers pick the best watermelons.