ibmjunkman

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Anyone with tinnitus or hearing loss who is into "high-end" audio?
Interesting about the vitamin D. I just started taking it for this COVID stuff. Maybe it will help my tinnitus.Mine is like the old fly back transformer whine in tube TVs.  Don’t know if it affects my high end enjoyment. Which is just as well as I... 
Does anyone collect something else other than music.
IBM (and others) punch cards.www.ibmjunkman.comI also had a bunch of other IBM stuff but in my move to a smaller house it had to go. The Computer Museum of America bought it all.I also had a fair collection of JBL speakers, including the L300.Mana... 
Unreal prices
builder3,I graduated DeVry in 1969. This type of soldering does not scare me. 😀  I watched a YouTube video about recapping a SX-1980. A daunting process just getting to the daughter boards.Maybe it is time to turn off the TV and fire up the old so... 
Unreal prices
A few years ago I plugged my SX-1050 into a current limiting device and fired it up. No smoke. Checked the speaker output for DC. None present. Connected a source and some speakers. Sounded fine. Only problem was the on-off switch was stiff. A lit... 
Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers.
Has to be some wood involved, too.i find black lettering on silver easier to read than white on black. Especially in low light. 
Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer
Offhand number 1 Elton John number 2 Led Zeppelin. 
Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz.
I would throw Diana Krall in the mix.Still don’t see what she saw in Elvis. 
Top ten American composers/songwriters
Weird Al Yankovic.  😀 
Lets talk dedicated lines
OK, what audio purpose does the Lava Lamp serve? 
Frustrated with Vinly
Regardless of what the artIcle says this is going back into my reassembly of my 70’s system. 😀SAE 5000http://www.swingmusic.net/sae.html 
CD Player vs. music streaming
Streaming requires an internet connection. CDs are always available. :) 
Extravagant shipping charge
In these days of on-line calculators on USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc sites why buy anything shipping unknown? 
Hey K.....tt, Do you even have speakers??
My JBL Dorian S12 are from the late 60s and my JBL L222 are from the mid 70s. 
[Just for fun] Favorite Thread Derailleurs
Did Edison ever make stereo cylinders? 
Transmit to sub
Do those subs have the BT built in or are you using a 3rd party xmtr/rcvr?