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Fedex and Ups Damage thread A number of years ago I was home anxiously awaiting the arrival of an ARC amplifier. I was looking out the front window when the UPS truck pulled up. As I watched, the driver emerge from his truck he dropped the amplifier which landed on edge at ... | |
How long do you or should you keep your gear. I have a pair of Met 7's as my tv sound component. Decided to put them there when my audio budget allowed me to buy different speakers. Could never part with them. | |
The Boss is the Bo$$ Have seen Bruce in concert 3 times. Amazing shows. First was the best sound. Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Acoustics so good I still compare every other concert to that night. As to his recorded material most of it was a mess as far as sound goes. ... | |
Is Pretty Good Good Enough? Listening Habits In The World Of Streaming Services. lg1 This post of yours sounds exactly as if I wrote it. I tried Tidal but found Qobuz more to my taste. Glad to see I am not alone in these thoughts and actions. | |
Beatles Get Back documentary Early on I thought that Paul's confession that he felt uncomfortable imposing (trying) his will on the other 3 to work on the music together was a real "wow!" moment for me. He seemed to really be trying to hold the whole thing together. George wa... | |
What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? Art Roberts on WLS and his 3 Most Requested Songs in Chicago was every night listening for me. Heard my first Beatles music there. Sleeping out on the porch all summer with my AM radio trying to get Art or Tommy Shannon from Buffalo, WOWO in Ft Wa... | |
Cable for Hifi Man Sundaras Thanks larsman110. I will check it out. | |
You can go home again I dreaded when a customer wanted to listen to the L100's. When they were done listening I would wait for them to make the first comment to see which way the audio wind was blowing. Just Bad Loudspeaker. Glad they updated the sound. | |
Free Shipping - Be Careful! I am waiting for headphones shipped USPS and the tracking tells me they have been delivered. Ah no. Digging deeper on their page it says that the package has been delayed. Ah yes. With any luck it will show up tomorrow. | |
HiRes lossless FLAC Radio streams +1 Radio Paradise. Seems I listen to one of their channels nearly every day. Great headphone stations. | |
Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? My visitor was Ken Stevens of Convergent Audio Technology. His wife, I believe was from the WNY area. | |
Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Around 1978 or 79 I had a gentleman answer a for sale ad I had posted for an Audio Research preamp. He made an unusual request of me. He professed to be the owner of a company that was prototyping a preamp of his design. He asked if it would be po... | |
Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line Our area has a real shortage in base paint material. With any luck this will remain so until my wife loses interest in repainting the living room. | |
Stereophile's 2021 products of the year Remember the days of yore when The Absolute Sound did not accept any ads? Say what you will about HP, I looked forward to his reviews every 6 or 7 months. | |
Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Iris Dement was very bad. Acted like she was very inebriated. |