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| Are You Old Enough to Remember Those Jaw-Dropping Manufacturer Demos? Cambridge Ma Bose special demonstration of their wave radio. If I remember they had a private bus and had it covered pretending you were listening to a larger product. | |
| Collectibles signed by musicians. What do you have? A Sam and Dave greatest hits album signed when they played Johnathan Swifts in Cambridge and a Traffic album signed by producer Jimmy Miller whom my friend knew when in lived in Malden Ma. | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Any of Iggy Pops screams on Fun House especially L.A.Blues | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Congratulations on joining the rank of us retired. I purchased a Pass amp as my retirement gift and I'm glad I did as it's given me hours of musical enjoyment. Another company I haven't seen mentioned is Parasound, both of these companies have a s... | |
| My All Time Christmas Song Growing up it was Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza which I still play to this day so anything from their Christmas albums. | |
| Whole Lotta Led Should be great. Caught them at the Boston Garden 69 with the MC5 and Johnny Winter what a show. | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? For anyone wishing to try a bunch of different value resistors check out JF components they have many audio quality of under $2.00 each, I just placed an order myself. They also carry speakers and other audio components. | |
| Upgrading my integrated amplifier for my Magnepan 1.7’s If you're staying with the 1.7 the Parasound Hint integrated is a great match I used the paring myself before moving up to 3.7 Maggie's. Mac autoformers do not play well with Maggie's I called the factory when upgrading amps and they were the ones... | |
| Phil Lesh Phil and Jack Bruce revolutionized rock bass playing, they weren’t shy about stepping out and playing an awesome solo taking the bass where it hadn't gone before. | |
| Looking for more advice on purchasing a new turntable. Another VPI fan here. I always buy gently used as you'll get much more the dollar. Soundsmith makes wonderful cartridges again I purchased gently used. You can usually buy for about half the price of new and his rebuild prices are extremely low. | |
| What is your top sexy song? For rock Raspberries Go all the way Paul McCartney Back seat of my car. | |
| Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp I also recommend Pass, I own a 250.8 and it's simply fantastic sounding. I don't know how everyone gets off on the heat thing mine has been on playing for over 2 hrs and is barely warm to the touch . I have a 12 x 15 room and was kind of wishing ... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! My 3.7i also sounded harsh on the top end until I had over 200 hrs on them. I also went from a Parasound Hint to a Pass 250.8 more power and current will always sound better. I experimented with different resistors and ended up with .57 I found ou... | |
| Music with Titles that get you to think Within and Without You - Beatles The Art of Dying - George Harrison | |
| Orchestrated Rock...Uriah Heep and others Surprised no one has mentioned Eric Clapton 24 Nights Orchestral. Also orchestra has recently been added to releases by Elvis, Roy Orbison and the Beach Boys |