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| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? I saw Pink Floyd do their kick off tour of Dark side of the Moon back in 1972.....amazing!! Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick, David Bowie when is was doing China girl, Mody Blues, Justin Haywood voice is amazing also Andrea Bocelli in Central Park S... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear The Wonderful World of Three Blind Mice JASRCA CD........very rare | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help Just recently l had the same delimia In a quick hurry you can end up spending a lots of money! I went to Best Buy to pick up my new 65" LG OLED TV ( love it!!) and noticed they had TV/audio credenza's on display I was impressed with one in partic... | |
| Entry Level Tube Preamp or Higher Quality Used Model? A used ARC LS15 pre amp might fit the billand it has a remote l've had mine for 25 years and it's still going strong | |
| How old are you? Time waits for no one! I turned 69 yesterday Because of my age I've lived through some interesting times ie saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan Holy crap who the heck are these guys!!! Saw Pink Floyd do their Dark Side of the Moon, another Holy crap!!!... | |
| Music streamers I use the Audiolab 6000N wi fi streamer and the cost is $600 it uses DTS Play-Fi for the user interface that l control with my Samsung S10 phone Easy peasy Play- Fi supports lots of music streaming services and It has a fairly good internal Sabre... | |
| Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you? I still have my ARC LS15 pre amp that l bought in 1995 and it's still working findNo China knock off for me! | |
| Where are the cheap home streamers? For $600 the Audiolab 6000N ( no display) does a good job with DTS Play Fi and has a pretty decent internal DAC For $180 the Audio Engine B1 links easly to your phone via the higher quality Bluetooth for streaming and has toslink out to bypass it... | |
| High end Class D amps? I drive my Maggie's. 7's with the Spectron musical MK ll class D amp The company is no longer in business as John Ulrick the designer passed away The amp weights in at 54lbs output is 500watts@8ohm 650@4ohms and 1,200 watts@1ohm/65 amps for 500 m... | |
| Network streamer that works with Android and Pandora I have the Audiolab 6000N with DTS Play FiI use Qobus for music streaming and It's all controlled through my Samsung S10 smart phone. The Audiolab 6000N also has a pretty good internal DAC and Wi Fi It also won What Hi Fi streamer of the year aw... | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? @ejr1953 Yes I remember lights being flashed at me in my BMW 2002 from oncoming 2002 ownersWhen l would go to parties back then the subject of cars would come up. I would be asked, what car do you drive? I would reply a BMW and then they would ask... | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? @jjss49 Some would say only the 356 are classic :~} | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? I just sold my classic Porsche 1978 911 SCBut all is not lost as l just purchased a vintage 1973 BMW 2002tii I'm hanging onto my vintage audio gear until it dies | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? You know you're old when you bought new stereo gear in the 90's and now it's considered vintage! In the mid nineties l bought a new VAC PA 100 100 amp and ARC LS 15 pre amp and they are still working fine to this day. Me not so much | |
| Magnepan + live music = 🔥 I know it's a YouTube video done with my handheld Samsung S10 but it will still give you some indication of the dynamics of the Maggie's with a good high current ampWatch "Magnepan .7's & audio system" on YouTube https://youtu.be/WmHjTmDRO88 |