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| Stupid Mistake tomic@601Back in the day when l was a bouncer at a hometown bar in Canada. I went to work one (1973) night and the and the place was packed when l showed up. All the waiters said to me don't let anyone else in!!! I said what hell is going on?? Th... | |
| You can Vote for Most Valuable Lead Vocals (Rock Groups) Ian Gillan of Deep Purple | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? In this precise moment in timeSarah McLachlanAlison Krause Eva Cassidy | |
| Whats playing on your system today? London GrammyWonderful sound of three blind mice | |
| Speakers which always sound good I have Maggie's and also Definitive Technology Mythos ST's Love the Maggie's but they do need their space and a high watt/current amplifier. With the Mythos I've had them in three different homes and they always sound good. They are not ported, ... | |
| How do you know what you're missing? Years ago ( mid nineties) when l was in the process of trying to improve my stereo system l had a chance to hear a pair of lnfinity RS lll speakers! Holy ****! they were amazing! The song that was playing was Rodger Millers King of the road. Talk ... | |
| Are my standards too high? @Kenjit Are your standards to high? Maybe, but what is your benchmark? | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? My first nice piece of audio gear way back when was my Marantz 2265B Also I bought a used pair ( like new) of Dunlavy SC lll that l really enjoyed!! Just recently I found a used Spectron musical MK ll class D amp to drive my Maggie's The 54 lb be... | |
| Best options for active speakers $4k or below? Paradigms active 20's under $2,000 with stands For more dynamics ( down to 35 hz)the Paradigm active 40's | |
| Solitary listener We must be a somewhat of a rare, possibly strange breed. Even without Covid, if l asked most people l knew to come over and listen to my audio rig they would look at me dazed and confused! And if they did manage to come and listen, they more than ... | |
| Moving to France I was relocated to the Netherlands years back and I sent my VAC amp and ARC LS15 pre amp in to get converted to 220V Went to France all the time, and even drove in Paris!You will love it!Lucky for me my company made up for the difference in the c... | |
| Speakers hung from ceiling on aircraft cable. If I tried suspending my speakers on cables from the ceiling my Wife would suspend me on cables with hooks on the ends!! | |
| Apparently new artist don't even know what a melody is and drum machines suck Anyone remember slot cars?? Most current Country music these days, I call Country pop | |
| The psychological factor My ARC LS15 pre amp has a remote that is very convenient and I can also control the volume with my Exogal Comet plus DAC through my phone or the remote that came with the ExogalI typically set the Exogal to 100 and let the LS 15 do the volume con... | |
| The psychological factor I have an amp that outputs 500watts@8ohm 650@4ohms & 1,200 watts@1ohm also will do 65 amps for 500 milliseconds and If I set my ARC LS15 pre amp volume to the 10 o'clock position I can barely hear my wife scream!! |