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| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? The Ramones, no question. It's almost criminal that only Geoff has mentioned them. | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. The Sid Vicious version of My Way... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. Stairway to Heaven by Little Roger and the Goosebumps. Robert Plant loved it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Roger_and_the_Goosebumps | |
| Bands with great second albums Nobody mentioned ELO as far as I can see. The first album was all roy Wood essentially. He founded the band with an assist from Jeff Lynne.Roy left the band after the first album because, well, he's Roy Wood and it became Jeff Lynnes' band. That's... | |
| This is juvenile... Sandy Denny. | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? We had a wind up, mechanical, record player with steel needles. Just replace the steel needle with another one when it got worn. It played 78's.Peer Gynt with Antrina's dance and on the flip side, The Hall of the Mountain King was my favorite. Now... | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? You'd be amazed what I've found at garage/estate sales for a buck or two. Audiophiles kick the bucket and the heirs just dump the cables and such.Saturday is coming right up... | |
| Best tube dampers that you have used Mood rings make great tube dampers. You can tell if the tube is happy or not. A happy tube makes for a happy amplifier. | |
| Black backgrounds and such esthlos13,To me, hiss, hum, buzz, anything that detracts during quiet passages destroys a black backdrop. What i was mentioning is that for an amplifier that really is well designed, tube units seem to have less in the background during quiet pass... | |
| Best Buy to Pull CDs, Target Threatens to Pay Labels for CDs Only When Customers Buy Them There is a very good selection of CD's on eBay if you care to look there.Shipping can add a couple of bucks so that's a consideration. if you're looking for something off the beaten track though, it can be worth that couple of bucks. | |
| Black backgrounds and such I've always likened it to those Elvis painting on velvet. In the audio sphere I've used the analogy often for what I hear with a well designed tube amp versus a well designed transistor amp. The tube unit will get notes coming out of a dead quiet.... | |
| insurance and shipping with UPS Why the big pension liability only for the USPS? If general speculation is correct, it's because of a drive to privatize the company. Needless to say, if that large a company was forced to privatize, there would be a lot of money to be made by som... | |
| insurance and shipping with UPS Builder3-The issue with the USPS pensions is that they are required by Government mandate to pre-fund 75 years of projected retirements in ten years. No other companies have that requirement. Certainly not tons of them. None of them. That's obviou... | |
| insurance and shipping with UPS czarivey,Trust me, I have no illusions of perfection with my former employer. I dealt with aggressive mis-management at many levels for years. Policies that say one thing and actions that say another. Vehicles that passed their estimated lifespan ... | |
| insurance and shipping with UPS Item # 1 on the list.https://facts.usps.com/top-facts/ |