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| Most valuable LP I don't know the value of anything in my collection. I suppose the Mobile Fidelity complete box sets of Beatles and Rolling Stones are worth something (given to me as a gift from a friend who also gave away to someone else a Butcher cover Beatles... | |
| Who's done it besides me ? I've never damaged a cartridge that way. Nothing gets close to the stylus, except for stylus cleaning tools. I would never use a perimeter clamp/weight because of the inconvenience and risk of accidentally hitting the stylus. I don't have to wo... | |
| Blue Hawaii tube amp When I got my Blue Hawaii, a good friend came over with several sets of vintage El 34's and 6CA7's. I think one nice sounding pair was an xf3 tube, but, its been a while so I may be wrong. I ended up liking a quad of Telefunken EL 34's, so that ... | |
| You could work for any manufacturer, past or present... This question reminds me of a John Oliver comment that there is only one answer to the query about who, dead or alive, you would want to have dinner with: It's Tucker Carlson, DEAD. | |
| What your choice speakers with spikes or speakers with a vibration isolation device? Vibration coupling, isolation or absorption (turn motion into heat) are different approaches to tuning, which means that, to the extent they change the sound, such changes can be positive or negative. That means you have to experiment to see whic... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? In my current lineup of components in the system, I would say that the nicest looking thing is my Naim ND 555 server or my Basis Debut turntable. I have two Isotek power conditioners that are made of aluminum that have a decent appearance too.But... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? rodge827,I love the sound of Charney Companion speakers. I also think they look pretty good and are reasonably compact and light (not often the case with very high efficiency speakers). Although they are not inexpensive, they are nonetheless a r... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I know several people who not only put in dedicated lines, but also, put in a dedicated main panel for the audio system. A local dealer did the same for his demonstration rooms. Still, when a noise meter was plugged into the line, it showed that... | |
| have you ever bought stereo without listening first Most of the electronics I've bought were either borrowed from the dealer for home audition, or purchased with a right to return the item if I did not like what I heard. Speakers were only auditioned in the store even when a home audition was offe... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles Sometimes the title or name, in and of itself, is not that funny without context. Still, I was intrigued when I read the title to a Zappa tune, and when I then listened to it, it turned out to be more amusing than I had already imagined it would ... | |
| What Have I Bought? I did not particularly like the Large Advents back when they came out. But, the Powered Advent was a different matter--it had a much more lively sound. It was so much better than the Large Advent, even though the driver complement was the same. ... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles Nickelback Greatest Hits--now that is funny. | |
| Most amusing album or song titles A group with a somewhat amusing name--Black Box Recorder--did a song called "Watch the Angel Not the Wire" which I think is clever. I also like Thomas Dolby's album: "Aliens Ate My Buick." | |
| Most amusing album or song titles Mars Volta captured the ultimate in degraded human existence with the album title: "De-loused in a Comatorium." I thought that was morbidly funny.The Gorillaz' "Laika Come Home" is also pretty funny to me. | |
| best power conditioners under 4k An Isotek dealer in my area has a dedicated main power panel for the audio system function, including multiple isolated lines running into each demonstration room. Even then, with a noise meter plugged into the power, there was plenty of noise on... |