larsman

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Best double studio vinyl?
The Clash - London Calling....   
Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier?
The word 'always' is often good to avoid, but from my experience, it ain't necessarily so. I had an MSB 'Analog DAC'/volume control going directly into my MSB power amp and the sound was superb. I later got a Herron Audio tube preamp and put that ... 
Does measurements really matter?
They matter a lot to some people and matter not a jot to others (like me) - it's all good....   
Fedex and Ups Damage thread
I've bought loads of amps, DACs, speakers, headphones and just about everything else audio over the decades and had it delivered by FedEx or UPS; sometimes the boxes arrived in a bit funky condition, but not once has any item been damaged and I ne... 
Best double live vinyl?
@boxcarman - Lowell George died many decades ago and they've continued to go on since; have they stopped since Richie and Paul died?   
American Made Audio Products
@kb673 - Fritz makes great speakers indeed!! But even he uses ScanSpeak speakers from Denmark (I think; otherwise elsewhere in Scandinavia)....   
What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to?
 Can't hear music without equipment. If a basic truth is it's not about equipment, just music, might as well just listen to music on an old Sony transistor radio from the 1960's that teenagers would walk around holding up to their ears. That's how... 
Bill Withers has passed
He died a couple of years ago....   
Best double live vinyl?
@deadtrader - I've got that whole Woodstock box set in the wooden case with the guitar strap and the lithos. I'll be putting it up for sale before much longer. With about 5 or 6 exceptions, I just didn't like most of the music, even from bands tha... 
Best double live vinyl?
I was listening to some vinyl the other week and noticed that about how the sides are set up on some double albums; I think it's annoying!   
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
@lloydc - thanks for your explanation! I still disagree, but nothing wrong with that, the world would be boring if everybody had the same opinions.   
Amir and Blind Testing
@teo_audio - You do know that Brian Jonestown Massacre is the name of a band, no?   
Russian tube supply issues
@prof + 1  
What is your favorite cover?
@hanfrac - one of my very fave covers is the Ramones doing ’SURFIN’ BIRD’!!!! Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Mow Mow, Pa Pa Oo Mow Mow Mow THAT always got a mosh pit going!!!!  
The panic selling of tube audio had begun.
@sandbites - JJ tubes are made in the Slovak Republic....