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larsman

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Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good
Way too many to list, but here are a just a few of my faves that meet that description....  'The Chaos' by the Futureheads 'The Dreaming' by Kate Bush   All 10 albums by Kristeen Young....   
Majority Of Your Listening Is Online Streaming Service, Do You Buy CD's Or Vinyl Any More?
I stream. I have CD's. I have LP's. I have no 8-tracks. It's all good. Also agree with @femoore12 - that's a main reason I stream as well; I do like having physical artifacts.   
2022 Audio System Wish List and thoughts about streaming
@nonoise + 1  
Can Anybody Give An Example Of?
@kb54 - it's as much a Manfred Mann song as 'All Along the Watchtower' is a Jimi Hendrix song - these songs were totally redefined by these artists, becoming big hits, and become something more separate from the original, I think....  
Your tube amp related Harbeth experience.
At one point, I was using at BAT VK-60 with my Super HL-5's. Listening to mostly rock, the Harbeths were likely not my best choice to begin with, but they sounded good so I kept them for years; still have them though I'm using other speakers now t... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
@nonoise - Loved that gif! That's the only way I listen to music (or watch sports or telly or movies)!!!    🤣🤣🤣  
Are tubes psychological?
Glowing tubes have a really nice feeling about them, as long as you don't feel them! Alas, not all tubes glow, but the ones that do look great!   
Elrog 300b vs we300b
Merry Christmas, smodtactical! When I first got my Eddie Current Studio B headphone amp, it was initially suggested to me that JJ makes ones that are good value for the money. They were unavailable anywhere at that time, though, so I went with Go... 
flabbergasted with reviews on speakers
@jerryg123 - Merry Christmas to you, too!!   
Elrog 300b vs we300b
I'm using the new WE 300B's, and I am very happy with them in the aspects you mentioned....   
burn in - how important?
@millercarbon - indeed! When I got my Herron phono amp and line-stage amp, Keith said they'd need 150 hours or so to sound their best. As you say, they sounded just fine out of the box, but Keith was not wrong....  
Current Best Value In A Pair of Quality 300B's?
When i got my Eddie Current Studio B amp, I got Gold Lion 300B's for them. I'd been recommended the JJ's, but they were out of stock everywhere at that point.  When they came back in, I did get the JJ's for about the same price, and they were an i... 
2019 300B tubes that are worth the money?
I recently got the new Georgia-made Western Electrics for my Eddie Current Studio B amp, and they sound awesome - another category altogether from the JJ's I'd been using. Could I find tubes that were as good or even better than the WE's for less ... 
flabbergasted with reviews on speakers
@arcticdeth - Merry Christmas! So you're saying the reviewers who say they are not being paid are lying, and will recommend crap if they're paid for it? Seems like that would be a great way to lose subscribers and your reputation and not have pros... 
How do you explain audiophiles to your friends?
I just point them to some YouTube reviews and suggest they check out a few if they want to be amused by some serious geekism...  Nothing wrong with geekism, of course, I tend that way myself - I just can't talk about it as well as many of the YouT...