lhasaguy
Responses from lhasaguy
| Best Rock Song Ever! Allman Brothers Band - You Don’t Love Me from Live at the Fillmore. I saw it live at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Duane Allman killed it. Listen about 6 minutes in on the album. His solo was so soulful it almost moved me to tears. | |
| What are the sexiest components ever made? McIntosh, particularly the power amps with the big blue meters in a semi dark room. Love my MC501s! | |
| 1st SACD Purchase I am also a McIntosh guy and SACD user. I love the format, but getting music across a wide variety of genres is tough. If you like jazz at all, Time Out by Dave Brubeck shows of what amazing sound can be had.Dire Straights is also known for amaz... | |
| Sexy singer(s) and/or song(s) Bonnie Raitt and John Lee Hooker singing I’m in the Mood, from the Healer album. | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? Yes. One is not defined by the things they possess. I presently own neither, yet I have owned many of each in the past. It is akin to saying you cannot be a sports car fan if you don’t own a triumph, Austin Healey or old Jag.Technology has chang... | |
| What was your most disappointing album purchase? My most disappointing album was Her Satanic Majesty's Request by the Stones. They came back with great albums right after, but that one was rubbish. | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? In the early 70s I had one of everything. R to R was used for recording new albums as well as long listening sessions so you did not have to get up all the time to change the record or cassette. I even had a 4 channel R to R, content was hard to... | |
| WAF -- When when buying my present system, I was looking at Maggie’s and my wife said “Are you sure you don’t really want the 20s instead of the 3s?. I ought 3.6s and love her so much. | |
| Anyone with tinnitus or hearing loss who is into "high-end" audio? I am 71 and have had tinnitus for a long time. I was the crew chief for am M60 machine gun as a Sergeant in the Army, then loud rock from the late 69s and early 70s did me no good. That said I will forever remember seeing Duane Allman, Janis Jop... | |
| Amp Upgrade time, $6000 budget, used or new. Take a look at McIntosh Mc501s. I bought mine used and they are amazing. You seem to like the Mac sound and there are built like a tank. I run 3.6 Maggies and they drive them easily! | |
| Tempted to buy a Macintosh I am working off a 71 year olds memory, but one of the big magazines (stereophile maybe) bench tested the MC501 mono blocks circa 2008 and they tested out at 750 wpc. | |
| Tempted to buy a Macintosh Let me add another very happy McIntosh owner. I have MC501s driving 3.6 Maggies via a C220 tube preamp. I bought all the McIntosh gear used 10 years ago +/- and could sell them all today for what I paid. Another thing about McIntosh amps, they... | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. I collect rare coins. My favorites being old ones that no longer circulate, i.e. half cents, half dimes, two and three cent pieces. My oldest coin is a 1798 dollar in fine condition. It is a modest collection, but great fun as history is much a... | |
| Opinions on the current market To the OPs original point, I would suggest used McIntosh equipment holds is value. I have a C220 pre amp I bought 12 years ago that I could sell for more than what I paid. I know there are many views of McIntosh, but they hold there better than ... | |
| It happened again tonight Congrats millercarbon, moments like those are transcendent. I had the same feeling watching Duane Allman in 1971, I still get tears in my eyes listening to him now as I revisit his genius. |