linnvolk
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| What was your first record? Probabably Chicago’s Greatest Hits (paint). Unless you count Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang soundtracks. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? It was My buddy's system: Hitachi receiver Unknown turntable Pioneer Cassette Deck with fluoroscan meters Realistic Mach One speakers ...followed within a few years (early '80s) with my own: Luxman L450 Integrated Luxman Graphic EQ Nakamic... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! My Linn AV 5140s are on their second system (tri-amped now), and I have no intention of changing them. I got them in the late 1990s as replacements for the Realistic Mach Ones I purchased in high school in the late 1970s. They were installed int... | |
| Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile? This prompted me to finally post mine. No eye candy here, but endless enjoyment for me. If I had twice the income and twice the time, things might (?) be different. I was greatly helped with both this system and my previous one by Joe (dad) and ... | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" 19 lbs; 8x 100W into 4 Ohms. No problem even with my bad back! But I cannot beat Mahgister! And like him, I will always have some love for the heavyweights. | |
| Do Your Speakers have LEVEL CONTROLS or EQUALIZERS? (Vintage or Modern) ??? Mine do not. Linn AV 5140. Each driver driven by separate 100W amplifier from within Akurate Exaktbox-i. Lovely speakers from previous system now serving with updated amp and streamer. No speaker-based level control. | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings Something a little difficult to find, but worth it if you can is "Long Yellow Road" by the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band. | |
| How does this forum feel about original house music and live DJing? This is not at all to my taste. Never cared for techno, dance, rap, urban, any of that. I prefer horns, strings, human voice, drums you actually hit, stuff like that. Mostly things that would still work live with no electricity. That said, I l... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Triple bill in 1979 or so: Pat Travers / Scorpions / Sammy Hagar; I was in first few rows and the cabinets were all sitting on the stage (not flown from ceiling)--ouch! Plus Rush Hemispheres around that time as well (fantastic concert). I do ha... | |
| WHEN DID YOU FINALLY STOP... I stopped (not sure it is final, but I am OK if it is) with my last big purchase/upgrade to join the 21st century and enter the world of high-fidelity streaming. Previous system was CD only, the amp had crapped out, and the midrange driver in one... | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align Gravity - Alison Krauss & Union Station Kind of Blue (entire album) - Miles Davis Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" @hilde45 So well put, all I can say is sign me up for all of what you said. | |
| Really Inexpensive Systems That Sounded Great? My second system is in my woodshop. A very simple combination: Klipsch RP600M Bookshelf Speakers NAD C316 BEE Integrated BlueSound Node 2i The Klipsch are efficient (96 dB) and make plenty of sound (including bass) with the 40W NAD. Total... | |
| Qobuz hell I continue to use Qobuz exclusively. The Qobuz UI is indeed BLEAK. Worse than useless, in my opinion. However, I use Qobuz via Roon, so the UI is a non-issue, except in the car. I stream through a Linn Akurate System Hub in my main home system ... | |
| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? Louis Armstrong Donald Fagen Zappa |