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| 1973 1973 - Senior in high school. Bought my first stereo from the now defunct appliance retailer I was working at. Pioneer SX-525, KLH 17's and an idler drive cheapo Garrad TT with a Shure Cartridge. No nets or ceiling chains. Just sat it all on a sta... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? I had a few revelations:1. My late mom's cousin had me put on a pair of Olsen headphones, through his early 60's stereo, and I was hooked. I was about 12 years old.2. Swapped out some okay AR interconnects, on my analog tuner, to some low end Audi... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge I have an old AT 440 ML body with a NOS AT 125 SLC stylus on it. It works well on my vintage Technics deck. I was using an Ortofon 2M Red, but it sounded somewhat flat. The Ortofon, however, sounded better on the Project deck I used to own. I thin... | |
| turntable choice I had a Debut III that I switched out the cartridge for a Grado Blue. The dreaded Grado hum was the result. Maybe the Debut Carbons don't have that problem. I found the Ortofon 2M Red was a decent upgrade, instead. | |
| which car is sitting in your listening room? The car in my listening room would be a 2009 Ford Focus with about 125k miles. The A/C still works! | |
| What brand was better than it is today? Uh oh, I'm gonna piss offf some vintage audio collectors. I used to sell the classic silver faced Marantz equipment in the mid to late 70's. I liked that they were relatively compact and very well built. I didn't like what I thought was their mudd... | |
| Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege? I swapped out my modified Project Debut III for a vintage automatic Technics DD turntable. I realized that my audiophile zeal for manual TT's has subsided as I got old and lazy and didn't want to have to leap out of my chair at the end of an alb... | |
| Speaker of the Century Award Goes To .... Call me old fasioned, but I like monitor sized three ways with traditional cone woofers, midranges and a well executed dome tweeter. I had some JBL "L" series speakers, back in the day, and lost them in a divorce. I intend on buying a pair of Whar... | |
| What a sad world we now live in....... "Change is inevitable, growth is optional" George MaxwellI enjoy listening to the LP's and CD's that I have, but find myself streaming music about 90% of the time. Internet radio has provided a wide range of musical options from all ... | |
| "You cannot handle the truth" I have found sellers that have over extend themselves and need to recoup some money from an ill considered purchase. I'm fortunate to have a little bit of impulse control or I would be in the same boat. | |
| Moderately priced audio My main 2 channel system set me back about $3500. It took many years of swapping, selling, buying and research to get to this point. I love to listen to music and generally play around with my audio "stuff", but, I think I have maxed out the budge... | |
| Where do cables upgrades have the most impact? I switched RCA analog interconnects on my FM tuner and couldn't believe the difference from inexpensive Acoustic Research cables ($15 or so) to some entry level Audioquests ($35 or so). Not night and day, but noticeable. Same when I de-soldered th... | |
| Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin. 1. Cheap good speakers - picked up a pair of used Acoustic Energy Ageis 1's for $70 on CL. Paradigm Atom Monitors are discontinued. About $250/pr. NIB. Very efficient will fill room with 25 WPC. 2. Hook up sub woofer via RCA's to "Tape Out" on vin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados If Charles Mingus had been working in the 19th Century, he would have composed symphonies comparable to Beethoven. Complex multi-tiered compositions that remain approachable and engaging. Pure genius. Despite being over played and much covered, th... | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER 3 way tie - Etta James, Big Mama Thornton and Nina Simone. |