nnicola
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| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Hot Tuna at SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall of 1972. They were so LOUD that my ears started to hurt badly. I had been to loud concerts before but this was ridiculous. I needed to leave the auditorium about halfway through the set. I couldn’t hear for... | |
| Review: Harman Kardon HK-3490 Amplifier Old thread but I came across it looking up info online.I’ve had an HK3490 for over 5 years and was not totally impressed with it until I bypassed the preamp and started using the preamp section in my Advent 300 receiver. The Advent preamp is a vin... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music Listen to anything by Mozart.... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ Surprised that no one has mentioned “Hoffmann’s Iron Rule” in this discussion.Josef Anton Hoffman was the “H” in the original KLH company. He was an audio engineer who theorized that you could only have two of the following in speaker design, neve... | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? Circa 1991, and the only system in my house at that time:Harman Kardon HK795i receiver Technics SL-230 turntableStanton 500 cartridgeSony CDP-110 CD playerHarman Kardon TD212 cassette deckEPI 1200 loudspeakersMost of the current audio equipment th... | |
| Vintage ARxb turntable. Refurb or replace Since I just discovered this thread I’m late to the discussion, but I have a strong opinion on the matter.The AR-Xa and AR-Xb turntables are phenomenal turntables and are well worth preserving or restoring. Spend a few bucks to “mod” the AR becaus... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? I am lucky enough to live in an area with a dedicated classical music station, WQXR, FM 105.9 out of NYC. I probably would not give FM a second glance if not for WQXR. Recently, I emailed them to find out if they were 100% digital recordings, and ... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? I don't own a high end sound system. It's mostly restored vintage equipment that would probably be considered very good mid-fi. Nevertheless, the most natural, best sounding recordings I have are vinyl LP's from jazz recordings mastered in the 195... | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: You mail out a Money Order for your most recent audio purchase because you don’t want your wife to see the paper trail left by using your credit card or checking account. | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: You mail out a Money Order for your most recent audio purchase because you don’t want your wife to see the paper trail by using your checking account or credit card. | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: You mail out a Money Order for your most recent audio purchase because you don’t want your wife to see the paper trail by using your checking account or credit card. | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: You wake up one day and realize that you have 11 receivers/amplifiers, 10 sets of speakers, 4 turntables, 10 phono cartridges, 4 dacs, 3 CD players, boxes full of hardware and specialized connecting cables...and you don't see anything wrong with t... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? Absolutely yes. I can’t afford a Porsche, can’t drive a stick because of my knees, and don’t have a sports car because it’s not practical, but it doesn’t mean I’m not a car guy with an interest in higher performance vehicles. Likewise, with audio.... | |
| I lied to my wife about the price of Stax 009S headphone You know the old joke about the audiophile’s worst nightmare...that one day his wife sells his equipment for what he told her he paid for it. |