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| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" @atmasphere Thank you for the lesson, very useful. I was a Ground Radio Repairman in the USAF. My impedance training was focused on matching antennae to transmitters (along with other factors). A visual "test" of radios, like a big SSB, was the ... | |
| Declare the correct value on the Customs form? Hmmm, thin skinned audiophiles carping about the money a record collector spends. Perfect | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? So much cypherin' goin' on. I need a nap. I'll play records. I'll get a snack. I'll read a book (starting Gormenghast all over again Fuchsia's attic system is class D atta girl). | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @simonmoon Thanks for putting Anna Thovaldsdottir on my screen! Her music gives me chills. | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? It is the people who do not expand their appreciation of music that befuddle me. | |
| What should I look for when purchasing a quality album? I search BandCamp at least once a week (good for files and streaming, too). I use Discogs quite a bit, and keep some of the collection catalogued there. Discogs uses the Gold Mine rating system. I have 2 used record stores near me, and stop at bo... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? cleaning and auditioning the used record store crop: Schubert -Friedrich Wuher "Sonata in C minor/ Sonata in B minor" Dover HCR-207 Vivladi-Moscow Chamber Orch/ Rudolph Barshai "Concertos for strings and oboes" Mercury SR90425 Orquestra De Conc... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Well, I didn't discover her in '24, but Kim Deal is in rotation again. Gecko Turner has caught my attention, as has Club Des Beluga. I have a German store I buy from regularly, and I've added This Bad Life "Big Jihad" to the rotation, and Amon Duu... | |
| Trends in value of vintage / used audio equipment? No one has to tell me, I already know I'm a low percentile kind of guy. But I collect Carver amps, and I have noticed an increase in prices. I think the increase is ahead of inflation. In the past I was (happily) surprised at the value of Kenwood ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? cleaning in the "N's" Mother Earth (Tracy Nelson) "Living With The Animals" Mercury SR-61194 Harry Nilsson "Nilsson Schmilsson" RCA ANL1-3464/AFL1-4515 Michael Nesmith "Infinite Rider On The Big Dog... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Wiggins (Jon Read) "Feed The Ghost" dull knife... numbered 7" GAMMA "2" Elektra 6E-288 GAMMA "3" Elektra E1-60034 Dia... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tor Dietrichson "Global Village" Global Pacific OW 40728 Rufus Reid "Presents Caelian Cardello" Liam ARF-1 Ornette Coleman "The Shape Of Jazz To Come" Atlantic SD 1317 Robert Magouleff/Ma... | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp Take a look at TEKTON LORE 98 db 1w @ 1m URUZ 98db 2.83V @ 1m PERFECT SET 96 db 2.83V @ 1m Many options available it's worth a trip to the interweb, and then a phone call to the man himself to design yours. ps, pair of Lore speakers had bet... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ornette Coleman "The Atlantic years" Box Set TO WHOM WHO KEEPS A RECORD P-10085A TWINS ATLANTIC SD 1588 THE ART OF THE IMPROVISERS ATLANTIC SD 157... | |
| Phono stage for second system I'm using the Hagerman in my bedroom system. It's fitting in nicely. Found mine, used, on line. |