quad78
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| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? I just hope that when you lent him the money, your financial situation was such that you could afford it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given him "thousands of dollars." As for the records, yes, they're now yours given the time lapse and the fact tha... | |
| Audio deals you bought that seem impossible for the price? ADS 1230s speakers that listed for $1500 when new back in 1983, I got them for $1125 at a long-gone discount house in Pennsylvania. I still have the speakers and the invoice. | |
| klipshorn speakers I always wanted to like Klipsch speakers but could never quite get there. I've heard. Chorus, Forte, Belles and the K Horn, their flagship. I heard rock music through the K-Horn (your interest) back in '83 at a hi-fi shop. Not impressed. Folks he... | |
| Lack of Female Representation The dearth of females into our hobby is something I've thought about for years, even posting about it on this site. Women don't appreciate music any less. But when it comes to the gear, they don't seen to care. The WAF (wife acceptance factor) ha... | |
| Warning: China-Hifi-Audio.com It's a gamble ordering anything from China, from audio to fitness equipment. Some consumers make out okay but a lot of them don't. I'll buy Chinese-made goods but only those already in the USA. | |
| Stirring Up Trouble If Dylan and Edie Sedgwick had a "thing," then the song very well could be about her. It could also be about Bob himself from what I've read. Or, his muse could be a composite of people. One thing's for sure. Unlike the identity of Deep Throat, I... | |
| Jazz listening: Is it about the music? Or is it about the sound? It's both, no question, and one can have precedence over the other depending on my mood. I'm not a big jazz fan, but jazz might be the best kind of music to test most hifi systems. Treble, bass and mid-range - jazz contains the entire audio spect... | |
| Is your system amazing and you just dont see it? I've had the same power amp, pre-amp and speakers for decades. I've heard other equipment, some of it quite good, but not so good that I've been compelled to sell or trade up. Part of it has to do with age. When you enter your 70s as I have, new a... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Beatles - "Something New". This was Capital's third album release of the Fab Four. Five of the songs came from "A Hard Days Night." My copy of Beethoven's 4th piano concerto features Leon Fleisher playing with the Cleveland Orchestra under the... | |
| The Wilt Chamberlain of Audio Gear Maybe I'm the audio anti-whore. After owning (and selling) other speaker systems over a 12 year period, I purchased a pair of ADS 1230s in September 1983 and have never looked back. Well, not exactly true, because I've auditioned other speakers si... | |
| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? I'd see Bob Dylan early in his career. Or maybe see him when he "plugged in" at Newport in July of 1965. Or maybe Woodstock. Damn, there are so many. | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? I've got a vintage system that includes a Thorens turntable from 1985 - TD 166 mk2 mated to a Sumiko blue point #2 cartridge. But I never understood why audiophiles use the term "musical" to describe the sound of a certain hi-fi component when mus... | |
| New cartridge $500 range I've used the Blue Point #2 for years and never have to turn the volume knob on my Nakamichi 410 pre-amp past around 9 o'clock - and that's pushing it. Of course, that could be because my speakers are the ADS 1230s, with a db rating of 94. Like yo... | |
| Shopping for new speakers-need ideas... Selling old DQ-10's... I've had my ADS 1230s for over 37 years with nary an ear ache in all that time. Most of the ADS models employ soft dome tweeters and mid ranges. They're open and airy, with great imaging and resolution. All the ones on the market are used, of cou... | |
| JBL 4349 or Klipsch Cornwall IV I always thought that the JBL 100 was great for rock but not so great for classical, the reverse of what you write. As for the Cornwalls, according to the reviews I've read and heard, in addition to the views of audio sales people I spoke with, th... |