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Musicians? Any Stick players?
My mistake the band is Finally Balanced. Sorry Sas. 
Musicians? Any Stick players?
Have a couple of friends one of them Charlie the Tuna started playing about 1975 and Sasquatch is in the band Finally Balance. 
Recommended classical guitar CDs?
Check out Steve Hackett (from Genesis) smokin' classical recordings: Bay Of Kings (1983), Momentum (1988), Sketches Of Satie (2000). 
Belt for AR turntable?
Try AB Tech Services 17C Airport Drive Hopedale,MA 01747 1-800-225-9847 
Song intros that really grab you? ?
Genesis "Watchers of the Sky" 
Song intros that really grab you? ?
"Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss ME" by the Cure 
Dead Can Dance
Just seen on the 4AD website that Lisa Gerrard will be releasing 2 new albums in 2003. Been a fan of DCD since 1984 when I heard them on WNYU-FM 89.1 in NYC as I have their first 4 releases on vinyl. I even have couple of their songs pick for my f... 
How did you hear about Audiogon?
About a year ago I was reading reviews on Audioreview.com and notice some people purchased some great gear from here. I'm a GON-er for life now. Thanks! 
Cable connections to an old receiver?
Monster Cable has a gold plated braid cable termination that's flexable for those old spring terminals. I've used them on my old Pioneer SX-1250. Just add shrink tubing around the threaded barrel for added protection againg shorting as those sprin... 
Cleaning & polishing speakers & gear
I use NAPHTHA on my gloss black piano finish speakers and subs, turntable etc. with a automotive finshing cloth. It evaporates very fast. Saw this in my guitar repair books. 
Digital Stylus Force Gauge: Which One??
Since I work in a aerospace calibration lab I calibrated my Shure VTF Gage (about 15 years ago) with calibrated 1 and 2 gram weights. My gage was one minor division off from nominal (1 minor division = .1g (100mg). The tolerances of the class E2 w... 
Greatest Guitar Band
My favorite guitar bands are The Mission UK, Fields Of The Nephilim, and The Cure. 
Monoblocks vs Vertical bi-amping vs Horizontal bia
Hello, I believe Chucker terminalogy of vertical vs. horizontal is reverse. Veritical: tweeters over woofers, one stereo amp to tweeters (L&R) the other stereo amp to woofers(L&R); Horizontal: one stereo amp to left (tweeter & woofer) ... 
Do you rember your first?
Too many dead braincells, the Lloyds I got was on my 16th birthday with a Sargent Pepper's LP. 
Do you rember your first?
1971 graduation present from mom and dad, a Lloyds complete system with built in turntable. I remebered one of my younger brothers broke the tonearm in half. Being made of plastic I used my dad's soldering gun to melt it together. After that I pai...