rick847
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| Are You a Swifty? She writes catchy tunes which presumes the fact she can and does write her own music, lots of it. It ain't Mozart but both of those things are real talents. Her lyrics are great.She's in touch with her audience and fosters a real emotional bond wi... | |
| Buying Used Speakers I bought mine from a store that I'd been going to for decades with a strong reputation that given your s/n you probably know. The last pair of 2.4s they had were first sold months before I came in and found them, in the finish I wanted, no less. ... | |
| Maggie owners (past, present, future) what do (did) you love and or dislike about them? My first personal purchase was a 500 dollar pair of Maggie starters back in the early 80s. I noticed the usual weaknesses like they needed proper placement and had terrible drop off if you weren't on axis. This didn't bother me much since the spea... | |
| Vindication at Last! $500, about the cost of Analogue Productions Ultra Tape R2R. | |
| Pieces of music that digital can't get right I've always though two recordings sounded much better in analogue : Frank Zappa's Hot Rats and Harris's 3rd. I can't tell the difference with a lot of recordings but then again I'm just a sub-audiophile. | |
| Oppo Ceasing production It's a Chinese owned. Although operating independently it's finances come from China. I think the decision has more to do with Chinese retaliation against tariffs than anything else. | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? I tried to call both American Airlines and StubHub. I was informed of a long wait time and offered a call back when my turn came, 20 to 45 minutes later. I tried 5 times with A.A. and never got a call, only once with StubHub and didn't get a call ... | |
| Wine, audio, and music. How many of us Aphiles enjoy wine when listening to music? I don't belong to any clubs but subscribe to the Spec and Absolute Sound. These pastimes are both examples of connoisseurship . In both there have been examples of the connoisseurs telling the scientific experts of a problem and being discounted. ... |