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What do you do when you get a bad vinyl record pressing?
@curiousjim,  where's the body buried?   
Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase?
Back in the '70s in Atlanta, there was a record store called "Peaches Record and Tapes". Every Friday after work I would go in and spend around $20 on Top Shelf albums, you could get 3 with some money back from that $20. But they had "The Wall Of ... 
Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale?
@jasonbourne71 "Why shouldn't they sound the same?" Because they don't sprinkle the magic fairy dust on the fakes.   
Can 6AJ8's be safely substituted for 6KA8's?
@oddiofyl +1  Lord! I just got a flashback of spending hours with my dad on a Hickock tv10 testing tubes. Ahhh, those were the days.😁  
Nola Speakers closed down?
In my day, sometimes it took the express rider an extra day or three to get your response back. Now, if someone doesn't respond 3sec after clicking SEND...   
Masimo gives up.
And exactly what tariff would that be?  
Selling collection directly in the pacific northwest?
Son? 😳  
Soft-dome tweeter damage - NBD or permanently compromised?
@thecarpathian  I believe it's a mental disorder that prevents people from keeping their hands off that which doesn't belong to them?  To make it worse, when I had initially left the room,the grill was on the speaker. 😳  
Soft-dome tweeter damage - NBD or permanently compromised?
Decades ago, I walk into my music room to see the guest of a friend start to poke the upper mid dome of my AR 9lsi. I screamed STOP! He didn't stop. Upon closer inspection he had already flatted the tweeter. I was livid, first time I thought "...b... 
B&W High Pass Filter Pro Model
@roxy54 ever hear of civility?   
Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms?
One evening the ex and I, sitting in the TV room, had a bolt hit that side of the house. An arc came out a outlet on the far side of the room, split between us and went in an outlet behind us. Just the proximity to the TV killed it. If it had happ... 
Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album?
Any of Herbie Hancock's earlier stuff.  
The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!!
@jasonbourne71  +1 +1 +1 Plus the average listener today has the attention span of a goldfish.  
Bogus Ratings for MOFI SACD's
I left a review of a MOFI OneStep with a 2star rating, they published it and I got a call directly from Music Direct offering to send me a new pressing, and told me to just keep the first one. My complaint was that the MOFI quality control was cra... 
Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?
I own thousands of CD, seems a little ridiculous to get rid of them and spend a boat load of money on the same material.