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How can I establish a reference level?
If you start to feel uneasy it's too loud! 
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Jack Bruce of Cream! Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane! 
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Gene Simmons of Kiss! Stick out that tongue! 
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James Hetfield of Metallica!  
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Thomas Gabriel Warrior (Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Triptykon). Swiss black metal! 
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Richard Thompson, Gary Brooker (Procul Harum) and Chris Youlden (Savoy Brown). 
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Frank Zappa! 
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Ian Gillan of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Plus the Gillan Band! A real trooper! 
1st Album you Ever Owned?
The James Bond Goldfinger soundtrack! Bought in 1964 at a King's Department Store. After seeing the movie. About $3.29. I was 12 years old! 
Amp repair cost — is this right?
The unwary are the prey for the wolves! 
Odd problem with TT setup...
The tonearm wiring has zero effect on what sounds like a transient (hot-cut spot) causing either mis-tracking or phono stage overload. The last is an often-common little-recognized problem with some phono stages - inadequate headroom, especially w... 
EMT STX 5/10 Step Up transformer
That would be a cool find! If the price is right. grab it! Like a Lay's potato chip, how can you just have one SUT? I have several on hand, including a rare Mike Sanders Quicksilver. They each have their own sonic "flavor"! 
Power Amp
Not enough bias voltage on the output tubes. They are drawing too much current! Probably over 50 milliamps. Most power tubes run around 35 milliamps. 
Yamaha NS-1000M
A fair price that I would pay for a pair in nice shape would be $800 - 900. About what I paid for my JBL 166's. 
Yamaha NS-1000M
Beryllium midrange and tweeter! Pretty advanced for 1976! Regarding the high prices for some on the 'net - that's just plain profiteering!