rockadanny
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| Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists? Vassar Clements | |
| Stores or dealers in Sao Paulo? Tubegroover - Yikes! Did not know that. Thank you for posting. | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Awesome suggestions - thank you! I picked up a bottle of Islay Bowmore 12 and Red Breast 12. Islay (smoky) was great before dinner, and the Red Breast (sweet) great afterwards. Both required blooming to enhance and refine their flavors. To bloom I... | |
| Stores or dealers in Sao Paulo? All good points Buconero, thank you. Did not really think all of that through. But will still window shop at a brick and mortar store if given the opportunity. No harm there as long as I don't lead anyone on or take their time away from real custo... | |
| SET sound without a lot of money Audio Mirror offers two beautiful sounding and looking SETs, 20 watts per channel and 45 watts per channel (I have this one for my 87db 6 ohm (min) speakers). Not 300B or 2A3, but 6C33C - powerful and beautiful sound nonetheless. If you are near A... | |
| Audio stuff I've lost in my own home... I have lost CDs before, temporarliy, when they've gotten knocked out of their drwaer slot in back and fallen backwards or pushed back out of their spot. Longet missing was about six months before I thought to look behind the drwaer slots at the bo... | |
| can we still sort by zip code in items for sale? Searching by full zip code is useful if your only mode of transportation is a bike or your feet. Or if you have the time to make more than a dozen searches in a relatively populated area. If you are able to drive, searching by partial zip code is ... | |
| How selective are you? Very!I try to purchase only CDs which I am fairly certain I will enjoy for a long time. Sometimes I get fooled by samples or fool myself, and those get tossed, eventually. I periodically prune my collection, keeping the ones which bring great joy ... | |
| How to break in a tube preamp? As long as your preamp is on and connected to your amp(s), your amp(s) don't need to be on. | |
| Best DAC under 2k US ? Check out https://www.nekoaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=392 if in the U.S.They are currently running a loaner program for their D100 Mk2 - a "reference stereo DAC featuring a 100% passive fully balanced transformer-based analog output st... | |
| How to break in a tube preamp? Should work fine to not power on amps, but they do need to be connected to your preamp. I've done this. | |
| Warm Interconnect.... For your budget I suggest Auricle Audio Encore! Kaptons.http://auricleaudiodesign.web.officelive.com/product.aspx | |
| Can Anyone Recommend a Good Speaker ? Look for a used pair of Eggleston Works Fontaines - they deliver tight, punchy bass. I've had mine several years now and nothing has been able to unseat them. The original ones require a sub, but not as necessary for the model IIs, depending on yo... | |
| Carlos Santana - designer of women’s shoes? I read that he was in collaboration with Jose Feliciano to do a tricked out high-heeled sneaker as well ;^) | |
| Where stands the music of Chet Baker with you? I think he was a talented performer and like him well enough to have one CD of his, Chet Baker Sings (his best release IMO). I love most jazz and find his unique, laid back but still swinging style interesting and enjoyable, but only enough so t... |