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| Personal amp evolution Lafayette LR-500B receiver (1969)Dynaco SCA-80 intergrated amp (1971)Sony TA-1130 (???) intergrated amp (1974)GAS Son of Ampzilla (1978)Hafler DH-200 (1980) (used both Hafler & GAS)Berning EA-230 (1987) BEL 1001 (1990)Music Reference RM-9 (1992) | |
| How should I treat window behind listening chair? I use wooden venetian blinds on the windows behind my listening chair. Seems to work well for me. | |
| Yamaha DVD-S1500: Has anyone heard it? The unit is not yet available. I inquired with a retailer who called the Yamaha rep who said the S1500 will be available in August. | |
| To Hot to Handle? I live in the Northeast in an non-air conditioned apartment and I use a 100w/ch tube amp(8xKT88)for the last twelve years without a problem. Don't worry about it. If you want tubes, go for it! | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now To: Cpdunn99The Riedel knock-offs that I purchased at Fortunoff's are Zwiesel Glas. It's imprinted in tiny letters on the base. I think the model is called "Fitzgerald". | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now You can get German made high quality knock-offs of the Riedel wine glasses at Fortunoff's here in the NY-NJ area for $5 -$7 a piece. I have a friend who has both. He says the knock-offs are virtually indistinguishable from the Riedel's. I agree.Wh... | |
| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs Rolling Stones: "It's All Over Now"The Who: "Happy Jack" | |
| Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder "Bobby's Girl" by Marci Blaine | |
| Classic rock album covers Does anyone remember the album cover, maybe 1972-not sure, by a group called "Moms Apple Pie"Wow! | |
| Srangest ,most out there sounding music French avant-garde composer Pierre Henry's "Variations for a Door and a Sigh". | |
| Hafler DH200 or Son of Ampzilla? Which to use? I've owned both. They are two very different sounding amps. Make sure the GAS SOA is biased correctly; that is,it will run so hot that you cannot keep your hand on the top panel for more than 10 seconds. I've had technicians lower the bias to redu... | |
| Whats the Story w/ Headphones? Let's see, you can buy a Senn 600/650. Then buy an aftermarket cable. Then buy a quality headphone amp. When all is said and done, you've spent, maybe, $800 minimum.Or, you can buy a Koss ESP/950 for $600.Or, you can buy a Stax 2020 or 3030 for $6... | |
| Spindle/Bearing Lube I've owned various incarnations of the AR turntable from the early 70's onward. They've always included a small plastic vial of oil. In the owner's manual, the recommend #10 weight, non detergent, machine oil. | |
| Amp Recommendations for Acoustat 1+1s I use a Music Reference RM-9 tube amp (KT-88) on mine. 100wc/ch in a small/medium room. Sounds great! Use the 4 ohm tap. | |
| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? Magnavox FD-1000. The original top loader, no numeric readout. Shortly, thereafter, Meridian modded it into the first "high end" player, the Meridian MCD |