tibina590d

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How do you get the "real" feel of music?
The closest I have been able to come to live music is with Stax electrostatic headphones. Headphones are not everybody's cup of tea but if you haven't heard them, give them a try 
What pets hang out with Audiophiles?
My cat Mindy. Priuor to Mindy for 16 years it was Tibina until she passed on in 1998 
Stax Lambda Pro Headphones--Can sound Hard??
I have a pair of Lambda Pros also and listen through the SRD-P portable transistorized amplifier. Yes these phones can sound harsh at times but for revealing detail they are unsurpassed. As Famaraca says the Stax Class A amp is the way to go. 
Bose makes more than speakers...
For whatever reason or reasons Bose is a successful company. Now let us all get over it. 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
I have so much money in audio I can't afford any car. I do however have rollerblades. Nothing fancy though just your ordinary garden variety pair of rollerblades. 
An unscientific poll: How often are you happy?
I'm never happy. Even prozac doesn't help. But wait a minute.... SCOTCH !!..... now there's an idea....err... excuse me folks. 
Headphones, or Speakers???
Try listening to Stax headphones while sitting on a first class subwoofer. 
What time do you wear?
Wow...all these expensive watches on audiophile's wrists. Now I know for sure I'm just a poor slob. Truth is I carry a sundial. No batteries, no winding. At night or on cloudy days when it doesn't function too well I just sit back and listen to my... 
Faraday cage - suppressing stray EM fields
Dear Clueless. Third line of third paragraph.... when you differentiated magnetic flux with respect to time...that was probably the start of your headache..lol 
Greatest Songwriter of all time
Cole Porter 
Do you drink when you listen?
Sure, I drink when I listen. It's unavoidable...I drink all the time 
What Would you Trade your System FOR?
World Peace and Meg Ryan just for me. 
Best Male Singers of the 20th Century
Tony Williams, lead singer of the Platters 
What's your profession? Age?
Age 62. Physicist turned high school math teacher 25 years ago. My system is a Radio Shack CD player feeding a Stax SRD-P Adaptor feeding Stax Lambda Pro headphones. I know what good sound is all about and this cheap compact system does the job fo... 
absolute best component you ever owned
My Stax Lambda Pro earphones