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WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era?
Have a NAK today, the 3 series Tanberg notoriously unreliable.. not so the 440 
WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era?
@noromance  I think I had the same underdash Pioneer - no FM. I had Crickets front and back in a 1970 Firebird w 400. Funi enjoy my mostly pirate cassette collection in my garage system - I used to document the recording chain on the label which i... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Streaming Hawkwind - Mountain Grill ( 1996 remaster )atmospheric..... fun 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I so envy you in this respect - I am always one issue deep to keep war Dept happy.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Maybe..... I never owned it  On vinyl before the MoFi but my little brother was a big time ABB fan so his copy might have been.... we all had cassette decks and were busy pirates...My lil brother also had a killer stereo in that era: Dual table, S... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Steve : The Genesis? I don’t know.... I have zero recollection... then I got away from them. Cool fellow salesman at Audio Store got me back into them and as importantly King Crimson  
Albert Von Schweikert Has Passed Away
Condolences- a great loss indeed 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Allman Brothers - At the Fillmore East ( MoFi )This was also a Top Ten and I can remember the first time I heard it 1978.... mesmerized by Duane.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bdp24 Tom says hello, he asked me IF I was a drummer. I said NO! I can play 4 notes on bass and only need 75% of that...he laughed..I left there KNOWING the RM-9 is in great and capable hands. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw Steve thank you, putting it on my Discogs want list...Seconds Out was a top ten album in my wanderings and rifle thru other’s vinyl at prep school. So I avoided it until hearing it on a pair of EPI in a girls dorm past the witching hour...I ... 
Why no Virtual System pics??
I always try to stealth drink the SeaSmoke Ten out of a paper cup... 
Do speakers take time to warm up?
Vandersteen/ Low DBS patent covers battery bias ( forming of dialectic ) of Crossovers and cables. Regulations limit battery to 72 v but the Vandersteen amps provide 128.i believe some Brinkmann electronics utilize this also.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw how is the SQ on seconds out ????? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@spirit the Vandy preamp rumored to be in development will have a 20% stereo blend - aimed Directly at Rudy and the otherwise fantastic Blue Note recordings.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw platform hit a snag, Mike the genius at HRS is contemplating what feet and how to attach, loads of torque...and the RM-9 needs bias pot work, so I am off to Brooks Berdan in Monrovia today 120 miles each way to drop off amp w Tom the master ...