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| Anyone else uncomfortable with PayPal’s payment process? No. This is my account which I access via a tried and true personal link, not from an email or some other risky source. I set this up about a decade ago. I’ve since found a way around this process. When asked for your bank name don’t fill in th... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I say, let’s keep this monster thread going for another year,,,, so we can throw it a big Twentieth Anniversary Party! | |
| Your favorite 'concept' album 10 Yes - Close to the Edge 9 Alan Parsons - Tales of Mystery and Imagination 8 McD & Giles - McDonald and Giles 7 Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord 6 Sting - Soul Cages 5 Alan Parsons - Air 4 Supertramp - Crime of the Century 3 ... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? I’ve owned a lot of different components from many companies in my life. So obviously they don’t count. Speaker-wise, I’m a Maggie Man through-and-through, but I’ve upgraded up the Maggie line a few times now, so I can’t count them either.I do h... | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) +1 on the Don Sachs recommendation. I’m surprised more people haven’t jumped in and mentioned Don’s preamps. If you want Don’s highest quality/most feature laden preamps and want to stay at $2000, you’ll have to look for a used preamp. His ver... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? I don't know if everyone will consider this a tweek, although double shotgun speaker wires were mentioned, but for me the best tweek has been switching to the "Doug Schroeder Double IC Method". Nothing has come close in SQ to doubling up my inter... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Margaret,I’m so sorry to hear of Al’s passing. My prayers go out to you and your family at this time. Al was such an important member of our Audiogon family. His knowledge, helpfulness and character has always been a beacon to us all. Not just in... | |
| Best Rock Song Ever! "Satin Doll", from Duke Ellington’s, "70th Birthday Concert" album. | |
| Your vote for greatest (covers) album My vote for album of covers is Ummagumma by Pink Floyd. The album cover is actually a cover of the painting inside the cover photo. The painting, which is a cover of the painting within the previous painting, which is a cover of the painting in th... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? jeffjoeblob5 posts05-10-2020 10:47amGood sound, in concept. I use an ancient (1963) Macintosh C-20 with solid state amps, with my magneplanars. I've tried other preamps, but none sound as clear an accurate as my old Mac. Whatever you do, get a h... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? Long time tube pre/SS amp afectionado here too. Big John, I see that you are using a Parasound A-21, which mmemory tells me, has an input impedence of 33K. Just make sure to match the output impedence of your tube pre-amp to the input of your amp... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles Spinal Tap - Album title and song title: "Break like the wind". | |
| Has anyone else auditioned something that really was terrible? I auditioned for "Pirates of Penzance" once. Does that count? | |
| Axe to grind know it alls Ignoring off topic and disruptive posts isn't always the best solution. First of all, you pretty much have to read the posts to figure if the posts are dispuptive, and secondly, the reader will often need to wade through a bunch of off-topic garba... | |
| Mattresses, not stereos is where the money is I've gone back and forth on this subject and I've come to believe my mattress is directional. |