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"NEWEST'" Favorite album Alice Cooper's "Love It To Death" | |
Great songs and artists who virtually own them? Tiny Tim, "Tiptoe through the Tulips" | |
Audiophiles are older than dirt Old as dirt here. I remember them all. | |
Do you need a pre-amp with a digital front-end? Yes you can if you like the way it sounds. When listening to digital I pre-set the volume controls on my pre-amp and use iTunes for fast and easy adjustments. My Mac is next to my listening chair. I've also pre-set the iTunes equalizer to compensa... | |
Electrostat - M-L; Quad or Soundlab - reliable Stringreen: What model did you have? Mine were powered up for almost 12 years 24-7 and never had a problem. | |
How many 'listen outside of the box' design? I have both Box and Electrostatic speakers in my listening room. I like both! FWIW the ported box speakers get the most use. | |
Quick poll: Most enjoyable audio magazine ? I don't read the zines to often. I may buy a copy of TAS or Stereophile every few years but for the most part I've moved on. All my audio related text media is web based. Anyone out there remember the Sam and Armorall your compact disc article yea... | |
What Is This Hobby? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby | |
When does analog compete with digital? "I have personally found it difficult to listen to vinyl in my car." Simple solution, try a Technics SL-10. I seem to remember them coming with a 12volt adapter for use in a car. | |
When does analog compete with digital? "Which is better.....depends on the recording used...."well said! | |
What did you own in the 60's? A really cool looking Stingray bicycle and a small transistor radio. | |
Sinatra suggestions Most of the of the stuff from 1954 to 1965 are great. Nice N Easy is fav. Also check out Dean Martin's recordings from that era too. Oh ya lets not forget Nat King Cole. | |
upgrade path The 1200's a great table. Think about upgrading your phono preamp and cartridge. | |
vinyl in vagas and san francisco Clio09, The Zia by the college has a pretty good section of New vinyl. It's grown from few bins of an entire wall length. Their used is poor at best. | |
vinyl in vagas and san francisco Also in Las Vegas we have Zia Records. They have two locations. Each location has a fair selection of new and used vinyl. Record City has an outstanding selection and the prices are fair. We also have a rare vinyl shop called Wax Trax. The operato... |