Burt Reynolds has passed away

For some reason, the anger and outrage I felt at the Adam Sandler remake of the Longest Yard is amplified to the nth degree!  

My wife worked here, saw Burt and his friends many times.   R.I.P.

http://www.southflorida.com/restaurants-and-bars/the-eat-beat/sf-burt-jacks-restaurant-burt-reynolds...

@mofimadness, "My first sports car that I ever owned was the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am edition. T-Tops, killer paint job and a ROCKIN' stereo!"

My first car was a 75 Chevy Monza my high school job boss gave me for free that was an absolute basket case.  But as soon as I had enough money, like you and partly because of the movie, I bought a red 76 Trans Am with t-tops (yeah, they leaked, but were so worth it) and really cool honeycomb wheels.  That interior, especially, the dash was as slick as things got.  Strangled by mid-70s emissions technology, but over the next few years, I got it running the way the Pontiac 400s from an earlier time did.  On the stereo side, my dad got me a beautiful Clarion head unit out of a wrecked Saab 9-3.  You should have seen the way the guys at the Saab dealership looked at my scruffy butt when I showed up to get some documentation on it.  EVERY single person asked how I got the radio, with an "yeah, right..." smirk reaction to my answer.  Adding a couple of amplifiers and some speakers got it to seriously bangin' level.

You're absolutely right, what a cool car!  Thanks for jogging my memory back to awfully fun times.

Again, much respect to Burt...

Good Bye HI-FI. Hello TMZ.......
I hope this site does not allow none  music related posts in future.

Ps- no  disrespect to Mr Reynolds or his family.

Nothing like a purist to raise his head. We audiophiles have other interests and when we have the passing of someone who had an impact on us, even in a non-audiophile way, it's of no harm to comment on it. 

Loosen up a bit.

All the best,
Nonoise