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| Used vs. new Buying used is too much of a crap shoot for me. The fact the person is selling the component makes you wonder why. You don't know how it's been used, or abused. Trying to get more for your dollar buying used is like trying to get something for not... | |
| Jim Gordon has Passed On... Czarivney. you stated "Fortunately he was locked up and bothered no one with his occasional schizoid aggressions." As a person who spent many decades working in Corrections, I can assure you the risk correctional staff live with being around such ... | |
| Jim Gordon has Passed On... Great story bdp24. So sad to hear another of the great R&R drummers of that era passing on. Keith Moon, Charlie Watts, and John Bonham immediately come to mind. Like others, I’d no idea of his psych history and incarceration for killing his mo... | |
| What are some good things to do when going to an audition Bring in a CD or record you’re very familiar with so you can readily identify any differences in playback. Bring in a particularly well recorded CD to see how well the equipment deals with that in comparison to your current equipment, and bring in... | |
| Lyra and OMA You probably know that Lyra was way backlogged on their orders last year. I purchsed my Kleos in March of 2022 and finally received it eight months later. If you’re patient it’s probably worth the wait. Takes a bit of time to break in as well once... | |
| WHEN DID YOU FINALLY STOP... When the budget was 120% exhausted. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time I’m in my seventies and do like quality music in every genre including Rap, Country, Classical, Rock n Roll, R&B, Bluegrass, Jazz, and all the rest. That’s a great quality I picked up from my Mom who grew up in the Swing era and played Classic... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? I’m with you mijostyn. It’s been that way ever since, as a very young child, playing over and over Mom’s three Rock n Roll singles, Bill Haley’s "See You Later Alligator", "Rock Around the Clock", and Little Richard’s ’Tutti Frutti". One of those ... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? We oldtimers who love records can still purchase them on Ebay and from used record stores. By the time the interest and availability of vinyl records peters out, so will most of us anyway, so why worry about it. Instead enjoy what records we alrea... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? How much can it cost to break out the old equipment and press a new copy of a record a company already has the rights to and masters for? I’d love to buy some new reissues on vinyl, but the prices are arbitrarily ridiculous. Even used CD prices se... | |
| Anybody have plans for building Dahlquist DQ-10 speaker stands? Atlasdoc2, Did you ever come up with the plans for the Dahlquist stands, I have a copy of those plans for the three post type stand . If you haven’t tracked any down yet I could mail them to you. The top plate has a bit of an "L" shape on ... | |
| Made in USA Japanese integrated amp, Japanese preamp, American turntable, American speakers, American power conditioner. I’m not exactly the patriotic type, and haven’t bought an American car since the late 60’s. But just as "Made in Japan" used to stand for ... | |
| What CDs to buy I’ve had good luck with both Blue Note CD’s, and any Van Gelder reissues, not necessarily only Blue Note ones. You might try out a few SACD’s if your CD player can play them. The two I own are markedly better, although perhaps prohiibitively costl... | |
| RIP Tom Verlaine Just broke out finished playing Television's Marque Moon which I hadn't played in years. He was an original and talented guitarist, and will be missed. Time to listen to his solo work again to and appreciate his contribution to music again. | |
| Testing for Dirty Electrical Power Curiousjim, please pardon the typo in my post above on the Entech (not Entach) device. Let us know how it works for you. Mike |