tarsando

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Who u gots da most uv???
Beethoven John Coltrane Bob Dylan. Numbers in about 100, 50 (not counting dups) and 30 respectively. 
Best piano version of Moonlight Sonata?
I agree with newbee re Richard Goode, and imo Glen Gould is great playing Bach but not so great playing Beethoven. Good Luck..there are really so many to choose from. 
MusicalFidelity X10D Tube Buffer ,any good ?
If you already have a tube in the line, I wouldn't think you'd need to bother with the x10d at all. 
Take a massage:...
Connect electric massager to turntable to cancel out jitter. 
Help What is this Mystery Old Tube Amp
I cant get to it either. 
Have you heard the Klipsch RB-75 speaker?
No, I have not. 
Whatever happened to REAL "owners manuals" ???
Not really, of course. But basically, except for complex equipment like Lexicon processors, you don't really need an owners' manual to use it. Through the years what I have found helpfull is the Stereophile reviews--used as "owners' manuals". Thos... 
House Hunting and New Listening Room Concerns
I agree with onhwy61. Get the house you need for everything else and as long as it has a room you can dedicate to listening you can fix it up over time with acoustic treatment etc. Just having the private space is luxury enough imo. Good luck! 
Vandies or Maggies?
vandies aren't so stable that a one-year old (estimate) can't knock them down. So, buy them, listen to them for 18 months, sell them on audiogon and buy a nice big plastic boom box that you can give to your kid a couple years after that. (Then go ... 
Any BOND fans out there?
They stole my name. Bond. James Bond. 
smoke from a pre-amp. why?
It doesn't mean it overheated. Some component failed (capacitor, resister, etc) would be my guess. Maybe an electronics engineer will see the question and have a better answer. Good Luck getting it fixed 
Does Your System Sound Like the Real Thing?
I agree with Jond. The whole business of scale is often ignored in discussions about "absolute sound". I've never heard a system whose soundstage, depth, height, matches that of a real, live orchestra. Not fair? But that's how the question is put.... 
Does Your System Sound Like the Real Thing?
No and No. 
Am I really smart or really stupid?
re:Bin. I have used x's products through the years because they are so cheap. But they all suck. I never can learn my lesson. 
Why so few record cleaners for sale?
Orders of magnitude more people (even if you limit it to audiophiles) bought records than bought record cleaners.