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Best lines in a song
"Jesus died for somebody's sins... but not mine.." Patti Smith "Horses" LP Biggest one liner I can remember | 254 |
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Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps
P.J. Harvey. The earlier albums. What an unusual voice. Maria Callas. Fantastic emotion. Sinead Oconnor. Silky heavenly sheen Emma Kirby. Wonderful all around | 210 |
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Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have
I want one of those tiny repli-racer that sell for under $500. They are sooooo cute! To bad they are illegal to run on the street, or the streets would be FILLED with them | 183 |
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Best Bike to ride before a good listening session
I have an early Kestrel carbon frame and fork with a DuraAce 9 speed set. A three spoke carbon front wheel | 152 |
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If you could bring back one great artist that has
Amadeus Mozart | 96 |
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Top Ten Interconnects of all time...
Kimber PBJ for its price, value and quirky name | 85 |
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What equipment do you most regret parting with??
Hafler DH110 pre I built as a kit | 67 |
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High End Myth Glossary.
Sorry I have to disagree. Many of the so called "myths" are things various folks have been able to distinguish based on auditioning, or experimenting with. My Sony SACD . . . | 65 |
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Where do you draw the line???
I will never change my belief that the RIAA is a bunch of money grubbing sharks, doing the bidding of even hungrier money grubbing sharks. I will never change my belief that the . . . | 63 |
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Perhaps we should stick with midfi...
"Troll": someone trolling for responses. They do not need answers, or comments, they either want to stir up trouble, or looking for entertainment. In a post like this one. . . | 62 |
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absolute best component you ever owned
A Hafler HD110 from a kit... That couple of years I listen to music as if in love. Wonderful hours. (Then I the fool sold it to buy a Sony ES1000 digital preamp and WHAT A MISTAKE. . . | 60 |
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Best driving music.
Best of Techno vol 5 "FLUID": old but really good. Autoban: classic car driving. Deep Purple: Machine Head. Orbital: In Sides All for driving @ 110mph on the freeway | 59 |
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What tattoo to get next?
I would suggest a line or two of your favorite music. The Clef or sharp etc and the lines of the bar with the notes that are that start of your favorite song or work of music! They. . . | 59 |
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What do audiophiles listen in their cars?
My 2012 I will not be changing. It is too difficult. I hardly care about it in the car anyway. Half the time I just have any noise making devices turned off while driving. I enjoy . . . | 54 |
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Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph
P.T.Barnum would have loved this device. What is the price for this two dollars worth of wood? $1,700 or so? Suggest to anyone try making your own. Sorry but in my opinion the . . . | 50 |
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Best DIY tweak?
I would change the question to: The best free, or nearly free tweaks. (nearly free is a few bucks... never more then a Ten$) #1) Shining all silver spinning discs. (CD and DVD): I . . . | 47 |
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Your Worst WAF Incident
I stuck Ferrite bits on all the wiring in the wall at the frig outlet, and added ferrite on the frig cord. Plus a few bags of crystals in the duplex A/C .. It really did quiet it . . . | 43 |
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Top Ten Turntables of All Time??
That Sony did not keep it's value. The original price of $850.oo list, and a resale in today's market of under $100. per Orion. Some tables of the non-audiophile sort which HAVE . . . | 42 |
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Best Jazz pianist
Yeah, i likemost of them a lot. The ONLY one I dislike is Art Tatum. Like Salieri sez' to Mozart: Too many notes!!! Could Art Tatum even PLAY a bar without adding in a trill? . . . | 40 |
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Slappys Sob Story. So long folks
Moral of this story: NEVER EVER move in with a jerk on welfare, SSI, Unemployment comp, Between jobs, waiting for the accident settlement, or who's a musician. (A musician? yeah, . . . | 35 |
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Discontinued components that you wish the manufact
The secret would be to have new ones at the price they were sold for new back then... NOT what they would cost now as a special limited edition!!!! A whole flock of tube amps come . . . | 31 |
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Top 10 TV Shows
I like KEXX I guess | 29 |
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What Product Did You Overspend On?
The biggest mistake in my audio life was to NOT buy piles and piles of NOS tubes back in the 1970s!! (a garage packed solid with Telefunken, Mullard, Western Electric RCA, etc . . . | 27 |
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Okay Ladies
Nilthepill: you may kiss my ass anytime | 27 |
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Addiction to Brand
Brands i like: MBL Audio Research Magnepan Conrad Johnson BAT Bryston B&W REGA Denon Pioneer Canton SME Lyra Benz Dynavector Pangea Kimber Cable ========= Companies I love AND hate. . . | 26 |
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OT Congratulations NY Yankees
I like the Yankees... Jeter is so cute! So are a bunch of the other Yankee guys. (the guy who stole TWO bases all at once is another good looking guy.) Most of the Phillies are not. . . | 26 |
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Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes.
My first day on this site and this group of postings is the first I read through and it makes me really happy that I have found this site! Thank you all for your comments. . . . | 24 |
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Best power conditioner?
Absolutely agree the conditioner is a subjective user based product. What floats one boat sinks another> Very subjective and MUST audition to find the right one for yourself. (I . . . | 23 |
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Beloved equipment
The flip side is getting divorced... Who wants "the 'dumped' for another sexy beauty" stuff anyway. I want virgins to sacrifice on the audio altar | 23 |
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Audio's Biggest Loser?
Bigger is better. Just for the burgler with a smash and grab. They are never gonna steal my stuff. The three guys with a moving van might though. (if I did not shoot them first.) . . . | 22 |
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The best of Goodwill...
I have purchased for a friend: Marantz 2270 in great shape, still in use after at least ten years. ($25) JBL 'classic' speakers. The woofer surrounds were damaged so I made a new . . . | 22 |
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If you could remaster three cd's...
I realy truely LOVE a LP record that has never been 'reissued' as a CD. It's Carl Orff's "DIE KLUGE" on Angel records, with Carl Orff as the director. Other productions have been. . . | 22 |
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Best of Hearing Aids for deaf Audiophiles? Huh???
Most american brand hearing aides are total junk. The Japanese make a very sophisticated one, pricy and hard to get. A hearing aide is a trip. If you really must have one it is . . . | 21 |
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Would anyone respond???
I am "in-between"... I keep stuff a long time, but I also change things when I see something interesting that I think I want. My prior speakers I had for 20 years. (. . . | 21 |
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No mention of Carroll Shelby passing?
As we age and more and more people each of us thought in some was was a significant person, the RIps and eulogies will pile up. I am not one for commmenting on the dead much. Nor . . . | 20 |
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"Best" 80's HiFi System
In the early 80's i had: Infinity RSIIa $3,000 new (or Infinity RSIb $5,000 to $12,000 when new) Back when Infinity really was the best. All downhill from there (once Emims were . . . | 19 |
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Best Water.
The water out of my kitchen sink tap. Milwaukee has great water... We got a whole big 'ol lake full on our doorstep | 19 |
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Coconut Audio = LOL
I have to say the coco guy is pretty loony. He seems to have a tough time matching prices with reality. He asks a 'retail' price in the stratosphere, then sells them for pennies.. . . . | 18 |
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Best Stevie Wonder Album?
I go with "Talking Book". 'You are the sunshine of my life' has a few memories | 18 |
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Top three most over underrated eqpmt??
The companies that get "to big for their britches" ALWAYS become: "the enemy". I believe this is due to the Audiophiles love of the mystique of being an expert at a very arcane art. . . | 17 |
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Best cable elevators for pc and speaker cables?
Toilet paper inner cardboard tube. Upgrade is paper towel inner carboard tube. Cut, paint. No problem. If you have to spend money to impress your friends.. Plenty of ways to do so | 14 |
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Best way to categorize your Vinyl collection
I have about 6,000 LPs. I have three main groupings: Classical 2,000, Jazz 1,800, Rock 2,200. In Classical I have all the operas on the top shelf in composer order. (6 shelves high. . . | 14 |
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The Single Piece That Started Today's HIGH END ?
It really was in the mid 1980's that the sudden price jump surprised me! Like the Infinity IRS before the jump was $20,000 and soon after was $70,000. That is a BIG jump. Almost . . . | 14 |
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Best Downgrades you've done
Infinity RSIIa down to Magneplanar MGIIb Bought the Infinity new the list was $3,200. I paid $2,300 and sold them for parts last year and got back $1,850. Got the Maggies for $200 . . . | 12 |
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What sounds the best on your system?
HAte to say it is the industrial music's stuff clanging and wacking. Sounds like I am in a foundry/ industrial plant for real! For actual (normal) music, the acoustical space . . . | 11 |
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Down-graded and happy?
I have downgraded my speakers, from original owner of Infinity IIb (1984 $$3,200 list, paid $2,200. new) sold those for parts for $1,800. (EMIMS are $$$), and bought a refurbished . . . | 10 |
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Who thinks they got the best deal on Audiogon?
The best deal I have had is a pair of Magnepan IIb with new socks, for $200 from a local dealer. The best deal on the goN' was my last big purchase, a Audio Research PH-2... which . . . | 9 |
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Close call for High Altitude Audio
He is now dead | 8 |
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Best World Class System for the Money
Seems you must like your system | 7 |
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I would like to know the sites
Thanks Rushton! I added them to my links too | 7 |
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Please suggest pet names for the audiophile:
Dead composers.. Name your dashhound Beethoven Name your pet turtle Mahler Famous opera stars.. Name your miniature poodle Maria Callas.(good name for a cat too.) Rock bands.. . . . | 5 |
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Is it smart to use
Well, depends. If it truely is a great product that is rare, then it would be of benefit to mention it. If it is some product no-one heard of because it never sold more than ten.. . . . | 2 |
