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Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women?
As a newlywed, my new wife turned to me and said "now that we're married, I think you should put all this stereo stuff in the attic." I flinched and said "OMG, for a minute there you sounded just like my ex-wife!" She screamed "I didn't know you w... 
McIntosh MA 6500 reliability etc....
I have 8 pieces of McIntosh gear - only one was purchased new. Aside from McIntosh, you can send used equipment to audioclassics.com and they will bring it up to spec.Audio Classics has the best customer service I've ever experienced. 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
the caddy is a rocket-ship 
Unipivots Hadcocks Vs Grahams
I was having problems with bass response and overall dynamic range seemed very compressed. I fiddled with set up AND rolled tubes. AJ at Basis suggested to change the cart. He was right. The Grado was at the end of it's lifespan. The Ortofon is a ... 
Unipivots Hadcocks Vs Grahams
I just bought an Ortofon 2m Black to put on my (unipivot) Basis Vector tonearm. It replaced a Grado Signature (I need a high output cart because it plugs into a restored McIntosh MX 110. The Grado was failing (all sorts of problems), but even in i... 
McIntosh - is it that great?
I agree that there isn't another brand that has the same consistently high resale value. Some models are more popular than others, but the tube stuff is REALLY popular. On two separate occasions, vintage MC275s recently sold on ebay for more than ...