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Which musician retired too soon?
The Rage over that Lost Penny was more than his heart could take.Tah-tah-tah-PLUNK!8>( 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
Can someone please find some theme music for this thread, for the one with “greatest preamp...” and also "building turntable from Home Depot...”, please.Susan Lucci has been begging me to get her on one of them. 
Single ended to XLR adapter
“...but my ears are 43 years old.”You child, you! What are you doing visiting adult sites like Audiogon? Go do your homework. XLR-RCA-XLR-RCA-XLR-RCA...why, you’ll go blind or get hairy palms if you keep that up.Now that the children have left the... 
Discography of Brahms, Piano concerto 1, op. 15
If you are under 50-years-old, you may have enough years to digest it all. If you are over 50, wait till the next go-around.You may want to send an e-mail to the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland-College Park. One of the 2... 
noise thru tube pre??
Honest1, you nailed it, babe. I kept my 150lb/each Pass X-600s 6ft behind and towards the center of the two speakers. If I could have put them in an adjoining room without an excessive speaker cable run I probably would have been happier.I’ve alwa... 
The Mechanics of WAF
>>“...speakers or me. You can't have both, so choose....”<<“Haaaaaaa-llelujah! Haaaaaaa-llelujah!”(That’s not me singing from the Messiah, it’s the Beecham recording on the stereo.)8>( 
sexiest sounding female vocalists?
Bette Midler. 
This might be a stupid question,,but
Signal makes a good coax digital cable. For me, the sound is different although I didn’t believe it at first and was using an IC for digital connection. I started with the Signal and now use an Acoustic Zen MC2.Regards, 
Info on David Brinkley amps/preamps?
Chet Huntley preamps are a good match for the Brinkleys. 
Realy Stupid Question- how do you pronounce Teres?
Some folks here are (evidently) still under the influence from the Hemp Cones thread. Huh?Thanks for the laughs. 
Question for classical lovers
The majority DO suck! There is a wasteland of 10-15 years (early 80s to mid 90s) where classical CDs–except from some smaller labels like Telarc, Chandos, Chesky, Reference Recordings, and a few others who managed to produce excellent sounding pro... 
Realy Stupid Question- how do you pronounce Teres?
Cocobolorossonodono. 
A Sad Day...
I am sorry.Best wishes, 
Has anyone recovered thier Maggies??
Chris,I just did a pair of MG 1 (improved). As mentioned already, the staple removal is the biggest pain-in-the-ass. Once that is done, the rest is not that hard–if the 1.6s are similar to the MG 1s in re-socking. Arm yourself with a staple removi... 
sonny rollins
Your request is a bit like asking for recommendations for seeing a Picasso exhibit.8>(