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too much gear to list over the years... and i'm still nowhere near where i want to be...

funny, that.

that's why i like my old school polk's. b/c regardless of what kind of music i listen to... or even talk radio for that matter... it sounds great...

today i'm listening to some metal/prog rock...

did someone say analog? vinyl? reel to reel?

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meanwhile... all this can be yours for $44,000 from the...

i used to have an sx-1080 but that thing is the holy grail of pioneer gear... that's hot! ;)

i used to have a 2238b as a preamp w/ a luxman m120a for the power amp powering my 8t's. Love that vintage marantz gear!

even though i don't play guitar this is one of my favorite music related sites:

guitar geek

for listening to music i either go to garagepunk podcasts (my favorites are mal thursday show, house...

i use 5jr series II's for my 2 channel system... which is my only system... lol.

anyway... they have plenty of bass in fact according the literature i've read... the low end is allegedly 32hz...

i've got the sundazed reissues of the first 6 meters records and the first two stooges records... i've got a bunch of other stuff on 180g vinyl although i think the sundazed reissues are the best...

was way into london calling in high school (20+ years ago) but as much as i love the clash (and joe strummer!)... i don't even have a copy of it anymore...

sandinista and black market clash are...

i use records.

usually sonic youth - daydream nation, elvis costello this years model, wish you were here, beastie boys paul's boutique (for the bass!) and lots of jazz and i have a couple sound...

good god! have you been there too?

one of the reasons i still have a turntable is to be able to play the 30+ zappa records that i have... recently picked up thing fish after a 20+ year search for...

i typically only shut stuff down (same with my computers) if i'm going to be gone for more than 24 hours....

interesting. did not know that. thanks for the info. according to the wiki:

In 2001, Niro Nakamichi, designer of many of the historic tape decks, started a new company, Mechanical Research...

duh! for some reason i always forget the "translate this page" thing google has... thanks for reminding me.

tubes v. solid state

analog v. digital

vanilla v. chocolate

it's all about personal preference in the end... although i appreciate the people who can argue for days about the more technical...

thanks. read up on it some and it seems like grado "dance/wobble" is indeed my issue. although i've been using grado for years and never had the problem... but never grado in combination with the...

sorry...
^ that last part should read 10" 50 watt sub. i think if you have an older receiver the 50 watt sub will probably be more evenly matched than a 120 watt monster.

yeah... my apartment is less than 700 sq ft. and the room where my sub is is probably 15x15. luckily i'm on the top floor in the corner of an 100 yr old solid built brick building so i don't disturb...

sick! now i'm dreaming of my 5jr's in piano black and having my sub done to match...

thanks for bumping this... missed it the first time around...

i have this weird and annoying situation with my turntable and i'm having a hard time figuring out the cause.

to make a long story short, on certain records, at the very beginning of the...

i've got 5jr's and a powered sub hooked up and it sounds great.

8T's were the first polk's i had (they weren't vintage then!) and missing their sound is what lead me to return to (now vintage) polk. i have monitor 5jr's series 2 which have the same woofer and...

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vinyl.

wow. crack kills!

i was just cruising through craigslist and i noticed this guy who wants $5000 for some old nakamichi gear and some old dahlquist speakers... it's not a typo. certainly he must...

in the end it's all about personal preference...

there are multiple articles on the internet comparing and contrasting the two versions... so i won't bother repeating stuff you've probably...