The Music Thread

[Mystery Click dedication to our resident SQ Fan]

Good evening, Charles is on vacation. So, you get what you pay for. Yours truly.

Once upon a time in a different world that stereo looked vaguely familiar. The Fabulous and I downsized earlier in the 2000s. We now have something much more compact, Bose Wave Sound. But, all good things must come to an end and so is that particular model.

Ours is still working and it works wonderfully with our turntable. So our stereo and turntable sit with the ~~large dust collector~~ television in the living room.

How do you listen to your music?

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What's a MH Music Thread without some of the Maestro!?!?

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Let's keep it to music and light topics this evening shall we?! As I write this Thread I have not heard of any tragic circumstances in rural Corsicana, TX

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:30 PM

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1 Wut?

Posted by: whig's phone at October 18, 2025 07:30 PM (WDjG6)

2 Hail The Victors

Posted by: Accomack at October 18, 2025 07:33 PM (FqNtp)

3 We had a Panasonic one that looked pretty much like that. It was used a lot as you can imagine

Posted by: Farquad at October 18, 2025 07:34 PM (CFMhl)

4 Who's this "Zappar" guy the documentary host talks about?

Posted by: mindful webworker - the man, the myth, the mustache at October 18, 2025 07:35 PM (KDyF9)

5 The speakers were just as important. Giant cabinets jammed into a small bedroom.

Posted by: mot at October 18, 2025 07:36 PM (fIPNY)

6 I bought my ultimate stereo while in the Army. It was too loud for apartment living after I got out so I sold it off piece by piece. Wish I hadn't. I still have the rear Bose 101 speakers collecting dust around here somewhere. Now I just use the free bluetooth speaker I got with a phone I upgraded to.

Posted by: Reforger at October 18, 2025 07:36 PM (SG6eL)

7 Yes, back in the 80s, that stack of electronics would have been exactly what I wanted. In fact, I had something resembling that (not quite so impressive), and wound up eventually giving it to one of my sons. I wish I had at least kept the turntable.

Posted by: Paco at October 18, 2025 07:37 PM (mADJX)

8 And that system up top is missing the tape to tape recorder so you can do mix tapes.

Posted by: Reforger at October 18, 2025 07:39 PM (SG6eL)

9 Speaking of loud music, in case you missed it, Beato interviews Trower...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ_imYbHORw

Posted by: davidt at October 18, 2025 07:39 PM (i0F8b)

10 Thant's pretty much the stereo we still have.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at October 18, 2025 07:40 PM (dyL4B)

11 Music? Guayadeque on Mint, MediaMonkey on Windows, played directly to the Denon AVR-S920W via LAN.

Posted by: Ray at October 18, 2025 07:41 PM (zhWvq)

12 I have a neighbor whose hobby is finding vintage vacuum tubes and selling them to audiophiles.

Posted by: Paco at October 18, 2025 07:42 PM (mADJX)

13 Where are the Sonab speakers?

And the MacIntosh equip?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 18, 2025 07:43 PM (iJfKG)

14 5 The speakers were just as important. Giant cabinets jammed into a small bedroom.
Posted by: mot

When I was in high school (early 90s), there was a kid who had a hatchback with the back seat removed. He had a decal that said "Cosmic Bass" on the top of his rear window, and he had giant cabinet speakers where the back seat would have been. He could crank up the bass and set off car alarms (another fairly new and trendy innovation at the time).

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 18, 2025 07:45 PM (ycI94)

15 Still have my component stack in cabinet, rolled to spare bedroom. Once upon a time featured the Denon AVR-5801 delivering a total power output of 170 watts per channel across all 7 channels, totaling 1,190 watts.

Posted by: Ray at October 18, 2025 07:45 PM (zhWvq)

16 Klipsch La Scalas for Front R&L, Klipsch Heresys for the other 5 channels. Those were the days.

Posted by: Ray at October 18, 2025 07:46 PM (zhWvq)

17 That is an awesome stereo system, and I wish I had it now!

Posted by: moki at October 18, 2025 07:47 PM (wLjpr)

18 Why yes, I would have loved the above fancy stereo system. Alas, I never got one.

youtu.be/yEb9f5U71FM

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 18, 2025 07:47 PM (c3B7E)

19 When I was in high school (early 90s), there was a kid who had a hatchback with the back seat removed. He had a decal that said "Cosmic Bass" on the top of his rear window, and he had giant cabinet speakers where the back seat would have been. He could crank up the bass and set off car alarms (another fairly new and trendy innovation at the time).
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Ha! My college roommate had giant Pioneer cabinets that rattled the windows.

Posted by: mot at October 18, 2025 07:47 PM (fIPNY)

20 I mostly listen to music that I downloaded onto my computer from hundreds of CDs. Something like 4500 songs (totally guessing). I do have a really nice turntable and an LP collection of about 100. But I have not set it up yet since we moved.

I do not stream music. My collection is plenty good. Same with movies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 18, 2025 07:47 PM (0aYVJ)

21 Thank you, MisHum! I hope all is well in your world.

Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2025 07:48 PM (79pEw)

22 How do you listen to your music?[.i]

CD's, streaming, and, occasionally, cassettes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 18, 2025 07:49 PM (c3B7E)

23 Back when the tornados hit Tulsa in '74, my friend's dad had an electronics store that had its roof ripped open, rooftop AC thrown into a parking lot a block away.

My friend got me in there before the post-tornado sale (a whole story in itself) and pulled out equipment that had been in the one room that wasn't waterlogged.

I got a quad amp, and four giant JBL speakers, a Teac 3340 4-channel reel-to-reel, and a nice Sony TV, along with other equipment, at bargain prices.

Time has taken all that away from me, but it powered my listening for decades. I still have the Teac and several big reels of tape, somewhere in the catacombs, but haven't tried to use it in… a long, long time. Probably needs maintenance if the tapes even still contain signal.

It was impressive to see FZ's catacombs. Vatican-worthy treasures there.

Posted by: mindful webworker - backmasked for your convenience at October 18, 2025 07:49 PM (KDyF9)

24 AI Slop is real but who knew that the best things to come from AI would be 50's inspired trailers and Funk and Synthpop Inspirations of classics songs

Here's Tom Sawyer as a funk cover and Smells Like Teen Spirit as an 80's synth pop song.

There is still something slightly off to all of these AI songs, but what would be meta is if a real group covered these AI covers.

This actually happened with the fake group that was making waves a couple of months ago, somebody actually covered the song and it sounded great, so more of that should happen.

https://tinyurl.com/3a72zrbd

https://tinyurl.com/3brk7mab

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 18, 2025 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)

25 I do want to get some really good speakers, but we live in a small apartment currently, so I am content with my computer speakers. Get good sound from them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 18, 2025 07:50 PM (0aYVJ)

26 12 I have a neighbor whose hobby is finding vintage vacuum tubes and selling them to audiophiles.
Posted by: Paco at October 18, 2025 07:42 PM (mADJX)

I do that too but not the selling part. I pick up every old
radio and such I find at garage sales.

Posted by: Reforger at October 18, 2025 07:51 PM (SG6eL)

27 BANG!

Posted by: Eromero at October 18, 2025 07:51 PM (T5nJQ)

28 Here's the link to the band that covered the AI band.

https://tinyurl.com/yp6jp8xz

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 18, 2025 07:52 PM (XV/Pl)

29 When Sears was still around, they bought some company called Brand Central which became their de facto electronics department. And, remarkably, you could get a pretty high quality stereo and speaker system at the time for a fraction of the cost of places like Circuit City (remember them?).

It seems like component systems like the one shown above morphed into compact systems which spent more time on a nifty lightshow while playing music than they did on the actual sound.

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2025 07:52 PM (dIske)

30 My stereo still looks kinda like that. Except black. And it only plays the silver discs, and not tapes or records.

Marantz electronics driving Bowers & Wilkins speakers.

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2025 07:53 PM (nhCoE)

31 Thx MisHum. I had the typical nice Kenwood System with big speakers. Now I have a CD player/radio with the sound just as good. With the old system it was still great to have all the knobs and controls, many of which I had no idea what they did

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 18, 2025 07:54 PM (PWwWv)

32 Hell, it's almost what I have. I can play records LP's and 45's, cassettes, and CD's and of course radio. And the speakers are from 1976, still work great. It's a wonder, they have been moved all over the country. Yes I do take my music seriously.

Posted by: Case at October 18, 2025 07:55 PM (9HFDU)

33

Oops

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 18, 2025 07:57 PM (c3B7E)

34 Thanks, MisHum

Ex had Pioneer and TEAC components shipped from Okinawa to the states when he was returning from Vietnam. (Included was a huge reel to reel tape recorder.). The system took up half our first living room, but the sound was superb.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 18, 2025 07:57 PM (NFX2v)

35 That doesn't look like a Nakamichi Dragon?

Posted by: Thesokorus at October 18, 2025 07:57 PM (/A7x9)

36 Great system. Hopefully there's a pair of Jensen coaxials paired to go into the '79 Honda Accord.

Posted by: Rex B at October 18, 2025 07:57 PM (CNS/9)

37 Having flashbacks. Seems like half the FM radio ads in the 80s in Denver were for stereo stores and the other half were for head shops. Often the same store. Wax Trax and Happy Trails to name two.

Posted by: mot at October 18, 2025 07:59 PM (fIPNY)

38 Ps - Now I mostly use my boom boxes unless playing records. (45s & 78s). I love vinyl.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 18, 2025 08:00 PM (NFX2v)

39 Is there anyone better on stage than Jack White?

Posted by: PTSD giver at October 18, 2025 08:00 PM (32R9e)

40 I have an old Panasonic mini system with AM/FM, CD, and, Cassette. It's 20 years old and still runs ok. I've looked online for a replacement but this one is still running.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 18, 2025 08:01 PM (c3B7E)

41 @39

>>Is there anyone better on stage than Jack White?

Billy Strings, Tommy Emanuel, pretty much anyone.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 18, 2025 08:02 PM (XV/Pl)

42 AI Slop is real but who knew that the best things to come from AI would be 50's inspired trailers and Funk and Synthpop Inspirations of classics songs

Here's Tom Sawyer as a funk cover and Smells Like Teen Spirit as an 80's synth pop song.

https://tinyurl.com/3a72zrbd
https://tinyurl.com/3brk7mab
Posted by: Thomas Bender

That was better than it should have been.

And now for something not entirely different..... here's Smells Like Teen Spirit as J-Pop. Somehow, she's easier to understand than Kurt.

Not AI; it's older than that.

https://youtu.be/Z9LNSmH8ABk

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2025 08:03 PM (nhCoE)

43 41 @39

>>Is there anyone better on stage than Jack White?

Billy Strings, Tommy Emanuel, pretty much anyone.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Yep.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 18, 2025 08:05 PM (c3B7E)

44 What has always interested me more than how do you listen to it is how do you that? Particularly singing.

Most of the music I love is about how people play but great voices are a gift even greater.

I can't sing. At all. But some people are instruments and I'm awed by it. These two can sing.

https://tinyurl.com/3y65r5mz

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 08:05 PM (viF8m)

45 Pretty much have that stereo across the room from me.
Now bluetooth music from phone to receiver, seldom use turntable, dual cassette or single cd.
But still like room shaking speakers on occasion.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 18, 2025 08:05 PM (n4GiU)

46 Let's keep it to music and light topics this evening shall we?! As I write this Thread I have not heard of any tragic circumstances in rural Corsicana, TX

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:30 PM

No news is good news.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 18, 2025 08:06 PM (n4GiU)

47 Listen to music?

Do not do that. Not in decades.
I do always have a radio on as background noise.

The radio is a boombox of at least thirty years old.
From when they started making them like an airstream travel trailer

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 18, 2025 08:07 PM (/lPRQ)

48 Good evening everyone

I still have my component stereo out in my outbuilding, it can rock still.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2025 08:07 PM (+qU29)

49 I have a real to real, haven't tried it in decades , last try the driving belts had to be wearing out

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2025 08:10 PM (+qU29)

50 I ackshully had a monster Teac reel to reel tape machine along with all the other components of my system.

It was a fantastic piece when I was listening to AOR. But after that era passed, it became an epic PITA.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 18, 2025 08:10 PM (cYBz/)

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Let's keep it to music and light topics this evening shall we?! As I write this Thread I have not heard of any tragic circumstances in rural Corsicana, TX
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

It's a No Beatles protest.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 08:10 PM (63Dwl)

52 I remember stereo set ups like that but they were always above my budget. As my hearing decreased a fancy system would have been wasted. Now my hearing aids are wonders but nothing lets me hear music like my old Bose over the ear headset that still has a cord and uses AAA batteries. I've replaced the ear pads twice but the thing keeps working great. Bluetooth has some convenience but having the cord keeps things simpler.

Posted by: JTB at October 18, 2025 08:10 PM (yTvNw)

53 I have a surreal to surreal. It's a nightmare.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 08:11 PM (63Dwl)

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Posted by: Blackstone at October 18, 2025 08:12 PM (3BMj8)

55 I use a headset, name of Shokzz. The stuff I like is on Pandora's Steve Earl channel, when I'm walking doggie, riding a bike, or working with my CAD software.

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 18, 2025 08:14 PM (zeLd4)

56 >>Billy Strings, Tommy Emanuel, pretty much anyone.

https://tinyurl.com/bdefdv44

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 08:14 PM (viF8m)

57 7 Yes, back in the 80s, that stack of electronics would have been exactly what I wanted. In fact, I had something resembling that (not quite so impressive), and wound up eventually giving it to one of my sons. I wish I had at least kept the turntable.
Posted by: Paco at October 18, 2025 07:37 PM (mADJX)

Vinyl has made a limited resurgence but they're like 3-5x the price. Probably because they don't make mass pressings like they did back in the day.

Posted by: And it's largely hipsters. Ugh. at October 18, 2025 08:16 PM (TbWk/)

58
Vinyl has made a limited resurgence but they're like 3-5x the price. Probably because they don't make mass pressings like they did back in the day.
Posted by: And it's largely hipsters. Ugh.

You aren't going to find a cutout bin with LPs at a dollar each ever again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 18, 2025 08:19 PM (/lPRQ)

59 qdsteve it's in my outbuilding attic, Sony I think as for model and weight will have to look tomorrow.
It weights quite a bit but isn't doing anything for me these days.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2025 08:19 PM (+qU29)

60 As I write this Thread I have not heard of any tragic circumstances in rural Corsicana, TX
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I await the drone footage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:20 PM (XeU6L)

61 Ace Frehley ist morte.

Music is dead.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2025 08:22 PM (dyewR)

62 I await the drone footage.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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It occurs to me that 'footage' might be confusing to Gen X,Y,Z etc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:22 PM (XeU6L)

63 Anyone know how Teresa is doing?

Posted by: ... at October 18, 2025 08:22 PM (E0p3T)

64 I had that once only in black.

Then I went to Bang & Olufsen.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Dangerous at October 18, 2025 08:23 PM (xvV+O)

65 Seeing Christmas decorations at some stores (surprised they didn't start earlier) made me think of carols I especially love. Here are two favorites on YT.

Geoff Castellucci doing Carol of the Bells. It his arrangement which means original and effective. And it showcases his extraordinary voice. He sings all five parts of the harmony. Very unusual arrangement. It's like the Carol of the Bells met Edgar Allen Poe with a touch of Lovecraft. Part of the fun was singing along and realizing I hit a D1. That note from me is soft but recognizable and is about three notes lower than I can often reach.

The other is Coventry Carol with Alison Krauss singing and Yo Yo Ma on cello. It's a simple version with a bit of a Celtic feel. It is exquisite and poignant.

Posted by: JTB at October 18, 2025 08:23 PM (yTvNw)

66 I would doubt a drone could withstand the anti-aircraft fire

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2025 08:24 PM (+qU29)

67 How many kayaks does the Pope have?

Posted by: Zombie J. Stalin at October 18, 2025 08:24 PM (dyewR)

68 Saw Billy Strings twice at Grey Fox festivals. Second time he kind of mc'd the whole festival, sat in with a bunch of the bands, as well as his own sets.
Great times, a ways back now, 2019 I think.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 18, 2025 08:25 PM (n4GiU)

69 That picture topside reminds me of the old hooch I lived in in Nam. Guys were buying up Sansui and Sony gear like mad (dirt cheap at the PX) and just had to set up the stuff before shipping it home. A lot of battles of the bands happened, and one time, just down the street, it resulted in the amplifier's death by 1911.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 08:25 PM (gm9Sb)

70 Saw Tedeschi Trucks band Wed night Would ,reccomend and Little Feat opened 2 original players left. Percussions and keyboard player.

Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at October 18, 2025 08:25 PM (8cPKb)

71 Most of the music I love is about how people play but great voices are a gift even greater.

I can't sing. At all. But some people are instruments and I'm awed by it. These two can sing.

https://tinyurl.com/3y65r5mz
Posted by: JackStraw

That's my musical taste, too. Mostly, people who can compose, and play: Dream Theater, Zappa, everything in-between. And around.

But a vocalist who just pours her soul into it, maybe sings a bit beyond her actual ability..... that's good stuff too.

I linked this a couple weeks ago to ask "how did she wind up opening for Tay-Tay?" Doesn't seem like there'd be many people into both of them.....

https://youtu.be/X1X6Tna5Z9o

(Give it time, it starts slow. Or skip ahead if you're like that.)

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2025 08:26 PM (nhCoE)

72 I still have a Marantz 2330 receiver-amp. Sounds are oh so rich.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Dangerous at October 18, 2025 08:26 PM (xvV+O)

73
I had several hundred LPs, most obtained at Tower Records in Berkeley when I was in school there. The majority were classical works.

We had a Bose system -- two actually -- and one turntable. In the twenty-plus years of living here, they were used maybe a dozen times. The whole kit and caboodle was taken by our daughter to some donation center or another last winter.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 18, 2025 08:26 PM (Tv15w)

74 I have a Crosley CD player that has worked perfectly since 2020. This year, I bought two iPod 7s off Ebay and two Bose Sound Decks. One is in the living room and one in my bedroom. I bought the second iPod as I had some concerns about how well the first would hold up. Both were reconditioned with new batteries. I plan to put my classical stuff on one of them. I know Bose is not the best, but I like these units and the system works well for me.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 18, 2025 08:26 PM (kUxzU)

75 1969, los Angeles municipal Jr art center. 200+ speakers in a "sound tunnel " with spatial controls, exotic for the time. Corkscrew effects etc. Good times.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 18, 2025 08:26 PM (b+suG)

76 My college buddy had a stereo setup something like that back in the 1980s. He listens to tunes on his smartphone, now.

I play my CDs on a Sony home theater CD/DVD player. I have no interest in streaming: I like physical media.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 18, 2025 08:27 PM (pJWtt)

77 Vinyl has made a limited resurgence but they're like 3-5x the price. Probably because they don't make mass pressings like they did back in the day.
Posted by: And it's largely hipsters. Ugh.
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The local newspaper was bought by Gannett, is now printed out of state by an unknown 'publisher' The building (85 years old) was sold, and partially occupied by these folk:
https://citizenvinyl.com/

My sound system has been packed up for years. Two of my best friends (and motorcycling buddies) were senior engineers at RCA for years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:29 PM (XeU6L)

78 thank God, no Mott the fucking hoople

Posted by: angsterdam at October 18, 2025 08:30 PM (van9r)

79 The tragic circumstance at Corsicana is that all good MoMes must come to an end.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 18, 2025 08:30 PM (pNkJD)

80 My sound system has been packed up for years. Two of my best friends (and motorcycling buddies) were senior engineers at RCA *records* for years.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:30 PM (XeU6L)

81 A bunch of old Onkyo stuff... stored in a bunker.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 18, 2025 08:30 PM (Q4IgG)

82 Gonna see Rush in June at Ft Worth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 18, 2025 08:31 PM (pNkJD)

83 A long time ago I had a 100w Realistic (Radio Shack) amp with internal cassette deck and a pair of Cerwin Vega speakers. I was rocking away , with the headphones on, to Introduction of the Guests from Tannhauser. Trouble was I didn't flip the switch to headphones. The neighbor was far from being amused.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)

84 As I write this Thread I have not heard of any tragic circumstances in rural Corsicana, TX

Awiens....

Posted by: Cute Fuzzy Kittuh at October 18, 2025 08:32 PM (c3B7E)

85 84 thank God, no Mott the fucking hoople
Posted by: angsterdam at October 18, 2025 08:30 PM (van9r)

(Sings) “All the young dudes…”

(I do not like that song, at all.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 18, 2025 08:32 PM (pNkJD)

86 >>Saw Tedeschi Trucks band Wed night Would ,reccomend and Little Feat opened 2 original players left. Percussions and keyboard player.

For Ben Had.

https://tinyurl.com/3newuxf9

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 08:33 PM (viF8m)

87 Movie thread!

Just saw "Anora", last year's Best Picture winner, about a NY exotic dancer who marries a young Russian party animal after a whirlwind week of booze and blow. His very, very rich parents fly in to break up the marriage.

It was funny but no way was it Oscar-worthy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 18, 2025 08:33 PM (kpS4V)

88 I got a Yorx stereo system around that size for Christmas 1987. When I played Slayer on it, I heard it quite well. So did my parents. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 18, 2025 08:34 PM (pNkJD)

89 Loud music?
Bill Sczymczyk -yes, that's his name - produced and acted as a recording engineer on most of the James Gang albums.
On one, he was credited as "Bill (Made Loud to be Played Loud) Sczymczyk" and on another as "Bill (Ready Kilowatt) Sczymczyk

As your lesson for the day: "czy" is a phoneme in Polish.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 18, 2025 08:34 PM (88Uk6)

90 1976 1977 the Reel to Reel was the cherry on top.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 08:35 PM (EYmYM)

91 I would doubt a drone could withstand the anti-aircraft fire
Posted by: Skip

Not exactly on-topic but I've been looking for a spot to post this.
A Ramona man is facing a felony charge after allegedly shooting down a drone belonging to Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO).
He looks like the kind of Oklahoman who would do that.
https://bit.ly/4qniFGA

Posted by: mindful webworker - droning on and on at October 18, 2025 08:35 PM (KDyF9)

92 The tragic circumstance at Corsicana is that all good MoMes must come to an end.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 18, 2025 08:30 PM (pNkJD)
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The saddest part of any MoMee is when the cop opens up the cell block and hoses us out of the police station. "Away with ye now!" ☘️

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 18, 2025 08:36 PM (kpS4V)

93 One of my docs is an almost undurable 'golden ear'. Rants incessantly about all of his tube equipment. A $9000 tuner? Really? I bite my tongue.

Worse, he raves about the Neil Young concerts he has attended. I endure, because he seems competent physcian...but gives me cause to wonder.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:36 PM (XeU6L)

94 Get. A. Life.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 18, 2025 08:36 PM (YlWIZ)

95 *unendurable*, dammit.

[note to self: read the comment before posting]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:37 PM (XeU6L)

96 A long time ago I had a 100w Realistic (Radio Shack) amp with internal cassette deck and a pair of Cerwin Vega speakers. I was rocking away , with the headphones on, to Introduction of the Guests from Tannhauser. Trouble was I didn't flip the switch to headphones. The neighbor was far from being amused.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Yeah - it happens. I had my system cranked up to 11, my roomies and I were totally baked, and none of us heard the fire alarm until the firemen beat the door down. Two of us peed ourselves and two others went into fits of laughter.

Drugs do the darndest things.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 18, 2025 08:37 PM (cYBz/)

97 Oh wow. I had a pioneer turntable with the S arm which I just gave to a friend because my Denon receiver does not have a turntable friendly jack, a technics cassette deck and a JVC CD player. I still have the CD player as we have a very large collection of CDs.
The Denon receiver powers the TV and music system and I have two Audio Technica turntables, the newest is a direct drive bluetooth model which allows me to put it on top of the record cabinet in the family room without having all the other equipment all around it. There is a Gemini equalizer, and we attached a power amp to the system to override the TV sound when we want to have a game on and still listen to music. I had kept all my albums - and have over 150 , with probably another 40 old Christmas albums. The new albums I'm buying (often re-releases of old albums I didn't have) is all much heavier vinyl that what I used to buy, which is another reason it all costs more.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 18, 2025 08:37 PM (VY+bQ)

98
My music sources now are streaming and, rarely, CDs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 18, 2025 08:38 PM (Tv15w)

99 Just spent a fair amount having a rig something like that refurbished. My 1975 era rig includes a 4chan amp, a cassette deck and reel to reel, plus a turntable and some big assed speakers. A present to my son. Neither of us cares how it compares to modern equipment.

Posted by: javems at October 18, 2025 08:38 PM (8I4hW)

100 [note to self: read the comment before posting]
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Seems like too much work. Unless you're just double-checking tags to stay out of the Barrel.

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2025 08:38 PM (nhCoE)

101 My music sources now are streaming and, rarely, CDs.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 18, 2025 08:38 PM (Tv15w)

Downloads from iTunes.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 08:38 PM (EYmYM)

102 Roger Sound Lab

Posted by: angsterdam at October 18, 2025 08:39 PM (van9r)

103 All Hail Eris, I've read a ton about Anora.

Have read it's one of the most hard R-rated/adult films ever to win BP. Also it's interesting that the Russians *aren't* necessarily the bad guys.

On top of that, there were (small, sort) efforts to cancel its writer/director, Sean Baker, because he was subscribed online to several centrist (or even moderate rightwing!) people on YouTube, X and elsewhere.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 18, 2025 08:35 PM
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QDP, I actually liked it, especially the gopnick-with-a-heart-of-gold. It was just a sleazy slice of life dramedy and I was surprised it got so many awards.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 18, 2025 08:39 PM (kpS4V)

104 Worse, he raves about the Neil Young concerts he has attended. I endure, because he seems competent physcian...but gives me cause to wonder.

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You're a fascist? How thick is your aorta?

Posted by: Dr. Sweeney Todd at October 18, 2025 08:39 PM (dyewR)

105 Mike Hammer, RCA must have had whiplash symptoms back in the early to mid 70s.
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The Glory days, I suppose. My friends were on the electrical/mechanical engineering side. Heavily involved with design/production, the hardware, not the music itself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:41 PM (XeU6L)

106 I like my men like I like my music. Digital and compressed to within an inch of its life.

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at October 18, 2025 08:42 PM (dyewR)

107
According to the Ramona Police Department, Wagoner was allegedly working in the backyard of his residence when he took a 12-gauge shotgun and shot down the drone. The drone allegedly had multiple pellet holes in it and was damaged beyond repair.

Wrecked it? Damn near kilt it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 18, 2025 08:43 PM (Tv15w)

108 When I was a kid, the nice Greek lady next door would invite me in for a snack. Nice lady, and her son was a Naval Officer (attained Captain, had a DE flotilla in the Med). She had this huge Blaupunkt table top radio he had sent back from Europe, more bands than the CIA and NSA have together, and speakers that would get things moving. I saw one later in life at a farm in NE I was hunting, and one similar on Pawn Stars. I imagine that are in the real big buck range now.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 08:43 PM (gm9Sb)

109 I remember something like that in my living room growing up. Funny thing is nobody ever listened to music on it. It was like a piece of cool looking future for the most part.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 18, 2025 08:44 PM (5Yz+T)

110 Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 18, 2025 08:39 PM (kpS4V)

I was in that world for just a bit as a young guy. It wasn’t for me so I was able to pull out of it fairly easy. It was fun though for a little while.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 08:44 PM (EYmYM)

111 A Sony of my Owny.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 18, 2025 08:45 PM (WQDw6)

112 I agree with you, I don't understand how much of a difference in quality that $10,000 McIntosh audio equipment can possibly make against affordable Sony equipment.
Posted by: qdpsteve

Just spend almost all your money on speakers. Electronics are a solved problem, despite what Stereophile magazine will tell you. Speakers will always have mechanical limitations.

In fact, double-ignore Stereophile, if they still exist. They're more likely to rave about some single-ended tube preamp with 3.1% THD, because it sounds "warm and inviting," rather than reviewing a competent piece of engineering that doesn't massacre the signal.

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2025 08:45 PM (nhCoE)

113 Sorry but I'm not going to bother to see it to find out for sure.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 18, 2025 08:43 PM (/p+XQ)
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I haven't watched the Oscars since W's second term when the Left went stark raving mad.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 18, 2025 08:46 PM (kpS4V)

114 One of my kids has a record player and a bunch of records. It’s cool I guess for the yuutes. Everything retro seems to be cool.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 18, 2025 08:46 PM (5Yz+T)

115 >>When I was a kid, the nice Greek lady next door would invite me in for a snack.

This could have gone in so many directions.

>>She had this huge Blaupunkt

I never saw that one coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 08:46 PM (viF8m)

116 Actually, I can remember when that was sound system setup.
Yeah, I'm an old tomkitty.

actually

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 18, 2025 08:47 PM (w3u3d)

117 I have a mini JBL Bluetooth speaker now that sounds as good as any stereo system I had in the 80’s.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 08:47 PM (EYmYM)

118 Aespa. Love 'em or hate 'em ... You can never say their songs all sound alike

https://youtu.be/jWQx2f-CErU

And they are easy on the eyes

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 18, 2025 08:47 PM (vKEG1)

119 "Sony? Fuck that shit!! Bang and Olufson!!"

- Me, about 50 years ago.

Regrettably.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 08:48 PM (lWPQK)

120 My pre amp does not have anything but volume, no EQ or base/treble.
My speakers cost about $1500, 40 years ago built by a Delta pilot.
I need a new DAQ as I have an old firefly that cannot be updated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 18, 2025 08:49 PM (gbOdA)

121 125 I was expecting that even before posting. The company we keep.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)

122 I bought a used system off a contract engineer. Many of the young ones seemed to have way more money than sense and would cycle through electronics to always have the newest bestest and I bought their old stuff cheap. I think it was Onkyo and Yamaha speakers, I added a big cd carousel thingy to it.

Now I just have my pc hooked to Edifier bookshelf speakers and a big Polk subwoofer. I'm just as satisfied with that.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 18, 2025 08:49 PM (3uBP9)

123 Call us.

Posted by: Firefly Updaters Group, LLC at October 18, 2025 08:50 PM (dyewR)

124 Not as many contract engineers left in the aerospace business these days. India kind of flooded them out.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 18, 2025 08:51 PM (3uBP9)

125 135 Blaupunkt was famous for their car stereos. Very expensive, but supposedly the best anywhere.

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Volkswagen standard equipment.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2025 08:51 PM (dyewR)

126 I agree with you, I don't understand how much of a difference in quality that $10,000 McIntosh audio equipment can possibly make against affordable Sony equipment.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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I was in the audio business at the tail end of the Golden Age of Hi-Fi. Met a bunch of the big names, Saul Marantz, Frank McIntosh, Rudy Bozak, Paul Klipsch.

As to the equipment, ego plays a big, big part. Rationaliztion, etc. "I paid a lot for the stuff, it has to be great!" You know that you are dealing with a 'golden ear' when they start 'listening' to the equipment rather than the program material. Used to happen all of the time. Maybe still does. 'This oxide-free speaker cable really makes a difference!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:52 PM (XeU6L)

127 Blaupunkt was the factory stereo for a lot of Mercedes models. I think that gave them the “high end” reputation. Oooh if it’s in a Mercedes it has to be good.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 18, 2025 08:53 PM (5Yz+T)

128 135 Blaupunkts were used in upscale beetles. Lower end had Sapphire radios which were simply good radios. Neighbor just bought a newer VW that has a Blaupunkt system, and it sounds great.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 08:54 PM (gm9Sb)

129 As we have pushed past comment #100 (as if this under CBD art post rules), I dare to contribute this silly little ditty from Head Shop collection

🎶 🎹 amateur hour again

Empty Baggie Blues (1991)
Torn-off plastic corner / clinging dust / striped pulsating seed

Link in nic. Should play from 7:16 to 9:37 in the vid.
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #1, 2016 Aug 12.
Webworkshop #1 was kinda rough.
Watch the whole video at your own ricks.

🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - weeding out the worst at October 18, 2025 08:54 PM (KDyF9)

130 There's something about Red Rocks. Brings out the dead.

https://tinyurl.com/4zmy6wp6

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 08:54 PM (viF8m)

131 have a mini JBL Bluetooth speaker now that sounds as good as any stereo system I had in the 80’s.
Posted by: the way I see it

If quality has degraded any, so has our hearing. It evens out.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 18, 2025 08:55 PM (n4GiU)

132 One of my kids has a record player and a bunch of records. It’s cool I guess for the yuutes. Everything retro seems to be cool.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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I had a Bozo the Clown record player.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:55 PM (XeU6L)

133 "Without raising taxes....' Uh, NO.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 18, 2025 08:55 PM (vd6bO)

134 141 Blaupunkt was the factory stereo for a lot of Mercedes models. I think that gave them the “high end” reputation. Oooh if it’s in a Mercedes it has to be good.
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My Mercedes has a Burmester sound system. I paid extra for it. I can barely hear it above the road noise.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2025 08:55 PM (dyewR)

135 Who is "Charles"?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 18, 2025 08:56 PM (CHHv1)

136
In fact, double-ignore Stereophile

And The Absolute Sound.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 08:56 PM (63Dwl)

137 The new Blaupunkt car stereos are not as good. I put one in the Yukon.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 18, 2025 08:56 PM (kUxzU)

138 In fact, double-ignore Stereophile

And The Absolute Sound.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Wait, are you saying that the reviewers, writers might...biased...in some way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:58 PM (XeU6L)

139
Aespa. Love 'em or hate 'em ...

I saw a Vespa today. Parked in front of Kroger.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 08:59 PM (63Dwl)

140 The latest music craze seems to be vinyl. If you go into a big box store like Best Buy or WalMart, they don't have CDs any more.

But they have vinyl. And turntables.

I get that "retro" has a certain appeal. I suspect movie snobs will say that VHS pan-and-scan (and 8mm) are the only "true" way to watch movies.

As for me, when I heard my first CD way back in the last century, I was startled when the music just started playing without the "vinyl crack and hum" opening.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 18, 2025 08:59 PM (CHHv1)

141
I had a Bozo the Clown record player.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 08:55 PM (XeU6L)

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Its ability to faithfully reproduce a signal without harmonic distortion was rated by a major lab as "a ding dong dandy."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2025 09:00 PM (dyewR)

142 While we are on the subject, and most here are old enough to appreciate it, how about traveling down the road listening to big blasting gazillion watt stations on the AM. Think WOWO Fort Wayne as an example.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:00 PM (gm9Sb)

143 Thanks, MisHum. We have a Sears Silvertone AM-FM radio with turntable in an Ash/Blonde console. Still works. I hardly ever listen to music, mostly listen to preachers.

Posted by: Eromero at October 18, 2025 09:01 PM (1aFZz)

144 There is no smell as sweet as was that of opening the box of a new ‘70s Japanese stereo component. Mine was Panasonic receiver, Dual turntable, Marantz speakers. Mid-budget, but quality.

Boomer guys will also remember dorm room arguments over power amplifier watts (into 4 or 8 ohms?) and harmonic distortion specs.

Posted by: pikkumatti at October 18, 2025 09:01 PM (FY8nG)

145 Bah!!!! Sony? Crap...

Technics!!!! for the win!!!

Had parts of a Technics stereo I bought in 85, all the way until I moved out of Colorado in 2012

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2025 09:01 PM (mP0Kj)

146 Seems like too much work. Unless you're just double-checking tags to stay out of the Barrel.
Posted by: mikeski
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Got no spellcheck on this here ol' system. Embarassing now and then.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:01 PM (XeU6L)

147 160 Grandma and Grandpa had a console TV with turntable and AM only radio courtesy of Mad Man Muntz.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:03 PM (gm9Sb)

148 >>I was expecting that even before posting. The company we keep.

Life.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 09:03 PM (viF8m)

149 This oxide-free speaker cable really makes a difference!'

I think I started to realize that a lot of audiophiles have mental ilssues when I read discussions about them "burning in" their speaker cables for hours and hours.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:03 PM (lWPQK)

150 Now... Denon Receiver... Klipsch speakers with Atmos...

And yes, luckily my neighbors are pretty much deaf.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2025 09:03 PM (mP0Kj)

151 From maybe 1967 through about 1978 I as a regular buyer of LPs, ranging from Beethoven to Beatles, Debussy to Dylan, and lots in between. I had everything by Zappa, by John Prine, Little Feat, and more. Lost it all in a basement flood in 1993. Glad my Martin D18 was on the main floor.

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 18, 2025 09:03 PM (zeLd4)

152 My grandfather was a stereo nut, had all kinds of components that used the old tubes. Went hunting for tubes often that he had to replace.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2025 09:04 PM (+qU29)

153

Bose 201s FTW

Posted by: frankly at October 18, 2025 09:04 PM (de9UE)

154 Think WOWO Fort Wayne as an example.
Posted by: bill
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*sigh*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:04 PM (XeU6L)

155 We lived Japan when I was a kid and my dad worked in electronics for the Air Force. He always bought great stereo equipment. We had a nice cabinet setup with a receiver, turntable and reel-to-reel tape recorder. I don't remember the brand.When I went off to college late 70s, he helped me buy a great receiver and turntable. I bought some fantastic KLH speakers with my summer job money and had them blaring out my windows every weekend as we all sat sunning ourselves on the quad below. Over time, I acquired a pretty large album collection. Once cassettes and CDs came on the scene, I bought a 3-component Sony system with a receiver, dual cassette player and a 5-disc CD player. I topped it off with Technics turntable. The speakers lasted almost 20 years (my dad replaced the woofers at least once) before I replaced them with B&W tower speakers, which I still have today. The receiver was literally frozen when it arrived in Minneapolis on a frigid January day, after moving from San Francisco. I replaced it with a Kenwood that I also still have today. Unfortunately, the turntable and all of my album covers were damaged in a flood in my apartment.

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 18, 2025 09:07 PM (rbKZ6)

156 If one gets too in love with the equipment and you screw around with the power settings you'll end up like Cliff Robertson in The Outer Limits with The Galaxy Being making an unwelcome appearance.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 18, 2025 09:07 PM (cYBz/)

157 Thanks, MisHum. We have a Sears Silvertone AM-FM radio with turntable in an Ash/Blonde console. Still works. I hardly ever listen to music, mostly listen to preachers.
Posted by: Eromero at October 18, 2025 09:01 PM (1aFZz)

It would be sweet if my Zenith console stereo could take USB sticks, true.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2025 09:08 PM (rbvCR)

158 Now... Denon Receiver... Klipsch speakers with Atmos...
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Ah, yes, Paul Klipsch. Were you on his mailing list for his newsletter, 'The Dope From Hope'. An unfortunate choice of a name. I see that it has been re-launched:
https://www.klipschmuseum.org/dope-from-hope-2

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:08 PM (XeU6L)

159 171 We had a shop in Warren OH. Probably the last of the non big box outfits that sold TVs and radios.Their claim to fame was manufacturing replacement tubes. Mom and Dad traded in a table top Zenith black and white for a color, and the owner said he would keep the old one for test bench use.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:08 PM (gm9Sb)

160 Thanks for the music thread, Mis Hum!

We had a stereo much like the one pictured but with fewer components. It was our first big purchase after marriage, and we sat on the curb outside the stereo store and debated this big step. And... we still have the components, minus the giant Advent speakers. I loved that stereo...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 18, 2025 09:09 PM (kB9dk)

161 My father was proud of his TV /Stereo console. I think it was RCA. He loved to play his records turned up to eleven,

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 09:09 PM (EYmYM)

162 165 Romeo, in my experience Sony is one of the best all-around values for anything audio, and always has been.

If you can't decide what to get, you're almost always safe getting the Sony.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 18, 2025 09:03 PM (/p+XQ)

I agree, Sony is a 'safe' choice... other brands have come and gone, even if they were the 'best' in their day.

It's like right now... wanted new good headphones... so is it Sony? good reviews on some models... or Sennheiser? EXPENSIVE...

Nah... went with Heavys, should be here in a couple days.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2025 09:09 PM (mP0Kj)

163
Bose 201s FTW
Posted by: frankly
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[bites tongue]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:09 PM (XeU6L)

164 Same timeline as boomboxes.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at October 18, 2025 09:09 PM (jHFln)

165 180 My father was proud of his TV /Stereo console. I think it was RCA. He loved to play his records turned up to eleven,
Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 09:09 PM (EYmYM)

LOL... 1976... parents gone... Beach Boys CRANKED on Dad's Magnavox console stereo...

Yeah... house rocked.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2025 09:10 PM (mP0Kj)

166 We used to be able to pick up WOWO on our transistor radios at night in eastern NC. I used to love around Christmas time, when they would start off the weather report with "HOHO WOWO Weather"! We listened to WLS from Chicago as well.

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 18, 2025 09:11 PM (rbKZ6)

167
If one gets too in love with the equipment and you screw around with the power settings you'll end up like Cliff Robertson in The Outer Limits with The Galaxy Being making an unwelcome appearance.
Posted by: Tonypete

The Galaxy Being was the FCC inspector.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 09:11 PM (63Dwl)

168 minus the giant Advent speakers. I loved that stereo...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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I still have original Advents. Have repalced woofer surrounds.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:11 PM (XeU6L)

169 *replaced

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:12 PM (XeU6L)

170 I still have my Sanyo receiver, marantz turntable and klipsch speakers that I bought in 1974.

Posted by: Archer at October 18, 2025 09:12 PM (IDphi)

171 Mike Hammer - I understand the hi-fi “bug” a little bit. Agreed, people listen to their stereos and not the music.

I was AMAZED how good early 60s tube gear sounds, thought it not possible. Dynaco had an FM stereo *kit* that was the most amazing thing I ever heard. It had an ingenious method for home alignment, using the stereo tuning eye tube. Ordinarily requires expensive test equipment.

12AX7 Telefunken is a very good audio tube. The Dynaco had very realistic midrange - voices, brass or wind instruments, and violins. Like ear candy. Had a really spooky 3D Imaging effect. My theory is vacuum tube elements are slightly microphonic and adds a leetle bit of reverb into it, to sweeten the sound.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 18, 2025 09:12 PM (J48Co)

172 >>My father was proud of his TV /Stereo console. I think it was RCA. He loved to play his records turned up to eleven,

Pretty sure your dad and I would have gotten along.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)

173 I really like these open ear headphones.

https://is.gd/qkFXCT

I like to listen to music when I walk Charlie the poodle but don't want to isolate myself from the world. Sound quality is pretty darn good, at least for a classical fan like myself. And only $25.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 18, 2025 09:13 PM (L/fGl)

174 OK, here's my deal. I have a really nice Sansui integrated app, an AU 777 from back in the day, and a really nice set of Grado 1000 headphones, and a really nice Onkyo CD player. This stuff sounded wonderful, and still does.

But nowadays? I'm sitting out on the back patio, listening to my JBL flip five, fed from my phone on Spotify.

And enjoying it just as much.

Times change.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:14 PM (lWPQK)

175 181 I might still have it.A little SONY Walkman AMFM with the earbuds. Very cheap when I bought it, but excellent listening quality. Two AAAs I think. Gotta look through a couple boxes tomorrow. (Writes note to self).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:15 PM (gm9Sb)

176 Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:14 PM (lWPQK)

Yep I mentioned the same above. That little JBL I have is amazing for being the size of a pack of cigarettes,

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 09:16 PM (EYmYM)

177 Read early issues of The Absolute Sound in college and scrimped and saved to buy my first good system in 1978, all used equipment: Advent 300 receiver (in preamp mode), Ampzilla amplifier, Thorens TD-160 turntable, Large Advent speakers. Still have all of it except the speakers.

Posted by: Bigsmith at October 18, 2025 09:16 PM (1Au9i)

178 But nowadays? I'm sitting out on the back patio, listening to my JBL flip five, fed from my phone on Spotify.

And enjoying it just as much.

Times change.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:14 PM (lWPQK)

fun part is my Denon receiver and Klipsch speakers are tied into my 80 inch TV.... and the couch is only 5 feet away...

So with surround sound on? and the Atmos speakers? Movies like F1 are both visually and audibly magnificent.

But yeah... the house literally shakes with the base... so if anyone else is in the house (Son living with me) I try to be cool about it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2025 09:17 PM (mP0Kj)

179 Back in the 70's when we had a decent turntable and 8-track tape player along with an 8-track tape player in my car, I figured that audio technology had been perfected. The digital stuff is way more convenient, but nothings seems to sound better to my old ears.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 18, 2025 09:17 PM (vd6bO)

180 My theory is vacuum tube elements are slightly microphonic and adds a leetle bit of reverb into it, to sweeten the sound.
Posted by: Common Tater
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I have no argument with tube equipment, or folk who 'like the sound', so long as it isn't de facto touted as superior to well-designed solid state equipment. The measurement instruments don't lie.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:17 PM (XeU6L)

181 Good evening morons and слава mh

My stereo had two tape decks to dub Dead shows. The Technics speakers were almost 5 feet high.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2025 09:17 PM (Q8x8G)

182
I really like these open ear headphones.

https://is.gd/qkFXCT

I like to listen to music when I walk Charlie the poodle but don't want to isolate myself from the world. Sound quality is pretty darn good, at least for a classical fan like myself. And only $25.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Those are pretty odd looking things. Pretty cheap, too!
I wear some Etymotics which are nice when I'm mowing the yard.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 09:17 PM (63Dwl)

183 My Bose 501's spent two weeks under water in a flood. When I got to them they where still full. I drilled holes in the side, drained them, threw them in the truck, went home and let them dry out. Only an audiophile would have been able to tell anything had happened to them. Still sounded great right up to when I sold them for as much as I had paid for them. A local band wanted them for stage monitors along with their 901's they were using. Bose wasn't making that version of the 501 anymore and the new version looked little, weird and hokey. They wanted the boxy look so it looked like they had something on stage because you could hardly see the 901's. Awesome sound from a nearly invisible speaker. I alway wanted 901's but it was never in the cards and the 501's were plenty loud enough for me.

Posted by: Reforger at October 18, 2025 09:18 PM (SG6eL)

184 Yuuutes are into retro because it was a pre digital time. They crave stuff like that having lived in an always on 24/7 digital world. Being able to touch a record and watch it spin is a big deal. Older people don’t think about it or don’t appreciate it. But if you’re 15 and have known nothing but digital music your whole life it’s kind of interesting.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 18, 2025 09:18 PM (5Yz+T)

185 I had a SONY system like this one but black. Spent some nights watching those lights on the equalizer while to room was spinning. Good days.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 18, 2025 09:19 PM (R86kT)

186 Magnum Dynalab MD 109T SIGNATURE Triode Analog FM Tuner
Magnum Dynalab
$13,364.71
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Got to be great, right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:19 PM (XeU6L)

187 My sister may still have the rack of Sony stuff my older brother bought for her, when his carrier was home ported in Japan.

Oh were the rest of us jealous . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 18, 2025 09:20 PM (tIV+a)

188 Why do I get the impression most here of a certain age are getting stoned?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:21 PM (gm9Sb)

189 Best Zappa was with his different bands including The Mother's.
Worst is solo stuff like Jazz from hell which I hated when I heard it last. Synthesizer dreck

Posted by: Glenn at October 18, 2025 09:21 PM (N8PuR)

190 Yuuutes are into retro because it was a pre digital time. They crave stuff like that having lived in an always on 24/7 digital world. Being able to touch a record and watch it spin is a big deal. Older people don’t think about it or don’t appreciate it. But if you’re 15 and have known nothing but digital music your whole life it’s kind of interesting.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Moreover, analog is easy to understand and relate to. By its nature, it is friendly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:21 PM (XeU6L)

191 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 18, 2025 09:18 PM (5Yz+T)

The older you get the more you can afford the more expensive retro stuff. Check out who is buying the cars at a Barrett Jackson auction.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 09:22 PM (EYmYM)

192
Magnum Dynalab MD 109T SIGNATURE Triode Analog FM Tuner
Magnum Dynalab
$13,364.71
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Got to be great, right?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I bet the Sony XDR-F1HD would beat it. Too bad they stopped making them.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 18, 2025 09:22 PM (63Dwl)

193 On You Tube, they talk about the ritual of playing a record. I have too many memories of dropped needles, skips and big scratches to want to relive that. But I don't enjoy streaming music.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 18, 2025 09:23 PM (kUxzU)

194 >>My stereo had two tape decks to dub Dead shows.

Can I have your stuff?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 09:24 PM (viF8m)

195 Heh. Got the auction on. "Doris, honest, you're going to love it".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:24 PM (gm9Sb)

196 Bunch of those Sony XDR-F1HDs on Ebay and pretty inexpensive

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 18, 2025 09:25 PM (kUxzU)

197 The measurement instruments don't lie.
_-_
I went to watch some road races in Pueblo today, (pretty loud), I play the bagpipes (ear protection required), went to very loud concerts in my youth, shot guns with no hearing protection, so when I tell you that the older equipment sounded better,heh, it probably did....to me.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 18, 2025 09:25 PM (vd6bO)

198 My historical setup.was all brought back from overseas in '66.
A Pioneer tube receiver (can't remember the model #), a pair of AR-2x speakers, an AR turntable and an Akai M8 reel-to-reel.
I still use the turntable - third belt, 4th cartridge, and the speakers have been sitting here for 18 months as a rountoit project to reform the woofers and rebuild the crossovers.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 18, 2025 09:26 PM (88Uk6)

199 I need to buy a record player. I have my father’s albums along with my albums and .45s.

ace would be jealous as I have the Loverboy Get Lucky promo album given to radio stations.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 18, 2025 09:27 PM (EYmYM)

200 210 Also, I am way past 29 and my hearing isn't very good. I listen on a boom box with CDs although my big stereo still sounds great when I use it. Mostly classical music and some Indian filmi (music)
Carl Nielsen is a favorite composer

Posted by: Glenn at October 18, 2025 09:27 PM (N8PuR)

201 Scanning the comments here it seems that the second most-lost thing to water amongst the Horde is stereo equipment. And you didn't even have to put it in a canoe to lose it.

Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2025 09:27 PM (79pEw)

202 Tube amplification is superior for guitar amps, and I don’t think distortion measurement is even a factor. Distortion of a particular type is desirable in guitars, what’s a little more going to matter during playback? It’s a red herring.

Where solid state shines is being able to deliver gobs and gobs of high output inexpensively. And reliability, no question. Output tubes wear out fairly quickly, and the whole thing runs hot and doubles as a space heater. Nobody can make tubes any longer that last. They sound fine, but are prone to going Chernobyl.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 18, 2025 09:28 PM (2qI2i)

203 195 181 I might still have it.A little SONY Walkman AMFM with the earbuds. Very cheap when I bought it, but excellent listening quality. Two AAAs I think. Gotta look through a couple boxes tomorrow. (Writes note to self).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:15 PM

I still have my Sony Walkman-am/fm cassette player. I used to run a lot so I made tons of running tapes from CDs that I would record on my dual tape deck. I loved running with that thing. I never traded up to an iPod.

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 18, 2025 09:28 PM (rbKZ6)

204 Akai M8 reel-to-reel.
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Thousands of these returned with vets from the PX's in SE Asia during that period.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:28 PM (XeU6L)

205 Yup, still got parts of a stereo like that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 18, 2025 09:29 PM (cMHmy)

206 Wonder what happened to that 10 band equalizer I bought from DAK.

And the subwoofer that doubled as a small coffee table

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 18, 2025 09:29 PM (tIV+a)

207 When your deaf in one ear (100%) and have tinnitus in both ears fancy stereos are not better for my listening pleasure Waste of money.

Posted by: Glenn at October 18, 2025 09:30 PM (N8PuR)

208 215 On You Tube, they talk about the ritual of playing a record. I have too many memories of dropped needles, skips and big scratches to want to relive that. But I don't enjoy streaming music.
_-_
Worked at several radio stations back in the day. Cue-ing up a record with a turntable with a "shift lever" that did 33, 45, and 78 was actually a lot of fun after the first few on-air shifts.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 18, 2025 09:30 PM (vd6bO)

209 Tube amplification is superior for guitar amps, and I don’t think distortion measurement is even a factor.
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After all, after the amps, come... the speakers

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:30 PM (XeU6L)

210 The albums had the jackets, liner notes and pictures. You'd listen and read. Song placement was important. Just a different vibe. I like it.

But I stream alot on a Bose mini speaker having drinks on the deck. You cannot beat the convenience of streaming.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 18, 2025 09:32 PM (VY+bQ)

211 @61
You aren't going to find a cutout bin with LPs at a dollar each ever again.

Sure you are. They're at estate sales.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 18, 2025 09:32 PM (zdLoL)

212 turntable with a "shift lever" that did 33, 45, and 78
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16 2/3

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:32 PM (XeU6L)

213 >>Scanning the comments here it seems that the second most-lost thing to water amongst the Horde is stereo equipment. And you didn't even have to put it in a canoe to lose it.

Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2025 09:27 PM

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Yeah. My beloved Large Advent speakers were sitting on the basement floor patiently waiting to be re-foamed when we had the only basement floor we ever had in that house. We weren't home and the speakers were wrecked. Why oh why did I leave them the floor...

Posted by: Bigsmith at October 18, 2025 09:33 PM (1Au9i)

214 Basement flood

Posted by: Bigsmith at October 18, 2025 09:33 PM (1Au9i)

215 The only tragedy at the MoMe is MusHum is not here.

Posted by: fd at October 18, 2025 09:34 PM (3SPVM)

216 While were on the topic of old audio, does anybody remember putting a penny on the top of a turntable arm to get it to track through a damaged album?
Or blowing on the headshell to get it to track through?

BRB, there's some kids out on my lawn.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:35 PM (lWPQK)

217 Mmmmm, anyone here know a good bail bondsman near Corsicana? One who does volume discounts?

Posted by: RI Red at October 18, 2025 09:35 PM (HXgit)

218 Tube amplification is superior for guitar amps, and I don’t think distortion measurement is even a factor. Distortion of a particular type is desirable in guitars, what’s a little more going to matter during playback? It’s a red herring.

Where solid state shines is being able to deliver gobs and gobs of high output inexpensively. And reliability, no question. Output tubes wear out fairly quickly, and the whole thing runs hot and doubles as a space heater. Nobody can make tubes any longer that last. They sound fine, but are prone to going Chernobyl.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 18, 2025 09:28 PM (2qI2i)

I get really long life from my tubes. Amp builders are using more stable tubes than they used to and are biased colder. Back in the day though it was definitely important to change tubes more often, even though they were more robust than some of the crap made today.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 18, 2025 09:36 PM (cMHmy)

219 239 While were on the topic of old audio, does anybody remember putting a penny on the top of a turntable arm to get it to track through a damaged album?
Or blowing on the headshell to get it to track through?

BRB, there's some kids out on my lawn.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:35 PM (lWPQK)

Matchbook covers to get the 8 track to line up right in the car...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 18, 2025 09:37 PM (mP0Kj)

220 240 Mmmmm, anyone here know a good bail bondsman near Corsicana? One who does volume discounts?
Posted by: RI Red at October 18, 2025 09:35 PM (HXgit)

________________________

Heh... Chico's Bail Bonds. They sponsored the Bad News Bears.

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2025 09:38 PM (dIske)

221 I still have my Crown DC150 amp and preamp, Hiel ESS monitors, Nakamichi cassette deck, Phillips tube FM reciever, turntable and 200 - 300 cassettes I recorded but the only album I have from my collection of over 1,200+ is Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus. I still kick myself for selling them but that's the breaks, when the taxman says pay you gotta pay so off they went.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at October 18, 2025 09:39 PM (mrzqz)

222 that is my stereo but missing the reel to reel

Posted by: epador at October 18, 2025 09:39 PM (TRnzq)

223 "As I write this Thread I have not heard of any tragic circumstances in rural Corsicana, TX"
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Well I, for one, think it's a tragedy that I've not been to the TXMOME. It is my goal... someday.

Many thanks for the music thread MisHum!

Posted by: 496 at October 18, 2025 09:40 PM (F5Pkl)

224 While were on the topic of old audio, does anybody remember putting a penny on the top of a turntable arm to get it to track through a damaged album?
Or blowing on the headshell to get it to track through?

BRB, there's some kids out on my lawn.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:35 PM (lWPQK)
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Or a nickle if it was a big one!

Posted by: Black JEM at October 18, 2025 09:41 PM (VY+bQ)

225 >>While were on the topic of old audio, does anybody remember putting a penny on the top of a turntable arm to get it to track through a damaged album?
Or blowing on the headshell to get it to track through?

Holy shit are some of you old.

We were so great. I feel bad for today's yutes. They have no idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 09:41 PM (viF8m)

226 Think WOWO Fort Wayne as an example.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2025 09:00 PM (

Cue “Cold Call” by OSI

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 18, 2025 09:42 PM (pNkJD)

227 While were on the topic of old audio, does anybody remember putting a penny on the top of a turntable arm to get it to track through a damaged album?
Or blowing on the headshell to get it to track through?

BRB, there's some kids out on my lawn.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate

I do. I also remember the record/record player cleaning kits you'd buy.
And het those little shits!

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at October 18, 2025 09:43 PM (jHFln)

228 I'm 70 and my amps are even older. RCA MI-4288 theater amps, 6L6 parallel push-pull circa 1945; 50W each, perched atop a pair of Klipschorns. I've had the amps since 1989. Got them for free from a movie theater. Industrial-looking design which I love and they sound great. And that's how I got interested in tubes and (belatedly and eventually) got an EE degree at age 40. Got my eyes on a pair of "Atmasphere" Mk 3 OTL tube amps just in case my RCAs take a dump.

Posted by: 314Rate at October 18, 2025 09:43 PM (gD9i/)

229 240 Mmmmm, anyone here know a good bail bondsman near Corsicana? One who does volume discounts?
_-_
You all had better behave. Don't make me come down there!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 18, 2025 09:44 PM (vd6bO)

230 Matchbook covers to get the 8 track to line up right in the car...
Posted by: Romeo13
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LOL, I'd forgotten about that!

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:44 PM (lWPQK)

231 Mmmmm, anyone here know a good bail bondsman near Corsicana? One who does volume discounts?
Posted by: RI Red at October 18, 2025 09:35 PM (HXgit)
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Oh boy. I'll start baking cakes with files in them.

Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2025 09:44 PM (79pEw)

232 Yes! But I wouldn't have remembered if you hadn't mentioned it. Somewhat related, I was just thinking about how important the needle was to the whole setup. My dad would always say "Get the best one you can afford".

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 18, 2025 09:45 PM (rbKZ6)

233 Now I have a record cleaner that you put in a solution and it spins with brushes - it amazing how much gunk gets in the groves of an album.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 18, 2025 09:45 PM (VY+bQ)

234 Many years ago I had an EE help me rebuild a pair of Crown DC300s.
I think a friend has them now.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 18, 2025 09:47 PM (gbOdA)

235 Those of us who supported Israel rather than Hamas in the Gaza war were frustrated that Hamas’s American supporters didn’t seem to understand that Hamas members are subhuman savages. It turns out that Students for Justice in Palestine knew that all along: that is what they liked about Hamas. - John Hinderaker
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Yeah, not us. You.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2025 09:47 PM (W2jZP)

236 I still have my Crown DC150 amp
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A classic!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:47 PM (XeU6L)

237 Yeah, I remember the dream stereo system, though I never had one. I did get a pretty nice Yamaha system as a going-to-college gift, and it served me well. My current system is mostly home built (based on others' designs; my electronics knowledge is limited). Consists of full-range speakers, power amp, pre amp, phono pre amp, and turntable. Will be adding a cd player soon (inexpensive Sony dvd player will donate its innards) and a DAC (which will be the only 100% non-DIY component).

Posted by: Average Guy at October 18, 2025 09:48 PM (ypGMo)

238 What are y'all listening to right now?

Me. Filter, Title of Record.

Posted by: Reforger at October 18, 2025 09:48 PM (SG6eL)

239 252 240 Mmmmm, anyone here know a good bail bondsman near Corsicana? One who does volume discounts?
_-_
You all had better behave. Don't make me come down there!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 18, 2025 09:44 PM (vd6bO)

I harris county we let 14 yos kill Marines driving Uber.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 18, 2025 09:48 PM (gbOdA)

240 Now I have a record cleaner that you put in a solution and it spins with brushes - it amazing how much gunk gets in the groves of an album.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 18, 2025 09:45 PM (VY+bQ)
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Never played an album without cleaning it first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2025 09:49 PM (W2jZP)

241
We were so great. I feel bad for today's yutes. They have no idea.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2025 09:51 PM (XeU6L)

242 Thanks for the music thread MisHum!

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 18, 2025 09:53 PM (rbKZ6)

243 261 What are y'all listening to right now?
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Little Feat, "Fat Man in a Bathtub"

My grandson turned me on to this song.

I love that kid..

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 18, 2025 09:58 PM (lWPQK)

244 >>Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

I hate that I sound like my dad but yea.

Just play music. Make mistakes. No AI.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 18, 2025 09:59 PM (viF8m)

245 I still have a couple of LPs here and there. I've got "Starless and Bible Black" with the lyrics on the inner sleeve. And "Mark of the Mole" autographed by the Residents (sort of).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 18, 2025 10:01 PM (CHHv1)

246 Oh boy. I'll start baking cakes with files in them.
Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2025 09:44 PM (79pEw)

Bluebell, we were fed so well I couldn’t even slice the cake.

Posted by: RI Red at October 18, 2025 10:07 PM (HXgit)

247 What are y'all listening to right now?

Me. Filter, Title of Record.
Posted by: Reforger at October 18, 2025 09:48 PM (SG6eL)
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I'm staring at Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and thinking it needs to go on.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 18, 2025 10:35 PM (VY+bQ)

248 I still use the above equipment.

Posted by: Waiting for Martel at October 18, 2025 10:50 PM (RgiQy)

249 I have a 70s-vintage Pioneer system that I still use: a vacuum-tube amp and big cabinet speakers, that generate an outstanding sound. I still have my turntable, which I use now and then, particularly for the new vinyl in my collection. I've also added a top-of-the-line CD player, and a tuner to catch the local classical-music station.

Fortunately, there's a local guy who services old equipment. He does terrific work at a very reasonable price.

Posted by: Nemo at October 18, 2025 11:20 PM (4RPgu)

250 How do I listen to my music? Mostly uncompressed WAVs, either 16/44.1 or 24/96 (if I've restored it--these are usually shellac-based). I've been working on this for literally this whole millennium plus one year, and I have about 15K entries in my playlist.

Well, you did ask.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 19, 2025 12:41 AM (caMfM)

251 100 watt pioneer stereo, cassette doesn't work and they don't make the part anymore, but that's ok because I don't like cassettes anyway. Play albums almost exclusively, CD's the rest of the time.

I do miss my old JVC stereo.

Posted by: Happy at October 19, 2025 01:54 AM (8wFql)

252 Two systems, one in BR and one in LR.

LR consists of "dust collector" TV, two Pioneer speakers, one $6 Kintner amp, one Sony DVD player (we treat it real gently, since they don't make them any more, and have another backup).

BR consists of one 1981 vintage Denon AM/FM tuner, one $6 Kintner amp, two small Pioneer speakers, and one Magnavox DVD player used only to play CDs. All bought used: tuner in 1992 for $30, speakers ($5) and DVD player ($10) from Goodwill.

Also have a vintage VCR in storage. I got a digitizing device on eBay for $24 and transcribed a huge box of VHS tapes. Ditto with all my tape cassettes, music CDs and records. My entire collection is now in mp3 format. I keep one in the car and one backed up in safe deposit box.

Posted by: 320H55V I/me/mine at October 19, 2025 06:32 AM (kvDvI)

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