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Re: SMSL PL100.
SMSL makes great DACs and small form factor amps. Not sure I'd want to buy a CD player from them, especially not a slot loader. At this point, rip the music to a drive and stream to a desktop DAC/Amp setup.
(Slot loaders are notorious for scratching discs when they malfunction)
Note: this is in the Going Digital section, which is typically about creating a digital library, not physical media.
(Slot loaders are notorious for scratching discs when they malfunction)
Note: this is in the Going Digital section, which is typically about creating a digital library, not physical media.
billbillw
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Re: Looking for help identifying and dating fathers Polk Audio 10s
$200 is about average price for those. If you're interested in adopting them and fixing them up, they are worth it. It would be a fun and rewarding project especially being your dads old speakers. He might even get a kick out of it too.
They are probably 1978-1979 with the tag/stub. The tweeter was definitely replaced.
Are both tweeters the same?
If you open them the woofers and the crossovers should both have exact dates written on them.
They are probably 1978-1979 with the tag/stub. The tweeter was definitely replaced.
Are both tweeters the same?
If you open them the woofers and the crossovers should both have exact dates written on them.
DeRod
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Re: Thinking about retirement.
Just turned 60, all I think about is retiring now. Wife and I agreed not to retire till the house is paid for about another 4-5 years then work another year to make sure everything is sorted.
mrloren
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
New addition to the expanding collection, this is a pre-show printing advertising the upcoming concert. And JImi Hendrix’s first appearance at the Fillmore in 1967.
This poster, for the “Opening of the Fillmore Summer Series,” is historically significant as it featured the Jimi Hendrix Experience as an opening act. This was also the first Fillmore appearance by Jimi Hendrix. These shows were just days after Jimi's appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, where he set his guitar on fire and blew away the audience.
When this show was booked by Bill Graham, Hendrix was a relatively new name that few had heard of, and so he was billed third, opening for Gabor Szabo and the big kids on the block in San Francisco, the Jefferson Airplane. After one night or possibly two, the Airplane noticed they were playing their second set to a half-empty hall - everyone0 had been there to see Jimi Hendrix! Both Szabo and the Airplane asked if instead he would play last and they would open for HIM. Jimi Hendrix never opened for anyone again and it’s important to note that the Beatles had stopped touring in August 1966 and with the possible exception of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix was The Most Important Rock Star of the late 1960s era and until his death in September, 1970.
Gábor Szabó was a jazz guitarist, who was born in Budapest, Hungary. When he was 20, he moved to California and he later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1961, Szabo became a member of a quintet including Charles Lloyd, playing what has been described as chamber jazz, Szabo was influenced by the rock music of the 1960s, particularly the use of feedback. The song "Gypsy Queen" from Szabo's debut solo album, Spellbinder (1966), became a hit for Carlos Santana
This poster, for the “Opening of the Fillmore Summer Series,” is historically significant as it featured the Jimi Hendrix Experience as an opening act. This was also the first Fillmore appearance by Jimi Hendrix. These shows were just days after Jimi's appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, where he set his guitar on fire and blew away the audience.
When this show was booked by Bill Graham, Hendrix was a relatively new name that few had heard of, and so he was billed third, opening for Gabor Szabo and the big kids on the block in San Francisco, the Jefferson Airplane. After one night or possibly two, the Airplane noticed they were playing their second set to a half-empty hall - everyone0 had been there to see Jimi Hendrix! Both Szabo and the Airplane asked if instead he would play last and they would open for HIM. Jimi Hendrix never opened for anyone again and it’s important to note that the Beatles had stopped touring in August 1966 and with the possible exception of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix was The Most Important Rock Star of the late 1960s era and until his death in September, 1970.
Gábor Szabó was a jazz guitarist, who was born in Budapest, Hungary. When he was 20, he moved to California and he later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1961, Szabo became a member of a quintet including Charles Lloyd, playing what has been described as chamber jazz, Szabo was influenced by the rock music of the 1960s, particularly the use of feedback. The song "Gypsy Queen" from Szabo's debut solo album, Spellbinder (1966), became a hit for Carlos Santana
motorhead43026
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Funny you should mention Gabor Szabo, I just bought one of his prerecorded tapes as part of an auction:
SeleniumFalcon
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Re: Thinking about retirement.
I start my 6th year of retirement in February. Like you I thought I’d never be able to afford to retire. Well I was wrong and my only regret now is I didn’t go sooner. Like many our age I didn’t escape health issues. I’m a type 2 diabetic for 20 years now with bad knees and a bad back. Now if I’m doing something and it hurts I stop and walk away till I feel like coming back to it.
Best of luck in your retirement
Bill
Best of luck in your retirement
Bill
pumpkinman
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