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[Jbraswell]

You.... have a speak easy entrance?

I'm coming over right now. Is the password swordfish? I hope it's swordfish.

No you just come up through the garage. It's rudimentary

 

[Mather]

No you just come up through the garage. It's rudimentary

"A boutique entrance artfully hidden within a seemingly sleepy suburban garage that belies the kickassery that lies within" AND IT'S AWESOME AND THE PASSWORD IS SWORDFISH

 

[Jbraswell]

"A boutique entrance artfully hidden within a seemingly sleepy suburban garage that belies the kickassery that lies within" AND IT'S AWESOME AND THE PASSWORD IS SWORDFISH

Yeah we raise and lower the garage door from the phone now.
I bitch about tech but I like this one.

 

[Angsty]

So how did most of you learn about the details of audio gear? Way back when, there were stores where you could look and listen to equipment, but that world seems gone except possibly in some larger cities. Given the wide array of options available today, what would you recommend to someone starting out new to help them learn more about audio, to include cables, turntables, receivers, amps, speakers, etc., while not knowing the "inside baseball" language you've accumulated over time?

I still have subscriptions to paper audio magazines. Egads!

 

[Mather]

I still have subscriptions to paper audio magazines. Egads!

oh the humanity

 

[Jbraswell]

I still have subscriptions to paper audio magazines. Egads!

BC
Before cell phone

 

[Biscuit]

I still have subscriptions to paper audio magazines. Egads!

Which ones should I check out @Angsty ?

 

[Mather]

BC
Before cell phone



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Looks like me listening to Aja and trying to figure out which part I hate the least.

 

[OMC]

Looks like me listening to Aja and trying to figure out which part I hate the least.

Tasteless heathen.

 

[Mather]

Tasteless heathen.

Man I've tried SO MANY TIMES.
I have a clean Canadian OG and I can't make it though like 65 seconds before THE RAGE envelopes me in its hot fiery embrace...

 

[tvham]

-looks at current rig-

JBL
VPI
PARASOUND
SOUNDSMITH

fuuuuuuuck

I have Canadian speakers - call it even?

 

[Mather]

I have Canadian speakers - call it even?

Omg THANK YOU

 

[OMC]

Man I've tried SO MANY TIMES.
I have a clean Canadian OG and I can't make it though like 65 seconds before THE RAGE envelopes me in its hot fiery embrace...

Send it to me then.

 

[Mather]

Send it to me then.

I got a feeling you have at least 3 copies that smoke it...

 

[SnowmaNick]

-looks at current rig-

JBL
VPI
PARASOUND
SOUNDSMITH

fuuuuuuuck

If it helps, JBL is owned by Samsung, from South Korea, and Parasound is made in Taiwan. As of 9:48 PM Mountain Time, on 2/26/25, they’re both still democracies.

I leave what’s going on under the Oompa Loompa unsaid.

 

[Joe Mac]

I will choke down dry unsatisfying Egyptian oranges and I will LIKE IT.

Spain?

 

[Mather]

Spain?

I don't know I'm just going by what's on the packaging. I hope you don't expect me to fact check this shit because MY IRISH BROTHER THAT SHIP HAS SAILED...

 

[SnowmaNick]

Spain?

shhhhhhh….. let him work it out on his own.

 

[Mather]

HOW DARE YOU GASLIGHT MY ORANGES IS NOTHING SACRED

 

[Mather]

Thank Christ this New Mealand mango is delightful WAIT WHAT THE FUCK