Due to a flood many years ago all of my records are in unlabeled sleeves and some don't even have sleeves.
I own more late 90s techno than I'd care to count but haven't played any of it in 15 years. And yet I just recently revived my 1200MK2 with a $400 cartridge and it sounds very good.
I own two copies of The Cars, one on significantly heavier vinyl than the other.
I have in the last year streamed music to record on a tape deck, to later be played in a car.
I do have $100 speaker cables (random fancy sounding stuff, but not very heavy gauge) & $20 speaker cables (heavy gauge plain copper). I can't tell the difference in sound quality (10ft runs).
I had one of those Nakamichi self-flipping tape drives. I think the RX-202? Always popular at parties! That and the Magnepans always got undue attention.
I started buying records in the first grade. My parents had one of those 60's era Zenith stereo consoles with the nice wood cabinet and built in speakers. I bought mostly 45's because they were only a dollar. When I got into high school the CD was introduced but too expensive. My friend had a decent turntable and cassette deck so first play of a new album was always to record onto cassette, which got played in the car or walkman.
In 1983, for me a killer car stereo was a Pioneer AM/FM cassette deck, Pioneer or Jensen 6x9's, and a booster/EQ mounted under the dash. Of course the EQ had to be set to the smiley face configuration for maximum effect. I never even heard about subwoofers until about 1986.
In 1986 I went to work for an electronics chain as the camera expert. The company sent me to Chicago CES that year where I received a free copy of Stereophile...... Things started to change after that.
Back in the day it was Hi Fi/Sound and Audio Magazine (and Popular Electronics) for me. I also liked Stereo Review but I never subscribed that I remember. And of course Rolling Stone. And Playboy - for the articles. They had excellent high-end reviews. I was never much a fan of Stereophile magazine.
Obvious answer is obvious. Freya. Treat Ragnarok like a power amp and use Freya as a preamp. It's not going to be the most sonically transparent option but you want toobz, plus you can stay balanced.
Audiophile?????
Stereo cassettes in the car - replaced with CD's as the tapes did not like heat or cold.
my first paycheck (real job after college) went to
Swing shift , swinging on the 6th day required something to block out neighbor's lawn mowers.
I think it had 50 watts of power!!!!!
Back in the day it was Hi Fi/Sound and Audio Magazine (and Popular Electronics) for me. I also liked Stereo Review but I never subscribed that I remember. And of course Rolling Stone. And Playboy - for the articles. They had excellent high-end reviews. I was never much a fan of Stereophile magazine.
I still subscribe to Rolling Stone. Decent writing and reviews.
I subscribed to Playboy until the quality of writing went downhill. Too bad...it was my go-to rag for many years.
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