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How did U get into this expensive hobby?
Yeah John R. is pretty cool. He modified my Spica TC-50's, and gave me a good deal on a Magnum Dynalab Etude a few years back. 
Moral Dilemma
More than likely it's one of his 'look-a-likes', unfortunately. 
How did U get into this expensive hobby?
I think the year was maybe 1974 or 75 and I wandered into a sterio shop and heard some L-100's playing Supertramp and I, as a 14 or 15 year old could not believe the power and loudness of the system. I fell in love with those Marantz receivers wit... 
Anyone under 30?
unfortunatly people now days think music is played through a 2" speaker on a pc with a cd-rom drive.. or music is the stuff that comes out of a little portable cd plastic box.. or music is that boom-boom thunder rattling someone's car trunk. If th... 
Biggest bucks = Satifaction? Hmmmmm...
Biggest satisfaction was with the Rega Brio and JPW Millenium 510 speakers with rega speaker cable as my 'second system'. Inexpensive equipment but really great sound per what I spent. I spend as much time with my second cheapo system as I do with... 
Stereo Amp. for bedroom under 400USD.
For a little bit more, Rega Brio is a giant killer... probably better than my Forte1a 
Low noise Preamp for High Eff Speakers
I have had the best sound with a passive QED preamp that was heavily modd'd (cardas wiring harness + cardas jacks, damp'd chassis) this has no noise, and although it has no additional gain over the source, it is very dynamic, great bass, bigger so...