My answers...

My answers...

Posted by mkuller (A) on April 6, 2015 at 10:45:17

In Reply to: Hurt or Help you make the choice. posted by BigguyinATL on April 6, 2015 at 08:00:25:

1. Transistors - great technology if used properly in audio
2. OpAmps - same as above
3. Julian Hirsch - one of the reasons the underground mags flourished
4. Test equipment reviews with measurements - JA's stuff has a lot of potential
5. Removable Power Cords - important tweek, especially with digital
6. Cassettes - outdated mid-fi medium
7. Microprocessors
8. LP12 - showed the importance of turntables and the front end
9. Bose - mid-fi for the masses
10. The Compact Disc - imperfect sound nearly forever
11. Quadraphonic sound - fun effects in the 1970s
12. Dolby Labs - creative
13. iPod - my favorite component
14. Music Videos & MTV - "I want my MTV"
15. Country Music - music I mostly don't care for but some good rock/bluegrass crossover
16. The Beatles - greatest songwriting band ever
17. Japanese Audio Companies - mass merchandisers
18. Monster - popularized specialty cables and lawsuits
19. Bob Carver - frustrated genius
20. The Internet - ubiquitous
21. Subjective equipment reviews - created audiophile culture and high end
22. Blind audio testing - wasted time
23. Vacuum tubes - still the most musical
24. Music downloads - MP3 is the cassette of today making music more accessible than ever
25. Classic rock - my favorite genre and it's better with a great system

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Topic - Hurt or Help you make the choice. - BigguyinATL 08:00:25 04/06/15 (19)

Some effort on the part of the op instead of sitting back and expecting everyone else to do the work(Sudz) - Nuit 11:46:51 04/08/15 (2)

You said Sudz two times in your post... - Jive Turkey 18:05:43 04/09/15 (0)

here: my subsequent post - BigguyinATL 12:19:52 04/08/15 (0)

RE: Hurt or Help you make the choice. - DrChaos 12:56:37 04/07/15 (0)

Kind of a loaded question, but here you go - Dave_K 10:41:40 04/07/15 (0)

RE: Hurt or Help you make the choice. - Todd Krieger 19:51:42 04/06/15 (0)

There are no minds changed here. - Chip647 11:27:21 04/06/15 (5)

Especially when - E-Stat 08:45:34 04/07/15 (0)

RE: There are no minds changed here. - mkuller 13:14:49 04/06/15 (0)

RE: Don't you think... - BigguyinATL 12:37:01 04/06/15 (2)

RE: Don't you think... - Inmate51 09:10:42 04/07/15 (0)

"revel in our differences of opinion" Yes, that is what is done. - Chip647 14:19:48 04/06/15 (0)

My answers... - mkuller 10:45:17 04/06/15 (3)

RE: My answers... - cloudwalker 11:43:50 04/06/15 (2)

Good point... - mkuller 13:07:20 04/06/15 (0)

RE: Michael Jackson - BigguyinATL 12:39:56 04/06/15 (0)

RE: Hurt or Help you make the choice. - BigguyinATL 08:30:17 04/06/15 (0)

You left off your list... - mkuller 08:10:56 04/06/15 (1)

RE: The list could go on and on.... - BigguyinATL 08:31:45 04/06/15 (0)

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My answers... - mkuller 10:45:17 04/06/15 (3)

RE: My answers... - cloudwalker 11:43:50 04/06/15 (2)

Good point... - mkuller 13:07:20 04/06/15 (0)

RE: Michael Jackson - BigguyinATL 12:39:56 04/06/15 (0)

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