Shhh! asked a couple of honest questions about audio and Bratzi responded by calling him an idiot and an imbecile. This is against the Usenet charter by...

((If whites were self-conscious and organized like other groups we could boot the mestizos out of California and have a pleasant Los Angeles again. But...

In a lot of cases, the pro products are ideal but this has to be determined on a case by case basis. Certainly they are sometimes much more cost effective. ...

I'm curious what speakers people would recommend under $1000/pair. These don't have to be current. If JBL L-100s are your thing they'd qualify (I'm no fan of...

These come more or less in two flavors, Magneplanars and electrostats. Of the two, the electrostat is IMO the best as they are far more rebuildable and...

I just listened to a new (at least to me; I don't know when it came out) re-issue of CS&N on Rhino Vinyl. REALLY excellent.

"Eiron" > wrote in message ... > Are they cheap enough yet? > Is there a Pioneer universal player with...

Metal legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 By WAYNE PARRY – 2 hours ago >> "Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a...

I've heard a couple different Orion installations, with very different amps, in different rooms. They are not exactly my thing, but they certainly are a...

Those were the primary brands' flagship small cars in the 1970s. It is interesting to look at both and see where their makers went wrong. The Vega was a...

It's called "The Theory and Servicing of AM, FM, And FM Stereo Receivers", by Clarence R. Green and Robert M. Bourque. Despite the ungainly title there is...

Can ****ter, Vinylsnatch or the other screwballs here tell us which is better and why?

I have said it before and will say it again, you are no audiophile if you can not solder. You aren't. You're a poser, a bull****ter. There are several good...

For those not familiar with RoHS, it is a program that has outlawed certain "hazardous substances" in consumer electronics, such as lead. That's by fer the...

I've been finding some good vinyl cheap recently (for example, I found two of the three Harry James D2D Sheffields for a total of $6, some cool Ella recordings...

I've seen high-end audio salons with more traffic.... Sheeesh! If Steve Zipser were alive he'd be spinning in his grave.... Middius, too.... Does this mean...

The new cars we have now are really remarkable in a lot of ways but fixing up and modernizing an old one can be not only fun but give a lot more useful vehicle...

((Guevara of course thought that Mexicans were "a band of illiterate Indians". Of course, outside the Spaniard elite of Mexico City and a few enclaves of...

Country Boys and Conservative Conservation >> "Edward O. Wilson’s new book, Anthill: A Novel, is, in many ways, a traditional first novel: it’s primarily a...

Who's the Bigot, Mr. Brown? By Patrick J. Buchanan >> "Gordon Brown may have torpedoed his last chance to be prime minister in his own right when, in the...