SeriousGirl
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13 Apr 2007, 12:29 pm
ZanneMarie wrote:
Is he on the spectrum? None of my female relatives could read a note of music, but they could play Beethoven, Mozart or whoever else perfectly, as well as anything else they heard. I've seen it written in some places that this may be a spectrum trait.
Yes, he has AS and a very high IQ. I learned about autism and AS when my son was diagnosed and it hit me like a ton of bricks. The psychologist said something to the effect: "She's a strange girl, she comes from a strange family." I'll leave you to ponder who sang those lines and which album?
So, you think I'm blunt, Nan?
13 Apr 2007, 12:37 pm
SeriousGirl wrote:
Yes, he has AS and a very high IQ. I learned about autism and AS when my son was diagnosed and it hit me like a ton of bricks. The psychologist said something to the effect: "She's a strange girl, she comes from a strange family." I'll leave you to ponder who sang those lines and which album?
So, you think I'm blunt, Nan?
Why, nooooooo, of course not! You're just so reticent about speaking your mind.
(I wish I had a dollar for every time I'd hear that phrase, I'd be having steak for lunch instead of the cup of coffee that's in my future!)
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SeriousGirl
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13 Apr 2007, 1:09 pm
DirtDawg wrote:
Turntables didn't really go anywhere. They have actually improved by an amazing degree in the last few years, although that is probably not true of the ones you find at K-Mart. Vinyl has become the mainstay of the dedicated analog audiophile, because they sound so much better than CDs.
One thing that dropping out of the mainstream has done for us, audionuts is to make it possible to buy lots of old desirable LPs from Goodwill and other secondhand places for a quarter or a dime, each.
I started a turntable thread back in the fall, but it went nowhere. I had just bought and revived an old turntable to play collections of 78s that I had been finding at ridiculous prices like a collection, recorded "Direct To Disk" of Furtwangler, conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (Symphony) Orchestra, in the early fifties, performing most of Beethoven's work, before kings, queens and heads of state, for a buck. That was twelve albums, for a buck, but the historical sigificance of the collection made me drool when I found it. I would have paid LOTS MORE!.
One thing that dropping out of the mainstream has done for us, audionuts is to make it possible to buy lots of old desirable LPs from Goodwill and other secondhand places for a quarter or a dime, each.
I started a turntable thread back in the fall, but it went nowhere. I had just bought and revived an old turntable to play collections of 78s that I had been finding at ridiculous prices like a collection, recorded "Direct To Disk" of Furtwangler, conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (Symphony) Orchestra, in the early fifties, performing most of Beethoven's work, before kings, queens and heads of state, for a buck. That was twelve albums, for a buck, but the historical sigificance of the collection made me drool when I found it. I would have paid LOTS MORE!.
Good lord, man. An audiophile who knows about Furtwangler. Shades of Harry Pearson, I don't believe it.
Our rig:
Merrill Heirloom Turntable with Morch Tonearm and Benz H20 cartridge
Audio Research VT100 Class A tube amp, just retubed with NOS and modded
Herron Audio Tube Phono Stage (the 43rd made of the originals)
Merrill Stable Table
Straighline cables and interconnects
The new baby:
Cary Audio SLP 98L tube line stage and
Von Schweikert VR5 loudspeakers
13 Apr 2007, 1:20 pm
[
oooooooooooooh (pant, pant)
TUUUUUUBES!
13 Apr 2007, 1:30 pm
SeriousGirl
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13 Apr 2007, 1:34 pm
Tube lust! OMG, I can't believe it. The red paint is the factory Jaguar automotive paint. I think it is just HOT.
Right now, I'm in the mood to speak my mind instead of mind my speak.
In person, I hardly talk at all.
13 Apr 2007, 1:45 pm
I noticed the very hot paint. Cannot show my husband THAT or he will want it so he can just look at it for awhile. I know it's not very NT of him.
13 Apr 2007, 2:06 pm
13 Apr 2007, 2:43 pm
SeriousGirl wrote:
DirtDawg wrote:
Turntables didn't really go anywhere. They have actually improved by an amazing degree in the last few years, although that is probably not true of the ones you find at K-Mart. Vinyl has become the mainstay of the dedicated analog audiophile, because they sound so much better than CDs.
One thing that dropping out of the mainstream has done for us, audionuts is to make it possible to buy lots of old desirable LPs from Goodwill and other secondhand places for a quarter or a dime, each.
I started a turntable thread back in the fall, but it went nowhere. I had just bought and revived an old turntable to play collections of 78s that I had been finding at ridiculous prices like a collection, recorded "Direct To Disk" of Furtwangler, conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (Symphony) Orchestra, in the early fifties, performing most of Beethoven's work, before kings, queens and heads of state, for a buck. That was twelve albums, for a buck, but the historical sigificance of the collection made me drool when I found it. I would have paid LOTS MORE!.
One thing that dropping out of the mainstream has done for us, audionuts is to make it possible to buy lots of old desirable LPs from Goodwill and other secondhand places for a quarter or a dime, each.
I started a turntable thread back in the fall, but it went nowhere. I had just bought and revived an old turntable to play collections of 78s that I had been finding at ridiculous prices like a collection, recorded "Direct To Disk" of Furtwangler, conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (Symphony) Orchestra, in the early fifties, performing most of Beethoven's work, before kings, queens and heads of state, for a buck. That was twelve albums, for a buck, but the historical sigificance of the collection made me drool when I found it. I would have paid LOTS MORE!.
Good lord, man. An audiophile who knows about Furtwangler. Shades of Harry Pearson, I don't believe it.
Our rig:
Merrill Heirloom Turntable with Morch Tonearm and Benz H20 cartridge
Audio Research VT100 Class A tube amp, just retubed with NOS and modded
Herron Audio Tube Phono Stage (the 43rd made of the originals)
Merrill Stable Table
Straighline cables and interconnects
The new baby:
Cary Audio SLP 98L tube line stage and
Von Schweikert VR5 loudspeakers
Why would you not believe that I ... nevermind. OK, I'm a headbanger, but no one bangs his head like Beethoven!
I'm not really an audiophile, either ... just a music lover.
I use Decware Zen C, dual monoblocks, MIT cables, Visaton B200 (openback) combined with double fifteeen inch JBL down low, (of my own design) McIntosh pre (from the sixties), Dual TT with some modifications, Stanton, B&O, or Grado cartridge. I also have a Denon 2900 and a Sony CDP365 (the old heavy ones) for those damn silver things.
Computer uses an M-Audio 2496 audiophile soundcard. I switch cables between the two inputs.
13 Apr 2007, 2:52 pm
13 Apr 2007, 3:08 pm
ZanneMarie wrote:
LOL Nan! That was my reaction. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubes.
Wah, ah fain ta swoon!
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13 Apr 2007, 3:14 pm
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13 Apr 2007, 3:22 pm
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