Originally Posted by RobbieTunes

That was one fuzzy muddy receiver, but everyone wanted the 4-channel. I never liked that receiver, and a close friend had one. The only Sansui piece I have is the timer. They made a sweet timer/control center.

I had a Pioneer SX780. That was one sweet, sweet series of receivers, and they were as pretty a piece of equipment as ever been made. Very nice meters, smooth rotary tuning, dampened toggles....now you got me going...I'm a geek on that stuff like bikes....

Shortly after I got out of the service, I was sitting in a bar that was playing jazz music, probably a tape, as CD's had just come out, and few people had one. We couldn't see the speakers or the amp.

Weather Report was playing. I looked across the table and bet the guy $5 that it was a Yamaha amp and JBL speakers, the sound was tight, too tight, but right for a group like WxRpt. He took the bet, and the bartender showed I was right.

Hundreds of hours spent in barracks rooms, recording and playing music on various audio gear, sometimes, you could just tell.

I can't hear as well, now, tinnitus being what it is, but back then, I could tell an AR-1 from a 901, and a Klipsch from a Polk. Nowadays, I'm just happy to hear what I hear.

Now, if someone finds a nice set of Sony SAVA-7's, they are the Ironman of audio, with a limited 6' wingspan and the remote is absolutely necessary. Affordable, outstanding sound quality for the price, and pretty versatile. I believe Crutchfield bought out the last ones, and most of the staff there bought them until few remained.

Married life eliminated things like Altec Theatre Monitors, then dbx Soundfield 1's, and then Polk RT-12C's (sold back to a Polk employee). I"m a sub/satellite guy new, more of necessity than anything. No one wants a speaker the size of a washing machine, much less two.

I don't prefer digital audio, but it works for me. When I captured thousands and thousands of songs on .mp3, I set the sampling rate very high and bent over for extra memory.

Sorry, I digress.

I tried piano, figured if I could type, I could figure out 88 keys. Being tone deaf and never, ever being able to figure out keys, etc did me in. I mean, I can look at the key and play the right notes, but it seemed arbitrary, if that makes sense.

Perhaps someday I'll figure out why the arbitrariness of bikes and components doesn't bother me, but sharps and flats and naturals, well, they did then and do now.