Till August 1, says TAS http://www.theabsolutesound.com/art...versary-by-offering-free-download-of-issue-1/
TAS Issue #1 free download
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You have to "buy it for $0. Hit the "click here" link. If it doesn't work, it may be because their shopping cart only handles US dollars and they are disabling out of country access.
I did exactly that; still no go! ...The advantage of being a Canadian?
* Maybe they think Canadians are spammers?
Did you enter a credit card?
When I was making the purchase, they already had my credit card from past purchases.
When I was making the purchase, they already had my credit card from past purchases.
No Gary, I did not enter a credit card number.
* It's OK now; Matt is taking care of me. :b
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-> And TAS Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers is also free to download.
* It's OK now; Matt is taking care of me. :b
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-> And TAS Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers is also free to download.
How times have changed with TAS.
In the issue we downloaded, it states that reviewers purchased the equipment from regular sources and they had no advertizing. Now they get equipment on loan that they keep indefinitely or free from manufacturers and they have plenty of advertizing.
In the issue we downloaded, it states that reviewers purchased the equipment from regular sources and they had no advertizing. Now they get equipment on loan that they keep indefinitely or free from manufacturers and they have plenty of advertizing.
I loved the following quote: It isn't true, though, that advertising itself corrupts. It is the need, or the greed, for advertising that does the corrupting.
How prescient and relevant for today's TAS
How prescient and relevant for today's TAS
And at that time I owned (on a student's budget) much of what they reviewed (the ADC XLM in an AR table, the dual Large Advents, and a Phase Linear 400 rather than 700). Zero chance of that being able to happen today.
I remember where I was when i read that issue the first time- i had a parttime job working at a Lafayette Radio store. I eventually had the PL 700/double Advent system described in the issue. I bought a boxful of back issues of TAS years ago from the publisher, and got a reprinted edition of the first several issues. I still have all of them, up to a point. I enjoyed reading TAS back in the day, along with the early J. Gordon Holt issues of Stereophile, published erratically from Elwyn, Pa.
At the time, I remember the 'over the top' gear being the Infinity Servo-Statik, the ML electronics, DaytonWright Electrostats. Not many high end tables then- I bought an Panny SP-10, which was considered top drawer. Got an SP-3-a-1 preamp, a Dual 75a amp, both from ARC and ran a set of old Quads. No fancy cables then (the Fulton wasn't widely known or available, at least in my world). Didn't really focus on acoustic treatments, but spent mucho time on positioning of the Quads to get them to sing. I lived happily with that system for a long time with occasional tube replacements, add on ribbons, a subwoofer (which I could never get to integrate well with the Quads). I still have most of those components, although none are in active use.
At the time, I remember the 'over the top' gear being the Infinity Servo-Statik, the ML electronics, DaytonWright Electrostats. Not many high end tables then- I bought an Panny SP-10, which was considered top drawer. Got an SP-3-a-1 preamp, a Dual 75a amp, both from ARC and ran a set of old Quads. No fancy cables then (the Fulton wasn't widely known or available, at least in my world). Didn't really focus on acoustic treatments, but spent mucho time on positioning of the Quads to get them to sing. I lived happily with that system for a long time with occasional tube replacements, add on ribbons, a subwoofer (which I could never get to integrate well with the Quads). I still have most of those components, although none are in active use.
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