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Elwood P Dowd

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49. That looks like Audio Research electronics in the bottom picture.

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Mon Feb 9, 2015, 05:19 PM

Feb 2015

I owned a few of their products back when I could afford them in the 1970s and 1980s.

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I'm curious about that gif. What's the 'timbre' part signify? I don't quite understand how they ND-Dem Feb 2015 #2

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Naturally recorded music hifiguy Feb 2015 #42

That looks like Audio Research electronics in the bottom picture. Elwood P Dowd Feb 2015 #49

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