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Thunderbird Club

I think the two best right now in receivers are Denon and Yamaha. And don't worry too much about a phono input. You can get better sound using an external phono preamp and running it into the receiver's aux input.
Speaking of phono preamps, this looks wild.
 
Speaking of phono preamps, this looks wild.
Fosi makes great stuff. I have their Box X5. I also have a Schiit Mani 2, which I like better. Both are great, and pretty inexpensive. I had the Fosi first, but they have incredibly stupid placement of the ground terminal, so I got the Schiit, and well, it's the Schiit. Ground terminal in the proper place and it sounds much better with headphones. The highs were fatiguing with the Fosi.
 
Yeah. There’s a budget Yamaha with decent specs that’ll need a preamp. I do like having an Toslink input though which the Onkyo has.

I’ll look closer at Denton. I really only need a 2 channel stereo though. Even then, I’m seeing them at around $500 for a Denon.
I don’t have a Denon receiver, but I have a Denon Amp and Denon CD player that I bought in the late 80s. Amp has been faultless, the CD player has an issue where the elastic band that moves the door in and out ages out every 20 years or so. I just get it fixed rather than buying anything new or going without.
I like my Denon stuff very much.

I have thought of buying a radio receiver but I’m still using a no name kit radio my Dad built in the 70s (as well as an amp that I replaced with the Denon) that is plugged into the amp, as well as a Sony cassette player from the early 80s - but I’m a bit shy of playing any of my old cassettes these days. I guess I should try it.
 
Yep. Part.
Marshall, this is one of our local chains. I assume it is very far from being authentic. I always get a naked burrito which I like - I must think it looks like more food 🤣.
I don’t think the “hot” sauce is very hot, I’m comfortable with it but a lot of Aussies will only go for “mild” anyway.

 
Nice! I keep as many as I can out of their cases.
What strings do you have on your Bodine?
Funny you ask! In the photo are Ken Smith Rock Masters. The Hi-A pickups to me are pretty weird. I haven't been able to find something I really like on that bass yet. I've realized that there was something in the mids I didn't like in them, plus they're on the darker side, so remembering how much I hated the D'Addario Pro Steels on my Thunderbird because of their scooped nature, I just put a set (50-105) on the Bodine a little while ago BECAUSE of their scooped nature, and really like what I'm hearing and feeling. Pretty stiff. Definitely keeping these on to try out with the band.
 

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