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| How competitive are you with your system? As I have said in my earlier post, often what happens to audiophiles and their precious audio systems is the child analogy, “my kid is smarter than your kid”. You can see that evolve here quite clearly. If you enjoy your equipment and system is al... | |
| And a Happy 4th to all! I wish everyone a Happy Independence Day. My wife and I served in the US Military. She served 12 years and I served 25 years. I took my US flag down off the pole on Inauguration Day. Took the pole out of the ground. The flag is folded and waiting ... | |
| A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player? Sony or Pioneer Elite. Look for a good transport (CD spinning system/design) | |
| How competitive are you with your system? IMO a large part of the problem of things like “ranking one’s personal audio system” against another one or the idea of comparison or competition is this. Whatever audio system you build is an assembly of wires, capacitors, transistors, transforme... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Weird. Yes I agree. For myself I have a listening environment that gives me much enjoyment, relaxation, fun and something I look forward to do, listen to music in all its wonderful glory and nuances. Why would I want to bring competition into it? ... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? I think it’s stupid to compare or worse rank my system with anyone else. Sounds like teenager stuff. Just enjoy the music without stupid games that make one look like they are 12 years old. | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre Sorry I missed some of the posts. That TT and tonearm looks like a great choice. Happy listening!! | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre Just out of curiosity, what made you decide on this TT and cartridge? I have no reason to think it will not sound great, I am sure it will but I am always interested in what draws someone to a particular audio component. | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre I cannot say how much the TT has made a difference in sound as opposed to the cartridge and phono preamp. As much as I dislike the word “synergy “ there is a distinct advantage to buying components that enhance one another. For me, I had relied on... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre For what it’s worth I had a Thorens belt drive TT back in the late 1980s. Got rid of it when CDs came on the scene. The TT was difficult to set up and never sound great. Fast forward to 2024 and the purchase of the VPI. WOW what a difference. Much... | |
| How Much to Spend on Turntable, Cart., Phono Pre Sometimes one can go to a dealer or audio show and the turntable, cartridge and phono preamp are already selected (often by an experienced dealer). When the listener is auditioning, they essentially are evaluating all three together. I actually th... | |
| Mick Ralphs has passed away Very sad indeed. Seems like all my rock and roll heros are leaving for the big gig in the sky. He wrote and co-wrote some killer tunes. Mott the Hoople and Bad Company were very cool bands. RIP Mick. He needs to be in the R&R HOF next. | |
| What is your audio axiom? All valid responses and all are appreciated. No criticisms at all. I do agree with many here about music as the paramount issue or significant part of the listening experience. If someone likes “not ideal recordings” or enjoys music that is not ne... | |
| What is your audio axiom? Lots of great top advice. Nice stuff. | |
| New Product - Schiit Byggy DAC Details Interesting note about Schiit. I have many of their products. They are great audiophile bargains to be sure. I would add this though, my original Bifrost got an Uber upgrade. They offered upgrade on this product for years to save the customer mone... |