agwca
Responses from agwca
| Frank is gone. AVA lives on! If the team stays together and brings other innovators and contributors, the brand will live on. Happy with my CA-1. Frank seemed to live a long life doing what he was good at and enjoyed. Few of us can say the same. | |
| Is it O.K. To Speculate Re: Company Stability Here? In this day and age, no real guarantees and such that any product can become an heirloom product with ability to repair at least at reasonable cost and to bring back to original performance. Small brands can close down. So can larger brands. ... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative”…..Part 1: I have a plan At 68, do you want a heavy product or smaller, lighter but with good SQ you are looking for? I downsized and went with a V/A CA-1 and it suffices, more than I could get unless I spend double if not more. Might be different but for transparency an... | |
| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion I have a Hegel h160 and had Focal 807Ws, both a step down from your interests but I thought they went well together. Since then, I have been downsizing and have been using a V/A CA-1 which is as great sounding as the hegel and sufficient as I don... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS If it moves me emotionally and I like it...fine. When I was first getting into this hobby and visiting music stores (decades ago), I appreciated the staff that would let me play my music on the equipment I wanted to compare in my price range and ... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? I once thought about this as a business model but so many scams out there, considerations about equipment getting returned in working condition, etc. I kind of wish there was enough interest in audio that say, a music museum could pop up with li... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? Can we? Yup. Do we?... | |
| What would you save in a fire? Well, if just enough time TSMA...me. Then my laptop. If I had warning and could only fit enough in my vehicle, my business gear, audio equipment, media, some clothes (better stuff), some food, etc. Most would be left behind. Starting to downs... | |
| Beware, scammers everywhere I have purchased 3 items at an online audio site and recently made my first sale. Not having feedback makes one hesitate and it takes time to get established, particularly if one does not buy/sell alot of items. Next I will be selling my larger ... | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. All the speakers I have had sounded pretty much similar enough whether angled or not and long ago I became accustomed to keeping speakers firing straight ahead. Any differences seemed too small to get excited about. My rooms have typically been ... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato Probably so many good artists worldwide whose music many of us never hear. So much out there which astounds once heard. The trick is finding it and listening. | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? Yep. | |
| To Fritz, Quicksilver, and all the exceptional makers trying to get the word out I was a hair length away from purchasing a Fritz Carbon 7 SE MKII before leaving for TG holiday out of town and found a heavily discounted demo Audel Magika MKII made in Sicily similarly by a 1 man operation. The birch plywood quasi transmission-... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? It's still a fun way to explore music in a tactile sense. I don;t do vinyl but buy/sell it to help fund hobby. Next up will be streaming and probably hesitated to now for lack of understanding enough of the tech to make informed purchase decisio... | |
| The end of physical media is neigh Thx, will probably start streaming soon. Keep the favorite and often played discs and sell off the rest. Would also make a room more friendly rather than looking like Steve G's place. Don't know how he lives like that. Going to be one heck of ... |