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| You mean someone buys this stuff? @thecarpathian “… The milkman with his tin actuaria??”Yep. This metaphor initially confused me too . It was explained to me that this was old-time lexicon for the shady, bottom-feeder milkman getting his milk to market made of the cheapest-you-ca... | |
| My experience with bi-wiring Yup …. It’s a well-travelled theme here debated ad nauseam in all the audio forums - it is purely an entirely system dependent issue with no consensus.Here are two simple contrasting examples in the no-winner debate (A) VANDERSTEEN supports bi-wir... | |
| Separate Amp for AV receiver @millercarbon summarized it succinctly …. Point, set, and match in tennis match jargon.Everything in this hobby is built to its price point, without prejudice to AVR’s suffering material audio compromises as primarily video gear with everything co... | |
| You mean someone buys this stuff? You asked who buys this stuff? Who sells this stuff?As far as “risk-taker” sellers go:“Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.” ... PT BARNUM“in what business is there not humbug? “There’s cheating in all tra... | |
| THE WORST SELLERS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS, Audiogon, Audiomart, E-bay.....Others “…:people won’t answer e-mail at all…..people have no integrity…”(1) @thecarpathian is correct: SOME may choose to ghost you in emails….there is no generalization here. It reflects possible poor manners by that select few, but it has nothing to do... | |
| Harbeth 30.1, 30.2, XD @speakermaster“ …I would stick with the old model newer speakers tend to sound thin and bright with the sound all about the soundstage and not about natural tone or a musical tone…”Not so in my audition circumstance. I heard them in an A-B bake-of... | |
| Harbeth 30.1, 30.2, XD I recently bought the 30.2 XD’s. The new Monitor M30.2 XD is an update of the M30.2 40th Anniversary Edition, which in turn was an update of the M30.1, and the M30 which in turn was a significant refinement to the original BBC LS5/9 upon which it ... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? “ …. $100 is relatively inexpensive for interconnects. The correct answer is, “it depends” the better your components, the bigger the difference you are likely to hear. But if your components are under a couple thousand each, it is unlikely to be ... | |
| New speaker consideration - De Capo MM @yogiboy nailed it.Having a surplus of grunt to create more headroom is a good thing, and not a weakness or liability.As pointed out, the sonic signature of the speaker (new model with the beryllium tweeter) with the rest of your system is the syn... | |
| My Last CD player REGA ISIS VALVE reference cdp/dacGoogle the many reviews. here is a samplerhttps://www.tonepublications.com/review/the-rega-isis-cd-player-2/https://6moons.com/audioreviews/rega2/1.htmlIt has a critical unique added feature “ …. Those worried ... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? I’ve attended numerous audio expos, worked with my dealers, and demoed a variety of their cables in my home, And to me, there is no doubt of improvements through careful selection of cables that involved moving up to an expensive cables loom in MY... | |
| Best of... Soundbar for Samsung TV They are all built to their price point. Your post gets distilled down to just a “pick one of ‘em” exercise. | |
| Suggestions for rca connector - diy interconnects Neutrik Profi …. Spring loaded ground contact: retractable element with separate wedge contacts which keeps the shell in the front position when engaged thus also providing a direct and strictly coaxial electrical connection from the socket via ... | |
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