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| Hi end audio equip sounds better today than in decades past due to tech - T/F I had the MAANTZ 2245 receiver, JBL l00 speakers, and an ELAC MIRACORD turntable back in my university days in the 70’s. it was considered a top-shelf audio system back then in the Jurassic Era of audio.My take: - today’s equipment smokes that "vi... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Don and Dick Addrisi, and best known from a hit 1967 recording by The Association. Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, in 1999 the music publishing rights organ... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD The 2nd in line model CARDAS CLEAR interconnect in the “Clear” line …the one immediately below the very top model CARDAS CLEAR BEYOND .http://www.cardas.com/clear_ic.php | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD “ …… I just bought the comparatively modest strata CHORD RUMOUR speaker cables to purposely test drive Mr. Shaw’s theories / assumption in the coming weeks in a direct A-B shootout against my incumbent FREYs. (There is a BIG difference in price po... | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Depends on how you define “unique”…..If you consider any bottom-feeder releases, you may get “disgustingly evil” offerings and you now get the infamous Arthur Brown with “Fire”. I hated it from the time it first was released.It is with some trepid... | |
| What Makes your System Special? I have been in this hobby since the early 70”s in university. As I’ve aged and now retired, my tastes in music genres has changed and evolved with age. With it, I made very recent move to new speakers excelling with an exquisite airiness and best-... | |
| I want a new to me CD player but need to have HDCD decoding capability ARCAM FMJ CD23TI had one …. Fine for its time.http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/revequip/arcam_cd23t.htmhttps://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/251/index.html | |
| Cables, just as important as a hi end component? Nope …. Not necessarily …..(1) High end prices on cables are no assurance of any audio performance improvements or system synergy.(2) the improvements and benefits of cables are entirely system dependent in the 2nd part.For example, uber high-end ... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD RYDER has a good point in general vis-a-vis matching higher strata build upstream components to very revealing HARBETH speakers (… and this is not just limited to REGA’s lower tier offerings ,,,): You always only get what you pay for…. Maximizing ... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD I have the HARBETH 30.2 XD’s driven by a REGA OSIRIS integrated amp and paired with its stablemate REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/DAC. (And a MAGNUM DYNALAB FT101a ETUDE fm tuner)It is stellar and a keeper .... full stop.If you are now questioning your overa... | |
| Arcam Solo Uno - OR - Audiolab 6000a play - for the office https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/audiolab-6000ahttps://darko.audio/2019/10/arcams-solo-uno-is-a-compact-streaming-amplifier/You get what you pay for ..... | |
| CD player suggestions under $700 At that price point strata, its a just a “pick one of ‘em ...” exercise. | |
| Kimber Kable 4TC vs Morrow SP3 Keep the KIMBERs.... they work for you and you already have a like brand synergy with your ICs,Especially at that very modest price point for your new targets, I highly doubt that they will serve to be an improvement . And especially on a blind pu... | |
| Arcam sr250 vs denon avr 7200wa CAVEAT EMPTORhttps://www.avsforum.com/threads/denon-7200wa-flagship-really.2427482/https://www.avforums.com/threads/denon-avr-x7200wa-problem.2150642/ | |
| Speakers The single most critical component Nope .... I disagree. Intuitively, speakers matter , BUT, and its a BIG “BUT” ..... the speakers are no more important than the rest of your system components.In brief: Let’s talk about your upstream electronics. There is a well-travelled and time... |