albertporter
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| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? Boa2,"A dollar fifty a foot, don't waste your money on anything more expensive." I'm guessing you would have tossed HIM out of the room. :-)HEY MAN, that's what I use on my Mac computer and my audio buds throw me out of the room ! I get really goo... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? What's all this discussion about McIntosh? The latest models are capable of running both OS X and Windows XP, so what's not to like?Why are you guys talking about driving speakers with a McIntosh? Even my "workhorse" tower Mac (forget the laptop) ... | |
| Best POP audiophile recording/album... Albert, I am jealous, you found Goldfrapp on LP? Did you get it straight from UK? I have trolled Ebay for a while and never seen one available. Yes, I own all three Goldfrapp LP's, British pressings, try Amazon UK. The last time I visited the site... | |
| Best POP audiophile recording/album... Jennie Warnes, "Famous Blue Raincoat" is tough to beat. These listed below are great sonically (on my system) and are excellent music.Eels, "Electro Shock Blues"Eels, "Beautiful Freak"Janis Ian, "Breaking Silence"Stevie Ray Vaughn, "Couldn't Stand... | |
| Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen Drew,It had never been apparent to me before, but all the music coming out of the Vandersteen sounded "veiled." Before, I purchased my vandies, I read and heard all the criticisms regarding this "veiled" or "shrouded" sound. I never felt this was ... | |
| cryod tube vs non-cryod tube There seems to be pretty good evidence that cryo treating tubes change their sound. I've heard tubes that were improved and some that were absolutely made worse.Cryo treating new production tubes is not much risk money wise, but I would be hesitan... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? There are a number of things that were likely said at CES (and what in the world, exactly, was a consumer doing at CES, and why in the world was someone attempting to grasp sound quality at a trade show?!?)I assume that's directed at me since I am... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? Thank you Stiltskin.I'm not surprised that a quality rig like that responded positively to a high quality cable. Perhaps someday it will be considered "common knowledge" and all audiophiles will be vindicated for having heard the difference :^). I... | |
| In-wall speaker recommendations You and I came to the same conclusion. After much research I decided it had to be the B&W 7NT (Nautilus) in walls plus B&W install kits. I am extremely pleased with how it turned out, they are excellent, especially considering their size a... | |
| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. Raul, agree with you and others here. Good solid sharing of info on hooking up our phono cartridges.Gregadd; What you prefer Swiss cables over the Purist? Blasphemy!:-)I can't tell if your teasing me with the smiley face or wondering why I changed... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Grateful, your last name is not "Dead" is it? If yes, would you autograph some LP's for me? | |
| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. The Aesthetix Io phono stage has balanced (and RCA) input jacks so I rewired my Walker Proscenium with cryo treated XLR's in place of factory RCA's to take advantage. The result was a nice improvement. Even if a phono does not offer full balanced ... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? All of your opinions on phono stages are valid, I posted my comments because regardless of the phono stage chosen, cables play a big role in the total performance package and should not be ignored.Does anyone really think the Boulder phono would w... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? Sorry Pedrillo, Boulder is not at the top of any list except extremely expensive for "decent" performance. The owner / designer is the same person that told me in his room at CES that ALL cable and ALL power cords are BS, they make NO difference a... | |
| Looking for speaker owners in Dallas / Ft. Worth If your interested in Dali Megalines, Kharma Exquisite, Maggie 20.1, Vandersteen model 5 and other high end speakers send me an email. We have a nice audio group in Dallas and possible you would get along with us. |