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| Curious .. What is the compared price of your tt vs spkrs Darkstar1, I agree completely with the chain is as strong as its weakest link philosophy, and I’ve stated exactly that in a number of past threads. And I am in essential agreement with everything else in your post.What I was disagreeing with is th... | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? One of the brands I am considering is sealed, and the cable it comes with connects directly to my Horning speaker posts. Then, I read on another brand’s website that this is an inferior design flaw. So, another can-of-worms that can be opened up. ... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC I have eclectic musical tastes that include jazz, classical, rock, world music, and even ... broadway! One of my favorite Broadway albums, featuring many of the all-time classic songs, performed by a great operatic singer:www.amazon.com/Love-Jul... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC What will be the first thing I play on it? Now that is a thread we should work on. What is the first song you play on your new stereo? If classical music is of interest, try Dvorak's "New World Symphony," Jascha Horenstein conducting the Royal... | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? It seems to me that the answer may depend on where you would want to place the sub(s), which in turn may depend on how much of the bass region you want to augment. And given that all of the woofers in your speakers apparently fire mainly toward th... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Rinpoche 6-8-2016 12:10pm EDTBut, from some of the advice I am getting here, it sounds like ’starting over’ from scratch is perhaps preferable. Not at all, IMO. And I strongly second both of the very well said posts Charles has provided today.Onhw... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Some PC w/o shrink sleeves on plugs/IEC and thin threads like NordOst Valhalla can be tested, simply swap the ends. I may try that on my remaining Valhallas. Although if that is done and a difference is heard, it by no means proves that directiona... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Jafreeman, I couldn’t find a schematic for your Ref 210 monoblocks, but given that it is a fully balanced ARC design that does not provide an RCA input, I suspect that in respects that are relevant to connection of a REL sub it is similar to the R... | |
| Curious .. What is the compared price of your tt vs spkrs Is there an implied suggestion that price automatically denotes sound quality? Bdp24, no, certainly not on my part. And I should probably not have included the words "and therefore expensive" in the excerpt of the statement that I quoted from the ... | |
| Curious .. What is the compared price of your tt vs spkrs Count me as one who doesn’t subscribe to the Linn philosophy. I still believe the speakers should be the most important and therefore expensive component. +1. The self-serving Linn philosophy, that the turntable is the most important part of an an... | |
| Herron VTPH-2 Hi Lew,As someone who is also desirous of having an understanding of the "why" of things, I believe I can identify precisely the technical factor that is responsible for the excellence of the VTPH-2, that sets it apart from the competition: It wa... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? I think Geoff was pointing out how out of hand high end has become. Having had a great many interchanges with Geoff in these forums, no, I don’t think that was his point.Notwithstanding the $20 system he mentioned earlier in the thread that he cur... | |
| For Old Timers who experienced the "Golden Age" of Audio of the 60s and 70s. Bifwynne 6-4-2016 5:47pm EDTAl, ... how much stock do you place on some of the high-tech materials used in better speakers such as neodymium magnets, lightweight and stiff cone materials (e.g., beryllium domes, graphene, and so forth). Hi Bruce... | |
| For Old Timers who experienced the "Golden Age" of Audio of the 60s and 70s. Hi Bruce (Bifwynne),As I indicated, Western Electric speaker drivers from the 1930s, and to a somewhat lesser extent Tannoy speaker drivers from the subsequent several decades, often go for tens of thousands of dollars these days. I believe it is ... | |
| For Old Timers who experienced the "Golden Age" of Audio of the 60s and 70s. Assertions of the superiority of contemporary equipment vs. vintage equipment, such as have been made in some of the posts above and in many past threads on this kind of topic, often tend to be based on what IMO is an unfair and flawed comparison.... |