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| Cables for B&W Nautilus 802 I owned some 804Ns, cherry veneer, and felt they were superb in every way imaginable ... design appeal, construction, and sound. I never felt cheated by the bass, as some did, nor did they strike me as too forward. I used a small class-A Musical F... | |
| Review: Bose 201 Series V About 13-14 years ago I bought some Bose 10.01s or 10.02s or whatever, real teak veneer (not the laminate), 12" footprint, about 43" high ... omnidirectionals, of course, and thoroughly enjoyed them. The room was about 15'x27' and I could hear dis... | |
| How do you listen your system? Front, mid or back I like to integrate music into my greater life, so near-field makes no sense for me. My SuperAbbys literally fill the 14x22 room with music, which doesn't mean I'm causing the walls to pulsate, and this allows me the freedom to be anywhere in or n... | |
| Another sign SACD is dying I love SACD when the recording is superlative, but I'm totally tired of paying higher prices for product that too often just doesn't rise to the occasion. When it's right, SACD is totally inspiring. When it isn't, I grumble about paying premium do... | |
| A blood oath among Audiogonistas It might be better, and more effective, simply to vow never to read anything we don't like, even if we have to ignore something entirely without having read it first, ... just to prove blind allegiance to worthy causes. | |
| A tubes vs. Solid State question. Simply put, you've got to go with whatever it is that makes you happy, until self-doubt returns, at which point you begin the search anew. SS can sound fine, as can tubes, and sound can be different but not necessarily better. 40 years of SS and n... | |
| Cayin - a warning Dazzdax ... I moved to tubes this year and will NOT be going back to SS. I, too, used to buy the negative hype attached to tubed amps ... but experience has shown me just how wrong I was, and what I hear makes me wish I had switched long ago. | |
| Tyler Acoustic vs. Paradigm All kinds of great speakers out there, and Paradigm and Tyler are among them. It's not like questions of this sort can be reduced to this speaker over that speaker. It isn't that simple, of course. One thing you DO GET with Tyler Acoustics, howeve... | |
| CD players with variable output/volume control Great way to go ... shorter route ... I've used Wadia this way and now, too, with my Shanling SACD. I really like the Sbanling, and its playback with CDs seems every bit as good as with SACDs, maybe better. | |
| New scam on the internet???? Dtsag ... the ongoing advice remains ... still ... NEVER click open e-affixed links to sites ... even if familiar to you. Always type in the desire site location. That particular Paypal e-mail has been sent to me several times these past 12 months... | |
| Cain & cain abbey vs Zu Druid 213Cobra ... I haven't heard the Druids, but I do own SuperAbbys with one Bailey sub ... wanted the supertweeter to extend the range up to 20k and higher, and the same rationale for the sub. I've had plenty of speakers that would only hit 42 Hz or... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Kenblair ... with your favorite drink in hand and a TAB on your tongue, does the audio system actually have to be playing? | |
| ANTI-CABLES by Paul Speltz: Anyone Using Them? While I want to try the cables simply because they're so inexpensive, I'm also hesitant to spend even this small amount of money on something that simply doesn't seem like it could possibly be an "upgrade" to what I'm hearing now. In that sense, B... | |
| SACD vs xrcd Yes, I've heard/owned some XRCDs that have been wonderful, and I've got about 8 fantastic SACDs ... and perhaps 20-25 SACDs that I wish I had never purchased ... no discernible improvement over RedBks, though they cost much more. No way to know in... | |
| I fell victim to a scam I have to admit that I sell on AudioGon, but I have never purchased from individual sellers, rather only from AudioGon-listing retailers (eg, Quest for Sound, Audio-Video Logic, AudioWaves, Sophia Electric, and many others). My very real worry is ... |