artemus_5
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| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear I had or heard the vintage before it was vintage. Some sounded good. Some was ehh, well. Some wasnt that good. I never heard Pioneer setup I could stand for more than 5-10 minutes. Denon was clean but all midrange. I had/still have a Harmon Kard... | |
| When I listen to my system....... @8th-note Good analogy and one I often use. @ozzy62 + 1 more. @ OP There is much information on our recordings, and generally, many of these recordings are just so so with the fidelity. I've often heard about the bad recordings. and how t... | |
| Do you Know a Trusted Seller of Chinese Vacuum Tubes? I had a Shuguang KT-88T Nature series blow and take out a power supply. The tube had just gotten broken in. Sure, I suppose it can happen with any tube. But the Nature series was a top tier tube. I've had tubes blow before but never take out a pow... | |
| Aliexpress Marketplace practices, be for warned. It's all for the cause Comrade SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Jack Ma, the head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China's best-known capitalist, is a Communist Party member, the official Party newspaper said on Monday, debunking a public a... | |
| Hearing aid question I got hearing aids about 1 yr ago. Since I'm retired, my health Insurance has a deal with Tru-Hearing. The audiologist works in an ENT dr's office, and the hearing aids offered are made by Signia. My hearing loss is in the same range as yours OP. ... | |
| Great song by the Clash Indeed, there is some very good music out there. Some is from duos who are not well known like this one | |
| RIP Doug Ingle Metamorphosis is their best album. Highly recommended | |
| Listening Room The room simply cannot accommodate a chair in the center or, most likely, your wife and/or significant other will not allow you to place a chair where it's supposed to be when listening WHAT??? "wife and/or significant other will not allow you"... | |
| ADD or Audiophile? I've noticed this when I listen to digital. I blame it on convenience. It makes us less involved because we don't have to be involved. I've never noticed this with my vinyl system.Then too, my vinyl system cost about 5x the digital so it should s... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama As usual, @atmasphere has some very viable points. Also consider lively debates between those who believe their ears and those who believe the measurements and how it aligns with the fact that Tekton questioned their measurements. That's just no... | |
| Ken Fritz stereo system auction is live... WoW! Reading the Washington Post article is quite sad. But the video was a good balance. He lost his family over this. Yet he still seems happy on the video. I'm glad for him if it is real happiness and not put on for the camera. He seems like a g... | |
| Going Tubing Like you I had a tube phono pre and wanted to find out what all the fuss was about. so I ordered a Bob Latino ST-70 Dynaco clone. I was shocked at how good it sounded. So It replaced a high $$$ SS amp. I have stepped up to 65 wpc now. My speakers ... | |
| Qualities Of An End-game System For non-audiophiles an end game system is what they now have until it quits working. For audiophiles, an end game system is mostly elusive. We always need a little more or something else. satisfaction is fleeting for many, if not, most | |
| Speakers, speaker cables or I’m getting old… My experiece has been that s the system gets better, the louder I can go without the harshness. This includes speaker cables, IC, and AC cables. A system is no better than its weakest link. Everything has impact IMO. Another plus is that recording... | |
| CANNOT POST LINKS !!!!! Who Else _________________?????????? Maybe I am jumping to a Conclusion, but the Gon Forum at present is seemingly overcontrolling and becoming an unattractive place to attend as a Forum Contributor. This is the reason I left Audiogon for a year. The last straw for me was to get 6... |