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| Tubes Do It -- Transistors Don't. Thank you all for your comments. Even though we disagree, lots of smart people with measured responses. Isn't that nice? You know, not so, er, "unilateral".twl, thank you for pointing out the inherent flaws in relying completely on empiric evidenc... | |
| Tubes Do It -- Transistors Don't. Convenience, cost, etc. are valid reasons for choosing anything over something else - I do it all the time myself -but have no validity when discusing absolute quality, or rather, the closest to absolute than we can presently percieve and/or repli... | |
| Is a offer of -20 percent on an OBO ad insulting? 20% off is not insulting, but depending on the circumstances it could be naive - which, of course, doesn't warrant a smack. With that said, last week I put up for sale a very hot item NIB OBO at what would be market price for used ($700). Even giv... | |
| Would you cancel 3,250 deal cause 16 short? Nope, wrong guy. Geez, how many irascible-cable-loving-German-Ph.d's are there out roaming the audiogon countryside? Do a probability analysis on that one... | |
| Would you cancel 3,250 deal cause 16 short? Mtyoussif, just curious. About 1 yr ago sold an expensive IC - good stuff - to a "Ph.d. in Germany" and then, about three months ago, the guy starts jammimg me in a thread, even though we'd gotten along fine. I think he'd gotten into the newest fl... | |
| Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables? Nordost sounds good in a wide variety of systems, so saying that its all relative and that only "in your system" answers are valid, is itself inaccurate.Nordost tends to make a strong effect on the listener immediately - mostly because mechanical ... | |
| Component video cable? Just saw someone mention Harmonic's component cable. I'm a HT neophyte, but had an opportunity to pick up the Harmonic a couple of years ago and did for my Mits Diamond/DVD setup. I have no idea if its good or not. How does it stack up, if you know? | |
| What is "critical listening"? Detlof! Head down, I can feel them rising over the hill!!Pbb, are you laughing yet......? | |
| What is "critical listening"? Do both: listen "critically" at first, using my thinking mind to identify incongruities in how stereo sounds like sound I hear everyday, then, let go of "critical", analytic faculty and perceive musical meaning from deeper symmetry where desire to... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks, Patrick, just trying to stir the pot now and then, hoping someone is listening, or perhaps considers something different. I am not a writer for Playboy, which would be a great gig, but did do my graduate work on the evolution of nation-sta... | |
| 300B king of tubes? Get a matched pair of WE new production 300B's at @ $450-495 NIB off ebay or here. The KR's are Nordost-like sterile in harmonics in upper mids, disproportionately load energy at the transient, and have a more void-like space around players. The W... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Its not a revolution, just capitalism operating as it should. Other manufacturers hate a guy like Mick because he doesn't play the game of making everyone think that we should actually thank the manufacturers for the astronomical prices. They've g... | |
| Stereophile "confirms" Moncrieff's SACD comments ? ANAlog, Analog, analog....Luke Skywalker, go with the force, force, force... | |
| Anyone tried Kharma cable,suppose to be the best ? I don't find any of the posts above inappropriate, but do understand that we have seen these guys go at it before, so there may be a greater context to some of the observations above. I find it fun to watch myself.Mikelavigne, I don't believe opin... | |
| Sony DVP900ES compatability Here's a story: dealer says that a couple of months after I bought my set in Feb 99 Mits came out with new model with 480 - mine doesn't have it. Morever, mine is actually an '98 model that Mits sold into '99. Mits didn't think 480 would catch on ... |