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| Crucial TUBE question @mulveling thanks for the kind kick in the pants. I should’ve known better. and @czarivey, thanks for that info too. I’ve since pulled the KT150s (cryo and matched for crying out loud!), and I will have to sell them or save up for a powerful enoug... | |
| The Audiophile Song - Who Can Relate? God, that’s a funny video/song! I did play it for my wife like a crazy fool thinking she’d get the joke since I’m not near as bad as the poor junkie in the video, but her response was predictable: “I can relate”, she said. Really? I mean, come ... | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable I have the entry OL Onyx which replaced an RB300 for my Rega P2 (Groovetracer modified all the way down). Everything was instantly more transparent and full bodied (if I can use that term). The downside was after a month of happy listening I began... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? @soix, ha, ha. I have to chuckle a bit because I’ve been guilty of nudging a couple of the guys to upgrade, if just a little. One of the guys actually went from Bose cubes to KLH 5’s! The only snag (to me), was he kept an AV receiver in the cha... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I belong to a small group of friends who get together once a month “for music night”. It all began at my home with my system, which, in this forum, is a tad beyond entry-level, but to all the others in the group, is extraordinary. Though I hav... | |
| The Horror @ghasley , thanks for having a look and the suggestions. You’re right, there’s been no plan, just swapping stuff-in/out and adding-in, based on pure feel or recommendations. Sitting down to create a real plan is the right way to start a long-te... | |
| The Horror I just updated my system page with some newer photos in order to get more feedback as to room treatment, etc. Thanks to everyone for the help. | |
| The Horror @soix that may be exactly what I’ll eventually end up trying, soix. In the meantime I think I’m going to start working on the room. Lots of good suggestions here about that. But thanks for the tip about the Boenicke W5s. I took a look and some... | |
| The Horror @erik_squires What’s “kited around”? While you’re composing your response here’s a definition for you: ”troll”: “A…troll is someone who intentionally tries to start arguments, hostility, or conflict in an online community by posting offensive o... | |
| The Horror @ghasley I’m all in. I want the sound. I don’t give a flying wallenda about the gear if it doesn’t produce the right sound. Later today I will post more up to date pictures of the gear and room to help you all help me get this right. Thanks so much! | |
| The Horror @mapman A recipe for sanity in this insane hobby. Thank you. And thank you to everybody for talking me off the ledge and helping me get through this reality check so that I can get back to the music. Even you, Eric. Thank you. | |
| The Horror @erik_squires Well, Eric, I certainly don’t know how else to measure the quality of sound except to hear whats in front of me. I sat down to listen to the speakers in the Gryphon room, the Vandersteen and the Boenicke rooms. I did not know th... | |
| The Horror @roxy54 You know, Roxy, I think you’re right, the non-audiophiles in my life were always astounded when they heard my system. That helped a lot to give me succor and the illusion that all was well. That, and the sweat work and money I put int... | |
| The Horror @erik_squires Geeze, dude, “troll”? Give me a f’ing break already. I could not have “ lost track of what a full-bodied system sounds like” since I’d never heard it until I was pummeled with it at The Show. That was the point of my post. Yo... | |
| The Horror @grislybutter Well said. It hit me hard, I can’t lie, the feeling of being so foolish as to believe my inexpensive panels could rival those monstrously engineered speakers and boxes that only the rich can patronize. Well, at least I know now. I’... |