audioguy85
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| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? Honestly what are we comparing the bass to? And whats to say tight bass is not artificial, and flabby bass for that matter. Most live events use a pa system so u can hear them, other than a totally acoustic event at a small indoor venue if the mu... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier Your doing yourself a disservice not at least buying and testing out the music hall I recommended. How can you lose? If you think it sucks, it can be sold on ebay. Lousy 400 bucks....heck of a lot better than spending 10k....just because it’s a wh... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? Yup! Done....not that I want to be done, because I can no longer afford to do so. What I got is what I got, and I'm ok with that. You can certaiy spiral out of control if not careful. Got myself in a situation with the plastic. No more.... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier I bought a music hall ph 25.2 hybrid headphone/preamp on a whim. I’ll tell you what, the thing sounds freaking awesome! Picked it up on sale for 399...if you want to hear that bloom, this thing has it in spades, I’m shocked at how good it sounds. ... | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? Audioquest’s thunder cable improved my sound. Use it on the integrated. Seems background more quiet, better dynamics. Idk, Maybe I’m imagining it. I also swear by cableworld’s Electra 7 on a preamp. Using audioquest’s Niagara 1200 pwr cond and Edi... | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? They can bury me with my tannoys.... | |
| Recommendation for phono stage Music hall A3 tubed phono stage for far less than your 5k budget. It sounds great. Use an SUT with it. The adagio by Tavish is another for around $2300. I have their Tavish classic and it’s a very nice phono stage..spend what you save on records. | |
| The Insane World of High End Audio! Is it All a Scam? The OCD MIKEY GUY IS ANNOYONG as all heck. Looks down on All kinds of quality gear, such as marantz, Macintosh, Yamaha, etc...only raves about the boutique crap he sells, and Noone ever heard of, of which costs crazy amounts of dough. Loves to plu... | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Ken McCullough of stereophile can help you there. He has lots of videos on the youtube. | |
| Preamplifier options - seeking help to determine which one elliottbnewcombjr "I’m not dragging a round rock thru my grooves." It’s been a popular cartridge for over a half decade, with good reason. The denon 103 sounds fantastic if properly used with a SUT. The late Art Dudley had a fondness for spheri... | |
| Preamplifier options - seeking help to determine which one I’ve gone the passive route, Tisbury audio passive preamp, made in UK. I’m also using a smsl cd player with its own volume control, as well as the music hall ph 25.2 hybrid/tube headphone/preamp (own volume control), and the music hall A3 tubed ph... | |
| Specific SUT with unusual case scenario question from a LOMC N00b I’ve had a Jensen SUT for several years now, used with my Hana and denon 103. Sounds great to me. Made in USA. | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound Treasury of sound budget arm of decca/London sound pretty good. Rca Living stereo white dog/shaded dog, some sound good. Mercury living presence, again some sound good. Angel/emi, DG, Philips, turnabout, are a few more. It's a crap shoot really. D... | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype Still liking my border patrol dac. I have others, including the v90 dac and several smsl dacs. I like them all. | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? Currently, as an experiment, I’ve been using a music hall 25.2 hybrid headphone amp/pre with two NAD 268 amps that are bridged (300 watts/channel). I think it sounds fantastic. It did not cost me a ton of dough, as I got deals on them. I am partia... |