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| Who has the Sickness, the Phile or the Non-phile? I'm an almost-exclusively-classical-music listener. Even if I knew any other audiophiles or audiophile clubs, their various musical tastes would undoubtedly send me reeling out of the room in disgust. I've learned long ago that whatever you migh... | |
| The "audiophile gear" I REALLY need is a damn house. If your headphones are loud enough to disturb the neighbors...you're going to make yourself deaf. | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... The orchestra is in a huge shell-shaped proscenium. Some years ago, an array of glass reflectors were suspended at the very top of this shell to improve the balance of sound for the audience and to help the musicians hear each other. I can atte... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... At Symphony Center in Chicago there is a semicircular "terrace" above and behind the orchestra, where the chorus sits when it is required. Listening from that vantage point is a unique experience. I describe it as like having an aural X-ray of t... | |
| My Impossible hum issue. I had a Revox linear tracking TT with a persistent hum issue. Because of very limited space in which to relocate it, I got this item on Amazon: Electriduct 1/2" Tinned Copper Metal Braid Sleeving Flexible EMI RFI Shielding Wire Mesh (0.32" Di... | |
| Scam Alert I got one today from a mister "pratha kof" stating that I'd bought $387.87 in Bitcoin through PayPal, and to call a certain phone number if I wanted to cancel it. No such transaction appeared in my PayPal account....a total scam. Variations of t... | |
| No Insurance with FEDEX as of 11/01 Fedex has gone way down in my estimation lately. I recently bought a Focal Utopia headphone (used, but still ridiculously expensive). THAT was the package they decided to lose for me. Signed-for by somebody who was not me, and delivered to my a... | |
| Ever Been Too High? I've almost always used an equalizer of some sort - preferably digital these days - to fine-tune any system I've used over the years. I've never really understood why it seems to be anathema to so many audiophiles. There are so damned many varia... | |
| thought on eBay? It's always a bit of a risk. I've had great luck at eBay buying used upscale headphones...Focal Utopia, Audeze LCD3, Hifiman HE1000 V2...all in superb condition, but never dirt cheap. My worst experience was buying a Revox turntable that was des... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music I really would consider subscribing to a service like Primephonic. If you truly have no idea what to get, it would be a great way of exploring music of various composers, styles, and historical eras. Once you Identify something you like, you can... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (a sound that is slowly disappearing from the world), and the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (a sound that has long since disappeared from the world). We won't hear their like again. Ditto for the old Soviet-era R... |