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| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles @knotscott @dekay 1974 August RFK Stadium. The sound of that system was amazing, some others have come close but none have surpassed it. Very interesting backstory on its creation (Owsley Stanley). Damn...That was FIFTY years ago! Regards, ... | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List @thecarpathian I find the easiest way to llok up proper spilling is to open Google and type the word as best I can. Nearly 100% of the time I will find it (with the proper accent marks), then copy/paste My spelling ability was once vast...now ... | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? @mihorn Nice that you proclaim yourself and @magister as the only two persons here with "fully satisfactory audio system". Obviously you couldn't be more wrong...you could at least make it three and include me! Sheesh talk about being misgui... | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? +1 @ivan_nosnibor "Mostly, I think that’s all this endeavor really is, a game of mistakes." And I might add great joy! Regards, barts | |
| How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music? Tried out Nine Inch Nails yesterday. Felt like I was being screamed at by an alien being. Went through 10 tracks at about 12 seconds each, that was plenty for the rest of my life. No I don't get it. Regards, barts | |
| Starting my showroom again @nashvillehifi Take @grislybutter up on his offer......... Btw I could analyze the demographics, age, education, income, etc. if you told us what town it is, that's part of my day job Regards, barts | |
| The Disappearing Act I was recently visiting my son and he has a 3D gaming headset and games. After much adjustment (old eyes) it was completely enthralling. OMG a whole new world. The downside is when you take the headset off your whole world collapses into the ro... | |
| Doozy of an amp question The REF10 will pair very nicely with PASS Labs amps. My mono blocs never make it out of Class A operation. Regards, barts | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued When in the mood for hard rock I always start with: Trower - Bridge of Sighs Regards, barts | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! +1 @lubachl As any good Tralfamadorian would say "The universe exists as a random and senseless place." Regards, barts | |
| a resonance in my left ear I find it interesting that different DACs cause your hearing issue to be better or worse. Have any analog equipment to try as the source? You only mentioned digital. Does this happen on any system you listen to? Hope you find an answer. Regar... | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? I'm thinking after the dust gets blown off the only things left are your ear/brain adjusting. Regards, barts Still I would let them play for a day or two continuously to satisfy your curiosity and let that "static in the attic" go. | |
| Physical degradation of CD's @ibmjunkman Too bad this unit runs on 100v...I'd snatch one up and put it in the box! Regards, barts | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? I've always thought this was a term that only made sense to the person who coined it. The only explanation I can personally come up with is the timing part which I would attribute to a lack of phase coherence among drivers in a single cabinet. ... | |
| Oh my goodness! @immatthewj My father loved to tell this joke: Two grave diggers had to dig a huge burial plot for the funeral coming today. The procession arrives along with a crane and a flatbed truck. The crane promptly lifts a brand new Cadillac (with th... |