barts
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| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? @texasblues1959 I suspect not of the pre-lubed variety. Regards, barts | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" My take on this ongoing separation of listening to the equipment or the music it produces...it's absolutely a ridiculous point. Anyone who has been playin' this game for decades knows that they both exist. And they should! If I change a piece ... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Bruce - 'nuff said. | |
| Disagreements and Conflicts between Audiophiles have we lost our brotherhood and maturity? Just as Alfred says to a questioning Batman: Some men just want to see the world burn. Regards, barts | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I am definitely done (cooked to crackly crunch) having completed an upgrade in '24. No need to go any farther down this road, the system sounds fabulous. Any "upgrade" could easily be a downgrade. It is really nice and warm and cuddly to be com... | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? @lewm I happened to be in a whimsical mood as I read this thread, which I found interesting. I've spoke with MF in the past, in fact he lives very close to me. I don't think he's a MF'er either. Regards, barts | |
| Buy or stay with? Stay in the family because you like them so much. Buy two CVs with the 15" woofers and a electronic external x-over plus a powerful 2 channel PA amp. Bypass the x-over in the cabinet and connect the 15s directly to the amp. Those things will br... | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? Precisely why his initials are MF. Regards, barts Did I just join the nasty posters club? | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... +1 @knotscott I took your question to mean building a system, so I would answer absolutely the speakers and the speakers........ With the room a close second. Regards, barts | |
| Does anyone experience sound improvement from restarting power off and on of DAC? +1 @audioman58 My BDA-3 dac and Roon Titan have been on since coming out of their boxes. They were powered off once for ~2 days due to a powerful storm and subsequent power outage. Noticeable difference in SQ upon power up. As stated above th... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? +1 on the premise that every piece of music has an appropriate (optimum) presentation level. Many responses are in the 80-90 or 70-80 ranges, so many of us play at the level that the song demands. I wouldn't want to listen to James Taylor at 95d... | |
| Upcoming Trip @bcool57 If you really just want to have a virtually silent flight use some 3M "yellow squishes with NC headphones. I do that to protect my hearing during shooting...called "double muffing". Works great with my wife's Bose NC 'phones when I'm f... | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? My Hartleys are 45 years old, sound great. I ripped the x-overs out and use a Marchand electronic x-over (and four Pass lab amps). They have butyl surrounds as well. They'll outlive me...big enough to bury me in one of them. Regards, barts | |
| Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead Monoblocs all the way baby. @tomic601 You are right about the vette/porsche analogy. | |
| Mixing XLR and RCA outputs when biamping? Using a Y will necessitate that you bi-wire (which for most systems is a waste of time and money in my opinion). Considering that the amps are just refurbished I personally think your best bet is to bridge both of them. Gives you plenty of headr... |