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| HiFi vs MidFi Funny I just think of it as stereo.Musicality to me is the key.I wish I could do it for less money, but sometimes ya just gotta feedthe monkey.Regards,barts | |
| How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components? It all matters...if you did a mashup of all the above posts you would find that "it all matters". Assigning percentages to components is a fool's errand, you may like to think about it in those terms, but you'll never match it as you move forward... | |
| Why are there no tube televisions anymore? My dad would take several tubes out of the TV when us kids were "bad".Funny that it made me angry/sad back then. Now I couldn't care less about TV.Was visiting my son in Denver last week, he had very recently purchased a Sony 85 incher. Have no ... | |
| Help! I Need An Amp Purchase Option Other Than PayPal +1 builder3My son recently sold his Lotus out of state and he usedwww.escro.com and it went off as smooth as silk. You can set up the deal anyway you and the seller agree to.Good luck.Regards,barts | |
| Then there were 2 I am totally in the ARC groove...have seven of their pieces. It's a long strange journey but (not for nothing as they say) I have had my mid-range amp used to power a mastering system playback and it stood up remarkable well against custom Levins... | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k I'll take you at your word that travel is out of the question.So,If you bought this SOTA Swiss front end new, then what does the dealer recommend? What are his other customers using?If you bought it used what speakers were employed in that system... | |
| Referent point " Talking horns with my tech geek, he also has issues with Klipsche."Prolly hasnt read enuf Neatsche.Regards,bartsPull into the nearest siding, the train is off the tracks... | |
| Cable co. is forcing me to rent or buy what they call a +1 curiousjimI would smash the friggin' TV if given half a chance. But, the net result would be pain and anguish and even more dollars for a bigger TV as if 75" isn't enough. My son has an 85" and my daughter has no TV at all, go figure. Food c... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics "Tweakin' at the Tweaker's Ball", with sincere apologies to Zappa.Cables of any type do not account for 50% of your hearing. With the caveat that you're not using 22g landline telephone as speaker wire.Everything does make a difference...its up t... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear I simply wonder how many layers this onion has, I've been reading for 50 years that this piece or that piece "peeled back another layer" or "lifted a veil". How many veils are there anyway? I've heard of seven but it has never been my pleasure to ... | |
| Amp craftmanship/Quality When I switched the original Sovtec tubes in the ARC pre for Golden Lions the change was way more and better than expected from the very first note. No issues in 25 years. Regards,barts | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different The other side of the coin which I find almost completely nutz is when Paul McGowan states that he heard an amazing difference in the sound of PS Audio's reference system by changing the POWER CORDS thatare feeding the Power Plant 20 regenerators ... | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different I happen to be friendly with Scott Hull owner/chief engineer of https://masterdisk.com/He states unequivocally that cables sound different. I have sat in the "master's chair" and listened to the system you see in the link above (page down a bit).... | |
| Critical listening and altered states In bumbling feeble attempt to answer the original question...For true critical listening I believe that completely sober is the way to go.Ok, now that we got that out of the way, I also believe that a little buzz can add enjoyment to the experienc... | |
| older CD transport vs newer ones. There is something about this that I don't understand. First off, no one has asked about where the "streaming" is coming from. I believe the OP when he says that the CD transport sounds better, it is after all his system. I don't have a dcs, bu... |