bigtwin
Responses from bigtwin
| New vs uses in your current setup I find it a bit surprising, the concept of buying "all new". When buying higher end equipment, my assumption, and experience, is that it's going to last for decades. Why then, would anyone be concerned with a couple years of use? I'm getting 90... | |
| Outlet is "Open Ground" - Is There Still a Safe Way to Connect to My Audio Gear? This may be a silly question, but have you looked inside the outlet box to determine if there is a two wire + ground cable entering the box. Unless your house is very old, it would be surprising not to have a ground wire. Maybe it's there and no... | |
| Balanced Power Anyone? H Equi-=Tech builds a nice line of balanced power supply in the US https://equitech.com/ | |
| Best products and process to polish piano black KEF speakers @rayray57 go to imgpile.com and upload any picture. Then right click and copy image location. Click on the picture icon in the Audiongon post menu bar. Copy the image address into the url line. Picture will appear in your post. | |
| Best products and process to polish piano black KEF speakers @rayray57 In a previous life, I owned a motorcycle dealership. We were constantly needing to remove scratches from tanks and fenders. This is the only system we used, and it works. I could buff out a deep scratch on a black tank, and you could... | |
| Something to put a smile on your face As a big Ry Cooder fan, I loved this 1977 performance in England. Found on The Old Grey Whistle Test series. Anyone not familiar with that British TV show should look it up on YOUTube. Amazing the artists you will find there. This is just one ... | |
| What is your audio axiom? " buy lightly used and your money will go twice as far". | |
| Chair The Eames chair has been replicated over the past 60+ years for a reason? Add the right small cushion for lumbar support if needed? I've looked at the Stressless furniture in the past, but just can't justify the asking price. | |
| I own a Hegel H600 - how to upgrade? D50 dac maybe? @audiocanada Before spending 5K trying to improve the already pretty darn good DAC in the Hegel H600, I would strongly suggest in-home trials on anything you are considering. IMHO, the same money spent on subs and/or room treatments, will likely... | |
| Preamp question - Cary Clone The term "Clone" infers two products that are close to being identical. You should be calling it what it actually is. A knock off of the Cary product. A Rolex knock off will tell time, but that doesn't make it a Rolex. Generally in life, you ge... | |
| Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase? I would agree that cover art has played a role in my purchase decisions. Maybe on a subconscious level as the covers have always been a source of enjoyment. An obvious example would be Sgt. Peppers, and the polar opposite, The White Album. Ano... | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile Marijuana was the gateway product. 🤣 | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. The owner of an audio store once told me the price of speakers goes like this: $5000 is the cost to manufacture. $10,000 is the cost to the retailer, representing a 100% markup (50% margin) $20,000 is the retail MSRP. Again, a 100% markup (50%... | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? Like many people, I find myself stuck in a +/- 15 year time frame when it comes to rock music. That being, the music of my youth. Around 1965 - 1980. Lost interest about the time the big hair bands took over the scene. And for me, I can't list... | |
| Clone DarTZeel amps? 63K vs 2k. |