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| Job amps: Suck? ...... after all his name is ‘MADavid’.... at least he tells you up front.... | |
| DACs with a budget of $800 @KalaliYes, the little budget pre has served me well and I agree with you about tonal balance. However, I think that my room presents some problems with the speakers I use most (Spatial Hologram). My room its 12 ft x 19 feet and my front wall is t... | |
| DACs with a budget of $800 @Soix .. Apologies.. a misstep on my part: i do do not get my Blue Circle preamp until next week. Currently I am using an NAD 165C Bee. I know I may experience big changes, and maybe the ones I am looking for... but keep the recommendations comin... | |
| Spatial vs Pure Audio Project Disclaimer: I own M3-Turbo S.... I bought these a couple of years ago and have them in regular rotation with Green Mountain Audio Continuum 1's, Maggie MMG/1.5 qr's, and Gallo 3.1's. Arguments regarding traditional boxes vs open baffles aside, I t... | |
| Cerebral versus Visceral? Experienced this yesterday when comparing the B&W 702-S2 with the middle range Sonus Fabers.. The B&W's made me really cogitate on what I might like about them, while the Sonus Fabers gave me goose bumps and I stopped being so analytical..... | |
| How many of us really suffer from AUDIOPHILIA NERVOSA It could be classified as the following diagnostic code: 300.29--- Specific Phobia with the specifier that the phobic stimulus is "less than perfect sound quality". | |
| How To Field Questions About Your Audiophile Lifestyle... I tell them I bought my open baffles on a payment plan and the rest of the cabinets will be delivered with just three more monthly installments of $19.99. | |
| Golden ear Technology reference I heard them at a dealer when Sandy Gross came to explain his design philosophy and provide a demo. I must agree that top to bottom balance was wonderful, but to my ears there just wasn't enough "there" there. I was also underwhelmed by Mr. Gross... | |
| Missing the forest for the trees Recently I have endured a 9 week ordeal with severe ear infection. During this time tubes were placed in both ear drums. As such, For the past 7 weeks, frequencies under about 300hz have been about 20 db down, tinnitus has been so loud I can't sle... | |
| Are We Different? @falconquest .. For myself playing music started as a mathematical puzzle to be conquered.. Only with muscle memory and thousands of of hours of listening did it start to become "creative"... but, when a moment of creativity does show its head, it... | |
| Are We Different? @nonoise is it particular sounds as in timbres, certain instruments, frequencies?? For me its a groove, a feel, or when someone absolutely nails a lick, when a band hits an ending so tight together you would swear it was contrived, a beautiful me... | |
| Zeta Tonearm Troubles BDP24, Thanks for the direction... Much appreciated. | |
| Michell Engineering TT users; Orbe or Gyro why Excellent over all of the rest? Just bought one on the (very) used market. Once its set up and running I'll let you know. I bought mine on reviews over the ages, and the fact that it is a really neat piece of audio jewelry. Regards | |
| Old Gyrodec and some issues.. Analog Gurus Please chime in!! I tend to agree that cables/wires do have their own sonic attributes/signatures. However, I am also not a deep pocketed music fan, and think that with uber expensive wire you tend to have a diminishing rate of return as the price gets higher. If m... | |
| Old Gyrodec and some issues.. Analog Gurus Please chime in!! @dover I looked around the interwebs and you appear to be correct. I was confused as the Vinylengine listing for this was .26 MV, but I didn't look closely enough as the listing was actually for the Virtuoso "A" not "B". Good catch!!Any recommend... |