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| $35K to spend, how will you build a system? Tape?Crime scene or Quarantine? Oh, but for the days of Wow… and oh yeah, flutter.Whatever happened to the $1K Nakamici Dragon? Neatest looking deck ever.I had the first auto reverse cassette deck Akai put out. It actually flipped the tape over ... | |
| Review: Thor Audio TA 1000 MK II Tube preamp looking at the knobs on the front. the AT tubes insert on the left hand side. the aX go into the ones on the right hand side.put vol to zero. insert tubes. energize. watch to see all four tubes begin to glow.naturally, make all connections to have... | |
| Same song different artist. Which ones do you love? LP Dylan, Prine, McCartney, Lennon, Cash, and a few named herein are too easy. All were or are prolific and insanely artistic geniuses. Blues have always had an effect of a different kind on me and I admire those now well revered and respected pathf... | |
| Sonic qualities of SET output tubes? kdude66 > Bob Crites Cornscala.These are available as a kit or fully built for about 2kblindjim > many thanks. I think I read about these particular speakers. Iowa? The LP at A 15ft LP might be an issue going forward, right now it certainly ... | |
| Sonic qualities of SET output tubes? Atmosphere > I think you will find if others respond, that horns and triodes are quite capable of bringing home the bacon!Swampwalker > horns and triodes are quite capable of bringing home the bacon!Grannyring > I heard the same set u... | |
| Shotgun with different cables Why don’t we hear about the positive results from the use of two different and separate spkr cables from amp to speakers more often?I’ve used commercial & industrial monofiliament and multi stranded. Varying AWG. Vampire. Monster. Telephone ca... | |
| Deciphering Shunyata chronological history for upgrade paths nice to know.were any comparisions made to previous itterations? | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300 Unchained is it possible for you to input your comparisons to other similar Integrated amps on the market today? or, can you say anything about the Gryphon dedicated amp and its sound vs the 300?I know the big 150 wpc stereo amp is a lot more money, but voi... | |
| Sonic qualities of SET output tubes? Johnk > “… much of SET differences comes down to the overall build quality and design of the amplifiers. “….synergy exists between SET or other lower power amps and horns. I do think that many running horns are doing the horn equivalent of dipp... | |
| 2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy I agree one should or must know their system well and know what they are trying to improve upon, or simply alter.I followed some advice here long ago and began with Power cords. Sure, I bought some quite popular ICs and spkr wires too, but sure as... | |
| Which online HD and DSD web sellers are your fav joints for buying high res music? Czarivey > the only site that can fulfill my choice desire is spotify. other sites are very very limited.Blindjim > thanks much Z. I’ve noticed the selection is indeed growing, if from no other resources than gear reviewers pointing to vari... | |
| How much does DAC ‘Reality’ cost in 2017? @DavidToo kind. Thanks.It never hurts to be kind. It costs absolutely nothing. I don't believe brevity is a fashionable or even useful way of life. Obviously. to that end. one might as well fully engage what is going on.and at least attempt to con... | |
| $35K to spend, how will you build a system? jmcgrogan2 > Integrateds are popular in the USA tooblindjim > hey John, you are correct sir. What we see depends mainly on what we look for. John Lubbock –Since the 60s & 70s I’ve always seen INTs as purely a shortcut and not the best p... | |
| Which personal confuser for ultra high end audio, MAC, PC, notebook, tablet or desktop? certainly there is the Schiit Audio Yggdrasil DAC if one only needs PCM support.is there a DAC that supports all of the current popular audio formats without conversion that could be an option here that excells in SQ too? | |
| $35K to spend, how will you build a system? 4425 > I'd buy used and start with a Dartzeel CTH 8550 integrated ampBlindjim > thanks much 4425 !! those are terrific ideas. I’ve never heard the Dartzeel gear but have read some articles on them and they are very well received by anyone w... |