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| Less expensive alternatives to Klipsch Heritage Cornwall IV? Cornwall 4 B Stock I bought my Cornwall 4's as ("B Stock") on Ebay, link above. Could not figure out why they were labelled as such until I discovered months later that the plinth was slightly out of square. No biggie, | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers "I would say the higher resolution, less noise, better transient response system is, the less power is needed." Exactly the thought process I used to go through when looking for a mate. Wooing a sound system is very like wooing a mate with all th... | |
| Like finding things? Leanne Morgan Digs Heart I can't think about the band Heart without summoning stand-up comedian Leanne Morgan's bit about going to see them and Joan Jett in concert recently. Starts at about the 6:30 mark in the video. | |
| Tube change. My Primaluna EVO 400 tube power amp runs A-matched Sophia Electric EL34's. These have always been very solid performing tubes. Since the Primaluna can also run KT88's, I have been pondering buying those too. | |
| The Accidental Tweak There is a Dutch Youtuber/equipment reviewer (Headquarter Audio) who makes and sells the Qstab CD Clamp, and who goes through every newly arriving component with a wrench to probe for over tightened fittings. He is especially adamant about "takin... | |
| The Accidental Tweak My system sounds better with the covers off - the bed covers. If you can't let it all hang out, then the music suffers. | |
| Aging ears and Nuances I believe all of you. However, one sign of agedness among some of the faithful gathered hereabouts manifests in our tendency to repeatedly hash over old arguments like a bunch of old duffers sitting around the pickle barrel in the general store. W... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? Oh, whoops. The Holo May is a lot more than $1500.00. | |
| What A Drag It Is Getting Old Cat Ballou Speaks | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? Jay's Audio CDT3 MK3 Transport Holo May KTE DAC Primaluna EVO 400 Pre Audion AGD Mk3 Monoblocs Most components bought close together in time. Pretty sublime but the whole shebang required a long break-in. | |
| Klipsch Mod You can damp the tweeter and mid with bits of black gorilla tape stuck to the outside of the wave guides. It doesn’t take much, and you wont be mucking around with repeatedly removing the front panel to make adjustments. The black tape is pretty m... | |
| Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs My experience has been that downloading from Quobuz the music from various things I have as CD tends to guarantee a better master than some original CD's in my collection. This downloaded material is then recorded to CD on my computer for playback... | |
| Attention Horn Owners I suspect the main advantage of so called "Western Electric" wire is that is has had a very long and rigorous break-in doing its duty in various industrial or semi-industrial settings for long stretches of time. Ebay 10 gauge Western Electric | |
| Is AI going to kill Hifi? Ultimately AI data center energy demand and projected EV charging demand is going to force more nuke plants to be built especially so if our overlords keep closing coal and natural gas plants. Wind and solar will contribute a pittance. There is re... | |
| Are you hearing the instruments or the music? Mutually inclusive. |