boxcarman
Responses from boxcarman
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo Your list should be full now. All good. I will suggest Earl Klugh and Bob James "Cool". | |
| Food: what does the typical audiophile eat? Sounds like a crock. Check your last blood test to see if you are low on something. Or high, haha. | |
| So, a reviewer just said something I need to talk about. Wow, this a true thinkpiece. Of course the musicianship is important, along with the musician's emotion traveling through the instrument, recorded excellently with precision gear and reproduced by your Hi-Fi. Everything is important. | |
| Selling, donating or giving away a good pair of vintage speakers If you can afford Magico's, you should give them away. Most of my friends don't have anything that good and would love them. One uses a Bose TV soundbar, etc. | |
| Quandary Remember this guy is a salesman. He gets paid for selling things. Take that $300 and go to an audio show, get a nice hotel room and go out for a nice dinner. That's something you won't regret. | |
| Sometimes you just get lucky Excepting records that I had an emotional attachment to, I sold most of them at a garage sale for $1 each back in the 90's. Of course I regretted it soon after. But my brother is in another class altogether. Had a Garrard TT, tube amp and Kef ... | |
| How much should I expect with a warranty issue from a large retailer/distributor? That is typical of most retailers online or otherwise. You could just use the RCA's or send it back on your nickel. Your choice. | |
| SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ? @larsman.... Yes, but I do not remember the Nyquil. Some other substance, perhaps. | |
| SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ? Play Black Sabbath at 78rpm. See what happens. | |
| Time heals all wounds? A person's marital partner can also be this way. Most of the time they play well, other days, well..... | |
| Help me identify speakers - AR90s? Value and replacement cost? You never know how much you can get for such old stuff. For those speakers, I would say not much. Looks like too much work to restore unless you are into that sort of thing. | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? @bhvf, I agree. MF probably doesn't have quite the articulation that higher priced DACs have but it is smooth and non fatigue-ing. I upgraded to the Nu-vista CD with digital hub last year. | |
| ADD or Audiophile? Every week I try some of the new music coming out at Qobuz even though I know hardly any of these artists. Most of the time I am bored after 2 or 3 songs and move on. Once in a while I find something I like, which makes it worthwhile. For those... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords I can only tell you my history with powerlines and cables. When I started on my journey of improving it, I had a dedicated 20A line installed by a pro. Not a great upgrade by itself, so I bought new powercords for all electronics which were hig... | |
| Static on turntable Dry air will do it. Checking the humidity is your first step. Second question is when you pull the record out of the sleeve, does it snap electricity? |