brianh61
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| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama Just take a pair into the courtroom and measure them in front of the judge. They either can repeat the measurements and win, or fail to repeat and lose. | |
| Looking for integrated solid state amp for daily usage Luxman 505uxii | |
| CD player/transport with exposed tubes? The Sound Quest SQ-12 had a Modded version with tubes. I think the mods were by Granite. Steve Monte of Quest for Sound near me in Bristol PA builds some nice gear and speakers. | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles Pure Audio Projects are awesome. I was at a club gathering a few years ago where the guys from PAP, Hattor, and Lampizator were demoing their gear. I heard the Trio with the voxitiv field coils driven by a Lampi Integrated, not on the market, and ... | |
| Finally got a Luxman Poor Man here also with a 505UXII. Went from separates for convenience and ease of use for my wife and very happy. Drives a pair of Fyne Audio F502SPs with ease. The Phono is very good as well as the headphone section. Running my Rotel 1572 fully ... | |
| Floor to Bookshelf I agree with the Fyne suggestion and I would stay with one of the SP versions. The 500SP on Grisly's list are very nice. I have the 502SPs and they are awesome. | |
| Entry CD player question? I used a 1072 for many years and it is a great player. I only sold it to get the 1572. | |
| New blog post: Living with Focal Speakers Nice write up Erik. I only have an older pair from when they were called JM Labs, a pair of Tantal 509s and yes, the tweeter is very bright and sometimes fatiguing. They are in a 3rd system so no biggie. | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? My experience was a little backwards. Years ago I bought a whole used system that included Synergistic ICs and Speaker Cables. Since their original price was pretty high, I always assumed they were "better" than what I was using, mostly Tara Labs.... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers Take a look at the Fyne Audio Vintage series between 93 and 96 https://www.fyneaudio.com/vintage-series/ | |
| Wilson Sasha V Does using Dayton Plate Amps in your Sub = Innovation? | |
| How to prevent visitors from touching your system In early 2021 I took delivery of a pair of Fyne Audio F502SPs. I set them up wearing gloves and no human hands had touched them for over a year until one night in the dark I walked into one and had to grab it to stop it from falling. Not touched a... | |
| Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts? If you want to talk about mostly HE and New gear, I would suggest AudioShark.org run by the owner of Suncoast Audio in Sarasota. | |
| Can you give me your speaker suggestions? OP- You pretty much described my Fyne Audio F502SPs | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? I wish I had Jay's budget also but sadly I do not. I had bought and cobbled systems together for years, some new and some used. I decided it was time to move out of the 90s and 00s and put together a complete new system. I gave myself a $20K budge... |