brianlucey
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| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @antinn the Sonics Allegra speakers (older birch not the newer and better Canalis Allegra in bamboo with better parts) were actually only $5000 used, although I am currently having my spare pair rebuilt internally for more money than they were new... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. As far as DR, please do not blame the ME, we are service providers. We are not running the show on DR. My comments are based on the reality today, not my view on it per se. My chain adds punch at the DA and the tube EQ and can sound great at low D... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Appreciate the sane and thoughtful replies. I will go through them later but just a quick sample. Anyone or group who wants to bring over a balanced (XLR) pre amp is welcome to, just have to find the right day. I can’t go out of the DA for gain as... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Yes @spenrock poor matching is always possible yet the Boulder sounds to me as it sounds to others I trust who I’ve talked to since. Again, great company, so well done, just not right in any way that I know of. And I’m not saying pro gear across t... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense My room @glupsonSpeakers 5000 ... DA converters 8000 ... Pre amp 2000 ... Amps w mods and tubes 14,000 ... Room treatments 20,000 | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. So far I see 2 fingers pointing back at your initial finger pointing sir. Maybe, take heed of your supposed wisdom? "I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @simeo in my experience those who are both too impatient or maybe lazy to do the research, and also so fast to be defensive and start quoting words that were never said to support their state of mind, are not rational enough to engage in a healthy... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @jnovak I would not say that listening is about copying any mastering room, that is in fact, actually impossible. What you want to do is enjoy music. Whatever that requires. Upgrade your room treatments as you find that is the weak link. Upgrade t... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @Initm Have not heard the Ayre, have heard the Levinson line a couple of times now (too dry for me)@soundsrealaudio I’ll look into that one, thanks.@dweller you are simply a rude person, from the first reply "To many variables (should be ’too’ by ... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Allmusic.com is your friend @dwellerLooks like a 1968 recording that has been remastered more than once. https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-search-of-the-lost-chord-mw0000650513/credits | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Fair enough. And I question the intelligence and experience of anyone who can’t read the words "highly modified" and the use their experience and imagination from there. Signed, of course slightly insane to use a tube amp daily.Genelecs ... are... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Well to be fair sounding "bad" to me is "interesting" to others. The older Boulder sounds like one would expect from the design. I was just hoping they had pulled a magic trick. The center image power was non existent, the shape of the freq bal wa... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Up to you @simao ... It's all balanced, and I have not used the new one. It has a nice DA as well, he keeps upgrading the DA as one would expect. | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @jond Yes mods could work on the BAT without transformer, 6 caps a side on the 42 I think would be a good path, but it’s not worth the hassle. Sonicraft Jeff does my mods, he’s a genius with great ears.@dweller "I listened to some equipment and d... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Parts matter, yet Dave Hill knows what he’s doing. Avocet distortion is in the range of .001% at +20 dbu -3db is up between 200 and 300KHzMy listening tests are not "respectable"? A rude and ultimately hilarious reply. Listening is what I do all ... |