bsimpson
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| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? (sorry for my typos previously) My top 3 (in any order)--------------------------------------Kharma Exquisite Extreme Grand limitedWilson Audio WAMM Master ChronosonicYG Sonja XV | |
| Devialet Expert Long Term Experience? I only heard an Devialet setup in a showroom.... just because it’s so expensive, always worth a learning experience.Not that impressed, truly.And I always feel confused when someone said: Hack, you didn’t get good sound because you don’t use that ... | |
| Zu audio Zu : Overpriced speakers with too many unrealized promises. But decent speakers nevertheless.Wharfedale: Overpriced junkyard speakers.KEF: Decent speakers that somehow got elevated to an luxury brand in Hong Kong. Their showrooms there would make ... | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? Holy Mother of God.Those Chinese fake cables are a complete crime. The people now gets very smart, and started channeling the sale from the *original* manufacturing countries with some minor signs of use.I suckered into buying a few thru eBay at 7... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? I'd love Roger Modjeski or Kevin Hayes to chat here.Kevin Deal @ Upscale Audio too.Best audiophile reality TV show you could get. | |
| Vox (app? Player?) It’s just my experience that may not apply to all, so take this with a ton of salt. High resolution is a moot point with Vox. The Vox player is outstanding software that, unfortunately, the hardware failed it. I use an Mac with it. Tried many diff... | |
| Is OPPO worth the inflated price? Is OPPO worth the inflated price? NO Is Modwright OPPO worth the outlandish inflated price? HELL NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!My 85% deaf mother-in-law could tell the difference between the top of the line Modwright Oppo against an mid-level PrimaLuna in m... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? Since your question is on BEST BUILD quality and not BEST SOUND quality:Ayon comes to mind. You could insert the tubes with broken pins the wrong way and it would just blown the fuse and not toast the amp. Insane expensive parts inside. Tube bias ... | |
| Ayon vs. Mastersound vs. Vaic Tube SET Let me help out here, since I have real experienced with all 3 of them. So rest assured, my opinions are all mine, no conflict of interests, and would not answer your question with question(s).:-)Mastersound: I got one real cheap from a lawyer in ... | |
| Is the Cary SLP-05 still relavant? If this question is posted in most local audio buddies clubs, @emb5’s answer is almost consensus.Another funny indicator is whether the product is still listed with full information on the manufacture’s site. If you cannot even download an user ma... | |
| The Music Room builder3145 posts03-05-2019 6:49pmbuilder3 said: "eBay isn't free"It's true. IMHO another way to spin this is that, TMR charges more on eBay since it is easier to make a case to return there. It's like hotel room booking or airline tickets no... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin via Amazon Music | |
| Music I would succumb to under torture Lately, the national anthem made me sick when Trump's picture was on the tube at the same time. The anthem is all good otherwise (including the Roseanne Barr version)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1YVhcLD2cAny Diana Krall came as distant seco... | |
| Musical Fidelity Encore Connect Go get it. Musical Fidelity is an bad encounter that every audiophile should have. | |
| Want to get into Analog My take on vinyl is that: You must be DRIVEN. It’s not only about different sound. It’s an hobby, like those cool people who purchased vintage cars and keep them up. You may invest a lot of money to spin an old record that Princeton Records wouldn... |