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| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? Nad 3020 for sure.Or was the Naim 32/110.Perhaps it was the Creek Destiny.No, it was definitely the Arcam 10.But on second thoughts it could have been that cheap shiny Japanese transistor unit from the 1970s which lasted for decades and is still g... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? @simonmoon Taken from their website - "Continuous BandwidthThe Göbel Carbon Excellence bending wave loudspeaker has a continuous bandwidth from 170 Hz to over 31.000 Hz with only one driver! Through this seamless coverage of the entire frequency ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Yes, unfortunately it looks as if major improvements are a thing of the past. Since the 1930s it’s difficult to think of major breakthroughs. Maybe only 2 -1947 Tannoy Dual Concentric by Ronald Rackham 1954 Edgar Villchur invents the acoustic susp... | |
| Top Ten "Definitions of an Audiophile" An audiophile is like a modern day explorer or climber but with all the action and melodrama internalised inside their head. Outsiders often have little or no idea of what's happening in there, or why it even matters. | |
| Your reference for "the absolute" sound? Great question as it's all too easy to get lost in a sea of subjectivity when it comes to audio playback.One good way might to record friends or family talking. I found the quality from a digital camera to be surprisingly good but I'm pretty sure ... | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? @thosb, I’m not too sure either. I still remember feeling sorry for those teachers at school who seemed to have been left behind by the times. Back in the late 70s they couldn’t understand what was happening in society esp the UK. The age of empir... | |
| List your state of art headphones for smart phone use! @extravaganza, yeah Grado is definitely on my want to hear list. Not sure if I'm brave enough to wear them each day on my 25 minute stroll to work. My Porta Pros in red get the occasional odd stare as it is, but I love the sound, and the comfort.I... | |
| Amazon just killed Tidal Definitely a step in the right direction.Now let's get the fr***ing (re)mastering sorted out!At the least give us all the option of compressed or non compressed downloads. Then we might finally see what digital is really capable of. | |
| Recordings with incredible effects or imaging that we may not know about Another vote for Punky’s Dilemna. Towards the end it’s almost as if it tries to escape from the fact that it’s a recording.Sometimes the rhythms in Cecilia, also by Simon and Garfunkel can also break out into a weird hypnotic effect. But this coul... | |
| You know it's a great day when... A friend of mine picked up a nice first pressing mono copy of Sgt Pepper with the pink inner sleeve for £7 at a charity shop whilst on holiday two years ago.They also had a copy of the Beatles Collection of Oldies But Goldies for the same price. H... | |
| Top Ten "Definitions of an Audiophile" An audiophile is someone who insists upon pissing against the wind, hoping one day for vindication by a dramatic change in the wind direction.I'm still waiting, I'm still hoping.. | |
| Good Old Chipboard @mrearl, I thought it was only me that felt this way! "MDF is supposed to have very little inherent sound, but the inherent sound that it does have is yucky."MDF is cheap, easy to work with, easy on tools and easy to prepare for lamination. But th... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 The uber expensive Peal 3s seem at first glance to be a luxury redux of the fabled Naim SBL, a design that was decades ahead of its time. A pic here, https://www.springair.de/en/naim-sbl/h67133I'd also add my voice to others who urge patience and ... | |
| List your state of art headphones for smart phone use! Do headphones get any better than the Koss Porta Pros? Not heard Stax, not heard HD600s but out of all the ones I have heard up to 4/5 times the price none of them have spanked the Pros when it comes to sheer joy and life in the music. In fact som... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? If you think you don't like Diana Krall then listen to this and think again. https://youtu.be/icx4yV6TJkMAs they say "What's not to like? |