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| Top Ten "Definitions of an Audiophile" An audiophile is like a wine taster who despite regularly attending festivals (and having a fetish for collecting bottles and labels) rarely drinks for pleasure. | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? @russbutton, thanks for the info on the LX521. Much appreciated.No it’s not the best looking loudspeaker in the world but some finishes are more palatable than others. If one turns up in cherry (or any other light finish) here in the UK I’m defini... | |
| What I’ve learned, so far @dawgfish, good advice. Audible distortions in electronic equipment have been more or less eradicated, and it’s been that way for decades. Apart from transducers that is.Any future hardware improvements in audio recording and playback will necess... | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? @russbutton, yes, with a little skill and patience and plenty of time, it’s difficult to beat the DIY route for value for money. Those Linkwitz designs are giant killers no doubt. The LX521 is the end result of a fantastic amount of R&D, and c... | |
| Which reviewers and review sites are the ost reliable? @kijanki“The problem is that everything is always positive. You can find how they classify them (A,B,C,D) in Recommended Components issue but in reviews you have to read between lines. For example "It is not perfect, but what is" statement means "... | |
| Insulation thickness Tannoy Gold I think you’ll have to go by ear, unless you have some fancy test equipment. A lot of vintage Tannoys only had light internal damping applied on top of fine tuned lightly braced cabinets, and then there’s the question of drive unit attachment...In... | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? From what I’ve read about them nothing new at $3k is going to be much of an upgrade.Here’s an apparently level headed review from Doug Schneider:http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/revequip/mirage_om7.htmSo you’re best looking at used, and even then ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Bear in mind that the BBC used to employ the highly regarded idler drive Gates turntable before switching to the Technics SP10. The Technics was seen as more reliable and maintenance free but I don’t recall anyone saying it sounded better than the... | |
| How thick should the front baffle of speakers be? Cabinet resonances can interfere with the output of the drivers in a bad way but they’re also unavoidable. All loudspeaker cabinets will resonate irregardless of the material but some less than others eg open baffles, transmission lines and some m... | |
| What is they best album out there for showing off the sound quality of your system. @viridian, good point. ’Busy’ is the keyword here. It’s where sub 192 kbps MP3s really reveal their limitations. Surprisingly it’s also, as you say, where many audiophile systems make a hash of things - usually in the timing.How many times do we h... | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER So difficult to pick the best. Marilyn Monroe, despite the poor quality of her recordings, was awesome giving it 100%, Joan Baez had a tremendously clear voice, and the legendary Judy Garland always sang it like she meant it.However my favourite w... | |
| My Thoughts re: Dealers Posting on Audiogon Dealers opinions could be useful as long as they can resist the temptation to push their own stock. Pretty daunting task I’d say, unless you are lucky enough to operate outside of any financial concerns.Then there’s the issue of watching passively... | |
| Happiness lies in the satifsaction @gadios, there’s no need. Let’s just leave it as err, ‘dental’ work. | |
| Great sounding/recorded albums @bdp24, not having heard all of Roy’s Monument recordings (but plenty of his compilations) I can say that his 1986 re-recording of his hits (In Dreams) is my favourite. Apparently Monument had threatened to destroy the original master tapes over ... | |
| Great sounding/recorded albums Steely Dan's music is always technically perfect, often loved by musos but that's about it. Kind of the opposite to Springsteen which despite often dubious recording quality usually manages to connect on an emotional level.His current album 'Weste... |