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| Looks vs. Performance - How would you mix and match? I hope that one day someone builds a SS amp that looks like a tube amplifier with gloriously lit valves on display.Best of both worlds.My JVC micro system has a couple of valves on display (purely for cosmetic purposes), but sounds none the worse ... | |
| Happiness lies in the satifsaction It's all about perspective, isn't it?Like if you're starving a biscuit can feel like a feast, if you're lonely a mouse can be your best friend, or if you're sick you might give anything to be well again etc.When it comes to pursuing excellent soun... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? MacArthur Park (Jimmy Webb)Spring was never waiting for us, girlIt ran one step aheadAs we followed in the danceBetween the parted pages and were pressedIn love's hot, fevered ironLike a striped pair of pantsMacArthur's Park is melting in the da... | |
| (Brutally) Honest Audio Reviews A thought provoking article from the site discussing the art of recording, dramatically titled as follows :THE DEADLOCK OF HIGH-END: ILLUSION & HYPERREALITYRather disappointingly it seems to confirm that we are all in the business of chasing i... | |
| Turntable newbie info site? Yes, totally in agreement with the comments expressed by chakster. I wish someone had offered me similar advice decades ago. They probably did but my head was firmly stuck in the (totally misleading) advice offered by the UK magazines of the day.Y... | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? @tlinkie, same here. I agree that diminishing returns do set in fairly quick around the £1000/$1000 mark but on the other hand I can't think of any great full bandwidth designs selling near the 1k mark. Whilst I'm happy enough to stream through a ... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad @helomech, I suspect you’re right in that the speaker baffles should be in front of the rack or at least level. On the other hand I have also read that one noted speaker designer who believes that neither close wall placement or having the ubiquit... | |
| A little History lesson on, "High- End" cables: Good read, if a little disconcerting at how recent those days still appear.Cables became the biggest get rich quick scam in audio I suspect mainly because of the near ubiquitous use of thin cheap bell wire in combination with flimsy poor connectin... | |
| What are important features in a listening chair Anything with correct height (ear at or close to tweeter level), good full support (lower back and thighs) and comfortable enough to forget you are sitting on it. The fewer distractions the better.Anything that restricts movement needs replacing. ... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! Much of the so-called High-End is to blind listening tests what New Clothes were to the Emperor! Suits you sir! Indeed.How many times have we all heard the same tired excuses at shows when the audience response has been rather muted?“It’s these h... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! @coffmanlabs, “Other experiments have noted that the huge frequency non-linearity of human hearing greatly outweighs spec measurements--and that on a person-by-person basis.”The obvious conclusion being that our hearing differences are greater tha... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? @vinylfan62, it’s definitely not writing in the wall time for all brick and mortar stores. Some of them are still thriving although it seems as the location is still the all important factor. Where I live the nearest dealer is in the next city, so... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! @jonnie22, a plausible argument but are you sure that, “Audio is advancing faster today because we keep moving further and further away from the 70s....”?I would argue that it’s more of a merry go round. What comes around.. goes around. I don’t be... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? @jimclarkstereo,Good points! I used to try to support my local dealer, and I felt we had a good working relationship. But then came the internet and the 50 mile round journey seemed excessive. Laziness / greed were both factors in my online buying... | |
| Tidal vs Hi Res Files vs CD vs “Netflix”. My test. Incredible! @plga You’re brave to take on this kind of Herculean undertaking. Some would say, this way madness lies...As you correctly stated, the problem is exactly that “I know you will say that different masters from any band will differ in sound quality a... |