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| Replacing driver screws with brass screws rixthetrick,’If someone isn’t going to take the time to research it properly, and purchase appropriate tools and fasteners to correctly implement this technology - I totally agree with CD318 - just don’t.’Yes, it just isn’t worth it. As I mentione... | |
| High Performance Audio - The End? @mapman,"The example of pop music on Magnepans is a classic example of wrong speaker for a particular kind of recording."I've had no luck with electrostatics after unsuccessfully first owning a restored pair of Quad ESL57s and then getting to hear... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Stephen Sondheim wrote many great lyrics but perhaps this one (from Send in the Clowns) nails down relationship problems better than anyone?’Don’t you love a farce?My fault, I fearI thought that you’d want what I wantSorry, my dear!But where are t... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? @chrisoshea,'Spending time on audio forums....'Maybe, maybe not. In my experience it's far better than following advice from magazine reviewers and their ilk who nowadays mainly serve as the advertising wing of the manufacturing industry.Perhaps i... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws @andrei_nz,’I guess in theory it did - as in everything makes a difference, not that I heard a difference. Did it improve the sound? Again, I do not know - it was inaudible to me.’In theory anything could make a theoretical sonic difference - the ... | |
| Soundstage gone @mijostyn,'I have never heard of a system starting off mono then breaking in to stereo. It is a strange world we live in:)'Me neither. The world of audiophiles does seem to possess rules all of its own. | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 @gte357s ,’I don’t think the speakers draw power, but it is the amp pushing power, right?’The speaker / amp relationship is pretty murky, at least to me, but the important thing to remember is that to get the same volume from the M40s a lesser pow... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 @aj523,M40.2 Anniversaries? Well, that’s certainly one impression of the current state of the art in loudspeaker design! To be fair Alan Shaw has always stated that despite their seemingly low efficiency, Harbeth speakers do not present a difficul... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 A few reminders may be necessary before making the jump to tubes.1 Alan Shaw himself is unlikely to recommend a tube amp. @paulfolbrecht asked earlier,'Have you seen the video where and where A. Shaw demonstrates that the big Harbeths easily pull ... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared @mijostyn,'What we listen to are illusions, illusions of musicians playing real instruments and singing.'Good point. As time goes by we seem to be getting increasingly immersed in illusion trying to pass off as reality.From the printed page to our... | |
| Soundstage gone @Iviv,I’m not surprised you’re in shock. Going from the Akito arm and Lingo power supply to the Ekos and Radikal should have been a substantial upgrade. The Linn’s always been a highly sensitive deck. It’s all too easy for it to get a knock, or fo... | |
| Anyone else have issues with their CD player/transport not playing slightly damaged CD's? Unfortunately I have found there to be a considerable difference between the tracking ability of various CD players.One of the very best in my experience was a Technics SL-PG480A from the late 90s. We used to have this horribly scratched (all over... | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! @audioguy85,No worries.I think most of us here would understand that Sugden have been making pretty solid amps for a very, very long time. | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared Some more stuff on cables worth bearing in mind if the sneaky cable propaganda ever manages to slip by your critical faculties.It can happen to anyone. Subliminal programming works, and is all around us. Some of this targeting is good, and some is... | |
| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? @ieales,'So what is your mission or drive?Protect the uneducated from charlatans.'A good and principled answer. I'd even argue that calling them charlatans is giving them a large benefit of the doubt.Many reviewers, magazines and parts of the indu... |