cd318
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| Emotional rollercoaster cleeds,'Wow, you sound really unhappy. You might consider pursuing another hobby altogether.'Yes, me and the OP both! This kind of disillusionment almost inevitably awaits every unsuspecting audiophile caught up in the upgrade path. However, just ... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world iron57,"Ok, one more, and I am sure it will not be appreciated by most, but an album that absolutely punched me in the face and introduced me to underground extreme metal was Napalm Death’s grindcore masterpiece From Enslavement to Obliteration. m... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster mid-fi-crisis,[Is spending big bucks a sham.]Yes, after 35+ years I think it is largely a sham. One largely perpetuated by reviewers, snake oil tweak merchants, unscrupulous dealers (the good dealers only need an introduction - they never push), a... | |
| to my ears digital audio does not sound natural? something is wrong! roxy54,milpai said:"Digital will sound correct when you remove that bias out of your mind."I agree. ------Me too. The best of digital is as good as anything. The last Dylan album is an excellent example of a 'warm' digital recording.In any case un... | |
| Audio Note AN/E vs. DeVore O/96 I’ve heard the large Audio Note bookshelves twice at different shows. I have to honestly say that whilst they were good, they didn’t really stand out (in the way both the Kerr Acoustic K320 and the Monopulse A’s did. It was disappointing as I’d re... | |
| Buying a new TT today chakster,"I have no idea who told you this is the best turntable ever made ?"Well since you asked, I first read about this in Greg Milner's book Perfecting Sound Forever. It was never stated as the best turntable ever built, but there was no denyi... | |
| Speakers vs source/amp budget plaser,"In fact I’ve noticed for bookshelf speakers especially after around $3k there is hardly much improvement except for the price tag."Nothing much to argue with here. Bookshelf designs are usually compromised by size, hence often used with su... | |
| Too good a post to waste geoffkait,"New Dark Matter NDM, the newest product from Machina Dynamica, is the only audio product that absorbs both visible scattered laser light and invisible scattered light in CD players, thereby improving optical signal to noise ratio, thus ... | |
| Buying a new TT today chakster,"This is why the price tag is not the key to a perfect sound."I don't think it ever has been anything more than an extremely lazy way of thinking. No amount of industry encouragement to spend can ever change that. Hi-fi shows are notoriou... | |
| Buying a new TT today sokogear,"15-20 years ago I had a Music Hall MMF 5 and I was going to put a Rega arm on it (RB700). When I looked at it, it was almost the same price as trading in the whole table ($7 or $800 versus $1150) for a P5, so I did it. That's how you get... | |
| REL R25 good ? jjss49,"The caps in the amps get old and crap out, not very hard to fix. There is even a guy on eBay who advertises the service, so these are NOT dead end products."Good update, and a timely reminder when buying vintage amps or loudspeakers which ... | |
| REL R25 good ? Can't offer much other than say that REL are one of the very few companies I've yet to read or hear any criticism of whatsoever.Quite rare in my experience. | |
| Wi-Fi Range Extender Yes they work very well with little loss of speed or signal. Even all the way across to a shed at the far end of the house.They’re easy to connect to but the one I used (a more basic model to the one you’ve listed) needed to be plugged directly in... | |
| Happy 80th to Ringo All the best to brave Ringo - Ritchie, the glue that kept the Beatles together. Pete Best, Andy White and Jimmie Nicol should not be forgotten either for their stints in the Beatles hot seat.I can thoroughly recommend"One Two Three Four: The Beatl... | |
| Too good a post to waste millercarbon,"Notice he doesn't deny any of it.No system.No degree.No knowledge.MachinaDynamica. The one person who claims to have met him at a show said he enjoys making fun of audiophiles because.... they love audio.If you can find one construct... |