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The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them
disgusting. well, runnin a con and pre-paying to validate, justify or cover it up. that advertising money, huh?  
What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had?
ear 834P clone. the good one with the covered torroidal, black board with gold traces $300 shipped. didnt mod it at all. just put in good tubes and WOW.   
What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased?
@m-db, very cool!  oh man, i had an acoustic 320 and 2x15 cabinet, bought it for $400 in 1990 or 1991...a few years later pawned it. then bought it 10 years later from a completely different pawn shop. walked in lookin for something else and coul... 
Why not?
no more than theyre in the best position to design the best transistors, fets, tubes, interconnects, feet, jacks, knobs...  
Direct Drive
audiophiles have a deep respect and luv for technics SL-1200 variants and the big denons. theres a new technics model/variant out. i forget the number. the worst rumble ive had was from belt drive tables.   
Rant against the industry with hopes for discussion on positive change
musicians are hopeless!! hahaha!! man is that true! spot on, @bdp24! im a musician, im 47, been making music since i was a small child, been playing out since the late 80s. made a lot of records on top-tier gear in top-notch studios...and at home... 
SkyfiAudio
@stereo5 oh. yeah man, yea...thats not surprising.   
SkyfiAudio
@stereo5 what happened? please tell.   
Finally made the transition to a tube preamp!
oh man, theres some good tube stuff out there, old and new, and a good bit of it is afforadable. heck the audio by van alstine budget tube preamp (transcendence 10RB) is 1100 and supposedly just fantastic. i have the no-frills version of the top m... 
The thing about objectivists is...
objectivists and objectivism dont have anything to do with audiophilia, sound, enjoyin music...ok, rush did dedicate 2112 to the fountainhead, but how bout a word that aint already taken?   
How many plays can you get out of a good record?
i dont think anyone answered your question. i didnt read too closely, but it looks like you got paragraphs. was hoping to find the answer. cant find one. theres one joke answer and the laser TT post, which is close.  
Basic question about power/watts
high current at low impedence for some speakers it requires a lot of power to run seriously deep base  
Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ?
i got a $20 CD player and a host of hand-me-down DVD players. i run em thru a bad ass tube dac. sounds good. sometimes, for funzies, i run em thru a reverse RIAA into a tube phono. they sounds damn good that way too. bu straight into my preamp is ... 
The greatest tweak ever?
i didnt have the patiens to listen. is there actually a tweak or just 6 min of bla bla bla? what is it?  
Revox Straight Line Turntables
also, i think studer/revox is swiss