chocaholic
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| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued …and for some fun hard rock and roll, you can’t go wrong with Sweaty Knockers”. | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued @johnnotkathi A few that I like are Bad Asteroid, Flatlands, Get it like that, Sittin with a duck on a bay. Worth a listen. | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued The Aristocrats. Current, virtuoso-level instrumental rock-fusion. And stunning sound quality. Just unwrapped their latest double album “Duck”. Stream a few tracks. You won’t be disappointed. | |
| Are new Mark Levinson Preamps better than old? No direct experience here, but recall reading of some having reliability issues with more current ML gear. Hopefully others will chime in. | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? I sold a PrimaLuna HP Dialogue integrated amp with 8 KT-150’s. Had read so much praise for Hegel that I now have an H390 that pales compared to that PL…at least in my room. Nice feature set but the PL was absolutely holographic by comparison. | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget Worth considering the German made Canton Reference series. Bought the Ref 7’s on an impulse last year and am enthralled with their performance (Hegel H390). Very neutral with dynamics far beyond their size. Very high WAF as well. Not so common in ... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. When we were young, our stereo systems were “the” thing. There was no internet, no video games and rock & roll was exploding. So, it became part of who we were…and are. Our kids grew up with social media and video games. The technology explod... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? To save $20k, buy a $500 airline ticket and go see/hear them. | |
| No Output from Hegel H390 Are you using an outboard DAC via the DAC loop function? If so, all digital components must plugged into the Hegel inputs and then you must run a digital BNC cable to the DAC. | |
| Do your ears deceive you? Hearing the “difference” is only part of the equation. Determining that the “difference” is also “improvement”. Heck, the change in SQ could be further from truth, not necessarily closer. Like hitting a golf ball perfectly without watching to ... | |
| Looking for phono preamp advice in the $1000 - $1600 range Be careful on the trans impedance plan. I sold an Insight and replaced with a Little Loco. It was not an improvement with my VPI Shyla cart (AT Art 9). For TI to shine you need a very LO MC with very low output impedance…below 6 ohms. I’d highly r... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? What??? No high dollar Yoko Ono pressings? I’m shocked I tel you, shocked! | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo Dianne Reaves - Tenderly Kevin Mahogany - Teach Me Tonight Mark Isham - Anything from his Blue Sun LP | |
| Denafrips Pontus *15th* ? What happened to 13th and 14th? | |
| Denafrips Pontus *15th* ? Have had a Pontus ll 12th for 18 months and it certainly does not lack bass. Have been very happy with it. If possible to audition, well worth it. |