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| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. Some interesting Schiit or was that fertilizer en route?Coda sworn someone went to Critical Mass. Sunday only delivery. Backwash has conditioner on the road. Elliott wentRogue and ordered a Russian Pimp. In Like Clint has a Dirty Weekend coming so... | |
| Add an external DAC. Make my Oppo UDP-205 a true top player I also had the 205 and recently sold it for $2k to TMR.On your own you may get $2.5k+Before I sold it I used an Denafrips Ares 2 DAC. It becameoh so apparent that the Oppo DAC was way inferior.No golden ear required.My move was to sell the Oppo, b... | |
| Borrowing equipment from dealers The first time you walk into a store, even if you are ready to buy then and there, no dealer will send you home with anything valuable unless it is paid for on a trial basis.As the others have said, build a relationship over many years and thenyou... | |
| The beginning of my stereo set up I think your approach-Amp type 1st- is correct.Simply because if are a tubist and not a SS man,you should know this before shopping speakers.Anyone disagree? | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? Someday we will begin to understand the relationship between sound waves and how the brain reacts to them. For now it seems we knowabout 1/2 of 1% of what can be known. How do people who could not memorize 3 lines know whena musician plays the wro... | |
| How loud are you typically listening? I sit 8' from my speakers in a mid-sized room with good treatments.I like to start at 55db-per the iPhone app meter- and top out at 70 db.Mean being 68db. If something can't sound good at these levelsit is out. Each song will usually require adju... | |
| Phoenix, AZ Attention AGON moderatorsThese are all 5-15 year old conversations with no relevancy today.Please remove all this nonsense and post our new website:AZAVCLUB.com | |
| Audioquest Niagara 700 vs. PS Audio PowerPlant 20 I believe I have read on two occasions people I would consider ascompetent saying they felt the 7000 was better than the PS 20.Better wait for Fremer to finish his review.I wish he had the Everest by Shuyata for a trial also. | |
| gr research forte 3 build Dude knows what is about.Buy it. | |
| Hegel H80 & Yamaha A-S801 Conundrum If you listen to your system because it provides you an enjoyableexperience logic would dictate that a change for the better needsno further investigation. Or am I missing something? | |
| Borrowing equipment from dealers From a dealer's standpoint, lending gear is lose-lose propositionfor them most of the time. If you do not have a buying history withthe store It is unreasonable to even expect it I believe.After all the retailer is not an A to Z Tool rental shop ... | |
| Need thoughts on how to Best Max SQ when Streaming? Thank you.I have two AQ Water interconnects someone advised me to buybut they are just a cut above Radio Shack.I own one Shunyata USB cable -Streamer to DAC and a pairof transparent audio interconnects now.Seems like I need better power cables fir... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! Tannoy my boy! | |
| What is the average life expectancy of a DAC? Aam-Your question is more than valid and very insightful.The answer will depend upon whether you have moneyto burn on gear or want to be more prudent with your money.DACs are the fastest evolving, most influential gear digital peoplebuy today. I t... | |
| I just bought a Steinway which sounds like a banjo. I thought the OP's point was a criticism of audiophile terminology.On that point I totally agree. Who doesn't?There needs to be a collective effort to better define the "Terms of the Trade". Otherwise the CJ will continue forever.My position is t... |