chowkwan

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Top linear trackers
Please no flamewars, just another datapoint.  Versa 1.2 and VPI TNT 1 with 9" JMW arm with Benz LP sound the same. I was surprised expecting the Versa would outshine the VPI, but that was not the case. The Benz sounded wonderful in both VPI and V... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
John McLaughlin makes Jimi Hendrix bupkus. Change my mind.   Jimi is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very excellent. McLaughlin is sublime. *** Musically speaking. ***  E... 
Bluetooth Buds?
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 has more bass than the Bowers & Wilkins P5 which has airier highs. Both sound great and very comfortable. The batteries on both last six hours with continuous play. Then swap out with the other pair. The dif... 
Favorite Headphone Stands - What do you look for?
The Manley Headphone Amp doubles as a headphone stand. Genius.  
Electrostatic headphone amplifier recommendation
To: russellrcncom True Blue Hawaii is expensive at $6K but the Stax/Blue Hawaii combo is a bargain compared to Sennheiser Odyssey or HiFiMan Shangri La which are order of magnitude pricier. I have doubts whether they're better sounding. The Stax0... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Countdown 
Battery backup copes with musical transients
Enphase Energy makes an AC battery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enphase_Energy Millercarbon, you seem to know it all, tell me where do you get off telling other people what to do? 
Battery backup copes with musical transients
You're absolutely correct about the inverter. The battery takes AC so I'm guessing the inverter is built in. The advantage of an AC battery is that it will work with any solar panel (after inversion). You know I didn't ask how long the battery wil... 
Battery backup copes with musical transients
That is very kind of you to say. So you want to know about the battery.The lithium battery is forty five inches high, thirty inches wide, eighteen inches deep. In my house the battery is inside, but it can go outside. Inside away from the elements... 
Battery backup copes with musical transients
onhwy61 wanted to know about my audio system and the battery. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7309  The battery is a commercial product so it is a black box to me. It switches automatically from the grid to the battery at 2 PM. I'm just hap... 
Battery backup copes with musical transients
Mexifornia. 
Analog or Digital and why?
There is a trend towards ever higher sampling rates. Does this mean the best sampling rate is infinite? Is analog the infinite sampling rate digital is striving for? Just askin'. Not implying you can't listen to digital. Blissfully listening now t... 
Why all or most audiophiles are men?
Turn on the music and beauty enters your home. Enjoy but remember better is the enemy of good. 
Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile”
Fiedler Gaite Parisienne. First stereo shaded dog. The sonics are still unsurpassed. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Harking back to the original post, all the concerts from the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East is on Blu Ray audio. The double album we all know and love is but a selection from a three night stand.March 12, 1971 - two shows.March 13, 1971 - tw...