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| Live music you have attended that left impact....perhaps better than you expected. Cream. In Sutton Town Hall (south London). An 'intimate' small venue. Who could believe three guys could make so much music? Indeed, so much noise with the small 100 wat amps of the time. Seemed like there were about five of them. | |
| Wilson not delivering speakers as scheduled Delaying deliveries is another way of creating and maintaining brand value. All top money products are made in less numbers than are demanded. It keeps prices high. I guess about half the price of Wilsons is just for the name. | |
| $39K for the Linn Klimax DAC/streamer? Nothing Linn is worth $39k. Especially not a DAC/Streamer Linn is mid-fi in today's marketplace, trying to project as high-end or even state of the art. Trading on a naim only. The top LP12 turntable costs $15k. in the mid 1970s it was $600. ... | |
| Describe the sound of point source loudspeakers? " A point is by definition a dimensionless or infinitely small location in space. Dimensionless or infinitely small objects cannot possibly produce sound."Well Miller, astronomers say time and the universe started with a big bang at a point sourc... | |
| Audiophile virtues OP's post is nearly as long as the book. | |
| Who Tried Power Conditioners Over The Years and No Longer Use Them Today, Any Why? " But profits come from satisfying consumer demand."No Miller. Profits come from stimulating it.You've said it Miller: "Selective memory nostalgia", is when you think you hear a difference after adding a passive component that you've paid a lo... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. @northmanYou are right that stores are the main way we get to audition equipment before purchase. True some manufacturers sell direct and will ship on sale or return. But you pay return shipping and with a large speaker this doesn''t work well a... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. The writing's on the wall for the bricks and mortar guys.Look at it from their point of view. You go into the store, spend three hours chatting and listening to equipment. The he lends you a couple of pieces you like the sound of to try in your ... | |
| REMINDER: tighten up your loose screws To get the best improvement in sound quality on tightening driver fixings, don't use a cheap screwdriver, whatever you do. This will undo all the good work in the factory - the makers of the best speakers only use costly screwdrivers, many with ... | |
| REMINDER: tighten up your loose screws But don't lock down your cartridge screw with Herculean force.The threads in the cartridge body are very delicate. Many have been ruined and needed re-building.Only a quarter turn beyond finger tight. | |
| 10 Inch Tonearms Most important factors:Longer arm reduces tracking error.Shorter arm easier to construct rigidly.Shorter arm less mass.The mechanical performance and resonance matching of arm and cartridge are far more important than a tiny reduction in tracking ... | |
| A pitch too High! Assuming your arm or cart isn't defective, I reckon your 'guy' hasn't a clue what he's doing. Every time he touches it, it gets worse.Get in someone sensible to check everything over and re-set.By the way, I auditioned the Boulder in my room for ... | |
| That Other Audiophile Website TominnjYou are without doubt psychologically unattuned to conducting business transactions with anybody let alone sellers of used equipment.Used equipment is what it says on the box.Used. Period.You don't seem to function like normal human bein... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? Radio Luxembourg, although it faded all the time.Radio Caroline, the pirate broadcaster from a ship. Took over from Luxembourg because it did not fade.When the UK government closed the pirates down, the BBC had to hire all their DJs because the p... | |
| That Other Audiophile Website TominnjYou are without doubt psychologically unattuned to conducting business transactions with anybody let alone sellers of used equipment.Used equipment is what it says on the box.Used. Period.You don't seem to function like normal human bein... |