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| Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line Market is the market.If you don't want to buy them, don't buy them.Don't complain of gouging, there is no such thing.No manufacturer will price himself out of the market. Clearly there are sufficient customers at this price level.OP presumably do... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @larrryi"that diamond would have to be pretty low-grade to start with..."I don't think we are looking for D grade flawless here.Given the tiny forces that transmit the signal, SQ will be optimised if the cantilever is very hard, stiff and short, s... | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? Hi again Moabman.Are you listening in mono? | |
| Phono cartridge torque wrench @miller " Few things bug me more than guys who tighten everything as if the tighter the better. A tiny bit more than snug and you are done."Hi Miller. The purpose of a torque wrench is not to tighten screws as tightly as possible. It is to ti... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! The proposition in this post contains too many variables to be worth discussing.1. The choice of amplifiers is based solely on retail cost.2. It cannot be assumed that cost is the only or even a main determinant of sound quality.3. The conclusi... | |
| Analog Upgrade - Where to start? You have a great front end. Check the arms and carts are still set up correctly.The cart and the phono amp are the weaker areas but still quality pieces.If your feeling that the system is missing dynamics is only recent, may I respectfully sugges... | |
| I think I screwed up 😬☹️ Can't account for carts but in arm design part of the skill is making it robust enough to avoid such accidents and last 30 years or more. Many of the inelegant fussy designs don't do this. That's the failure of the designer.'Finding' the broken ... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? If you believe you hear it, fine.But don't lay your alleged superiority on all the rest of us. | |
| Musical Fidelity A1 I Careful.I sent an MF 'The Preamp' back to MF to replace the noisy volume pot and it came back the same. Many years ago. I gave up and moved to Audio Research who build stuff properly. | |
| What are the current useless terms in this "audio world" MillerThey're the same swallows. They emigrate between N. Africa and Europe. | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Did OP listen to a dem before buying?It's understandable most dealers don't want to loan carts for audition like other equipment, but he could have had a dem. If the sound is as slanted as he says, he would certainly have heard it.Never buy blind! | |
| Speakers as the principle component/other components are servants By the way OP, that's 'principal' not 'principle'. | |
| Speakers as the principle component/other components are servants No. OP is entirely incorrect.Garbage in garbage out. If the other components in the system screw up your music then there's nothing even $1m speakers can do about it.Sort out the front end first. | |
| I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp? Try not to worry so much.Loads more is lost in other parts of the chain.As you rightly say OP, 120dB below the signal is a looonnngggg way down. You can demonstrate that to yourself if you have an amp with numbered volume settings at known dB int... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. Interesting comment above: "Americans don't write good English."This is clearly an over-generalisation but there is some truth in it.I find it ironic that Americans are at the same time killing English as I older English people knew it and spread... |