clearthinker
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| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? You pay less than list and you get a used piece.What's wrong with that? | |
| REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab And if you do buy Tekton, don't forget to order the optional large size black plastic bin liners to hide their toytown ugliness. | |
| REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab All speaker manufacturers should publish truthful sensitivity measurements.Per John Atkinson very few do.Most upgrade just 2 or 3 dB.Tekton goes for 5 to 8 dBBargepoles come to mind. If they are dishonest about one thing, chances are they will be... | |
| phono preamp < $500 Dangerous territory OP.Most people who go back to vinyl have an 'unexpected epiphany'.Go to it !And have your wallet ready.Welcome back to the world of pure sound. | |
| Photos of my system Wot no turntable? | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? As regards Garrard 301 there is a factual answer.An idler wheel taking motor noise and vibration directly to the platter is clearly a bad design. All this noise and rumble for $20,000 is just a big laugh. Afficionados are kidding themselves.Yes ... | |
| A new way of adjusting anti skate! GET A PARALLEL TRACKER AND LIVE !!! | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Quote OP "Warm, romantic, yet detailed"These are of course just words and mean different things to different people. But I think the combination may be unattainable and suggest a tighter focus on the sound OP really wants.Any decision is likel... | |
| Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch? Quite agree AubreyBob.Back in the day most woofers were 12 inches and some were 15. Who remembers the 15 inch Fane that could be bought very reasonablly and put in home-built cabinets? It was designed for use in cheap PA and guitar amps.The issu... | |
| Unbelievable 3-D imaging sound Hi PreslisaSo pleased you are so pleased.It's great (and rare) to be satisfied with a system and not needing to dream of upgrades, audition new kit and forever tweak.And great choice of speaker!But PLEASE get those M-Ls away from the wall - it's s... | |
| I have been a stickler about keeping power cables away from signal cables...on equipment ? Correction Millercarbon, 'these things all make difference YOU think you can hear in a non-blind comparison.' | |
| A move from Harbeth to... Wilson? HyberboleI doubt an order of magnitude separates many different speakers, unlike the pricing. In case you don't know, an order of magnitude is 10x.ExaggerationAt that price there will be plenty of other options. Anyway we all know speakers are a... | |
| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. Is it a 'neutral pass thru' of the signal or not.This is the first question. It needs answering before all the others.Because if it is, then we don't need pre-amps.Or all the discussion about them. | |
| Amazon Ships Records in Plastic Now Plastic packaging?As well as the safety of our LPs, we must think of environmental issues.When lobbying Amazon and other suppliers we should criticise use of unfriendly, unrecyclable materals as well as poorly thought out packaging.Those (nearly a... | |
| Warm up time for record playing Yup, it's the cartridge suspension alright.Agree one LP side is about right.Back in the day we used to aim a tungsten bulbed desk light with a reflector just above the cart to warm it up quicker. Can't get those any more. |