cleeds
Responses from cleeds
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? atdavidI think we are adults here ...You’re still new here, so you can easily be forgiven for this notion. | |
| Audioquest vs. Others ieales... AQ is an egregious fraud.Wow, you think Audioquest is not just a fraud, but an egregious fraud? Perhaps you should alert the authorities if you truly believe that. | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Economics in Eight Words: There ain't no such thing as free lunch. | |
| Mcintosh MCD1100 I'd keep the Mac unless you've had serious issues with it. It should be readily serviceable and if you want to update it in any way, you could try using a more modern outboard DAC. | |
| Turntable adjustment Did you rebalance the arm and then set the proper VTF for the Grado?? | |
| $27,500 for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? cd318 ... there's no question that Wilson Audio sell some appallingly ugly loudspeaker ...Opinion stated as fact. Whether a speaker system is "appallingly ugly" or not is purely subjective. | |
| $27,500 for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? stereo5You were upset I said Wilson is just a greedy bespoke audio company ...No, I wasn’t upset at all, and it’s not at all clear what would lead you to that conclusion. (Virtually nothing in this forum upsets me, btw.) ... and went on about Wal... | |
| $27,500 for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? stereo5@cleeds..............My wife and I never shop at Walmart, do you?Why would you care? What difference would it make to you, one way or another? Please explain. | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation simao ... the MD catalog does pay lip service to contemporary artists, but its adherence to a musical paradigm that peaked 45 years ago or so is symptomatic of the undeniable waning of "hi-fi" as a hobby. The hi-fi hobby isn’t undeniably on the w... | |
| $27,500 for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? stereo5 Wilson is just as greedy as the next bespoke audio company ...So you think manufacturers of expensive products are "greedy?" The argument could easily be made that the greediest manufacturers are those who make cheap, under-engineered pro... | |
| The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance vinylguy2016As a mature engineer, vintage component lover, and a recent member of Audiogon - I am very skeptical about the actual benefits of the host of fancy, expensive power and speaker cords out there ... Don’t we need more hard "scientific" d... | |
| $27,500 for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? boxer12I'm really okay with someone else spending $27,500 on a paint job.Exactly! Who cares about how other people spend their money? And I wouldn't expect others to care about how I spend mine. | |
| Stylus Profile Discussion mijostynCleeds, yes in many circles you are correct but it does depend on how you look at the angles. At any rate 92 degrees for most profiles is to close to dead vertical 70 to 75 degrees is more like it. Or 15 to 20 degrees if you look at it the... | |
| What is wrong with audiophiles? atdavid ... you would think at least one vendor would take it upon themselves to do a double blind controlled demonstration (administered by a non-biased 3rd party) to demonstrate the veracity of their claims. No, that's what you apparently... | |
| Stylus Profile Discussion glennewdickI will have to disagree with you about the 20degree rake angle for VTA that’s far too much IMO the cutter was at 3degrees ... You seem to be confusing SRA (which should be about 92 degrees, or so) and VTA (which should be about 20 degre... |