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How good is your hearing ? And how do you know ?
inna There are clearly people whose hearing is, shall I say, very special.I can't imagine how you could assess anyone's hearing remotely relying only on their posts in an Internet forum. That's what's odd about the title of this thread: How goo... 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
twoleftearsThe tube renaissance coincided with the release of early digitalOh no, not even close. The tube renaissance  really began with William Z. Johnson and his Audio Research Corp. The SP-3 was an extremely influential component and helpe... 
Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday!
astruYou are saying that a discrete encoding using 16-bit resolution at 44KHz sampling rate of continuous signals from 0 to 20KHz is not lossless?No, not at all. As I said: PCM is very much a lossless format. That doesn't mean PCM is perfect... 
Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday!
astru... the point of the settings is that the PCM format is not lossless ... there is no agreed way to reconstruct the original acoustic signal. You must be confused. PCM is very much a lossless format. That doesn't mean it's perfect, but it i... 
A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio
audiotroyIt is sad but believe it many of those glowing reviews in the press may be colored by outside factors other than just the products merits ... What is also distressing with these tiny companies with newly minted rave reviews is how st... 
A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio
audiotroyWe agree that professional reviewers should stay off these forums ...Professional reviewers are permitted to post here, just as dealers such as yourself are allowed. The reader can decide for himself the value of each post and contributo... 
FM antennas.............Does ANBODY still make them?
mentalIt seems the yagi style antenna is best, while another site suggested the old rca wabbit ears being worthwhile for the older FM tuners ...There’s nothing magic about a Yagi-style antenna, and no inherent reason that it has any advantage over... 
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?
cd318Strangely enough, no high end cable manufacturer ever seems game for the challenge. Not now, not yesterday, not tomorrow.Your knowledge of the future is no better than your knowledge of the present or past. For example, Wireworld not only e... 
I'm happy with my cleaning method of LP's but am I missing anything?
golden210I'm happy with my cleaning method ...If you are happy that is all that matters. 
NEEDED!!! Bi Amp Pros out there that can give me some advice
If you want to get any real benefit out of biamping, you really need to use an active crossover, imo. 
Need part for VPI Typhoon record cleaner
Any VPI dealer can order the parts that you need, including Music Direct. 
Anybody know anything about the Marantz SD400 cassette deck? 2 speed?
tls49...  Nakamichi made a 2 speed cassette deck. Can't remember model number and I think it may have been 1/2 of the normal speed.Yes! The Nak 680 had a half-speed, 15/16 ips option.   
Cost to clean a record
   tochsii I’ve heard a number of discussions reviewing various record cleaning systems.  But, I’ve only heard one vague reference, months ago, saying something like “too expensive to clean a record for me” ... I’m sure people regularly cost ... 
narrow and wide baffles and imaging
melbguyone Fyi, the information I provided you, and which you chose to dismiss, is called circumstantial evidence in the legal community ...I didn't dismiss your data at all. I put it in context citing first-hand experience. That seems to have u... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
chaksterPeople comment on stuff that they never heard, never tried.Quite so. I'm dealing with this now in another thread.