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20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017
jssmith That's why I always say "If you didn't hear it blind, you didn't hear it."That's silly. I hear my system make lovely sounds quite frequently, yet I almost never listen to it blind.  
NSMT Speakers?
nsmt21 posts12-20-2017 1:03pmJust a followup to the troll by audiokinesis about our Chorus speaker ...I don't want to pile on, but a first-time poster calling another a troll is almost a certain indication that the first-time poster is himself th... 
Dedicated power circuits... Huge improvement!!!
randy-1112-19-2017 3:47pmhow much have people had to pay to add a dedicated line to an existing house?The labor can be as big a cost factor as the materials, and the cost of labor hinges on a few factors, including the complexity of the project.... 
Lowering the noise floor
georgehif90% of systems these days have enough gain from the source and in the poweramp so a passive pre can be used, this get’s rid of a large source of noise, the "active preamp"If your active preamp is a "large source of noise," you really ... 
Audiogon is not responding to multiple inquiries
I have always found Audiogon to be very responsive, so I'm surprised to read this. Did you contact them through the site? 
Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit?
defiantboomerang A hobbyist group is fine, nobody objects to that.Some here have objected - very loudly - and they have insisted on scientific data to accompany observations. That's just silly on a hobbyist site. But being a hobbyist does not m... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
ja_zz 1mWhat exactly do you mean by "a real preamp without ICs in the path"?In this context, IC = integrated circuit.  
Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?
kosst_amojan@cleeds Then don’t get upset when somebody calls you a liar for passing opinion as fact when you can’t back it up. Sorry, but no on this site owes you scientific proof of anything. That doesn’t grant you permission to abuse them on th... 
Lowering the noise floor
willemjNo it is not. FM has serious limitations, even if internet radio has as well, Most of FM's "serious limitations" aren't inherent - they exist because of the execution. Internet radio is much the same. That’s why it’s silly to argue that:th... 
Lowering the noise floor
willemjFM radio is terrible with typically perhaps some 70 dB S/N, and there is nothing really you can do to get it close to the quality that can now be achieved by e.g. internet radio.That's silly. There's no way that low-resolution, lossy-co... 
C.E.C replacement remote
A Harmony 650 can control almost anything. 
Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ?
viridian... I can’t stand dealers and find them to be the dial telephones of the new centuryWhy so angry? Why so prejudiced?  
Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?
kosst_amojanAm I to believe that a pair of $20,000 Pendragon PMD's are showing up Wilson Alexandria XLF's and Focal Grande Utopia EM's? Or even a pair of Sasha W/P's or Sopra No.3's? That's really hard to believeWhy don't you listen and decide... 
Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?
kosst_amojan .... you can’t measure the difference a fuse makes. It’s because it makes no difference. Those who claim it does bare the obligation to prove it and so far there’s no proof. Pardon me, but no one here owes you anything at all. No one... 
Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?
kosst_amojanI just don't like liars. And that's pretty much what I see here ... That's psychiatric ... Some not only buy the lie, they run with it and expand on it regardless of the truth to the contrary. ... This is like debating flat earthe...