coppy777
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| Chair Ekornes Stressless recliner and ottoman… there’s a reason why they are relatively expensive. Extremely high quality. I buy them in pairs for my wife and I. We are on our fourth set, top of the line now. They wear like iron. Thick, full grain ... | |
| New vs uses in your current setup To my own amazement, 95% new. Including some dealer demos sent back to MFG for refurb and came back basically new with packaging. All purchased at significant discounts and with substantial trade in discounts. I've built up a low six figure syst... | |
| Darko nailed it. 12 examples of wishful thinking in the hi-fi community Hey freediver... I'm in my eighties with tinnitus for 60 years and will take that listening challenge. It's not that you can't hear the difference, it's that you've already decided and so the difference to you is too small to care about. To me t... | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal If there is not profit to be made, why would any company continue? Is mylogic willing to personally pay to keep a losing business alive? Businesses are acquired usually because the price is low due to an ineffective business strategy or mis-ma... | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. My dCS Bartok comes on without fail from it's warmed up quiet state every time there's a power surge or temporary outage. Had any surges lately? | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal To repeat... Harman has done a great job with Roon. | |
| Qobuz Connect Launched Yesterday The app passes the Qobuz music via your streamer to your audio system. The app is controlled by your iPad separately and has no effect on the music stream or it's quality. And, Roon playing Qobuz sounds great. I use their Nucleus streamer and a... | |
| Audioquest Water interconnects Moon Audio has some apparently good sounding, well constructed IC cables at good prices as well. Mine are AQ Thunderbird and Wireworld Platinum but both are not budget friendly. If you are going to stretch, the AQ top three or four power cords a... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? My preamp is Conrad-Johnson's top model the ART88. It came brand new from the factory with four Phillips NOS ECC88's. I read in a HiFI+ review that you could replace the "made for TVs" NOS tubes with EH6922 Golds for a nice increase in sound qua... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles Hey Eric... thanks for the great little essay on a vitally important subject. Not the anyone cares but I like meatloaf as long as it's not too greasy. A delicacy indeed. Beer is great as long as it's beer and has a good bit of flavor, not IPA o... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" I'm old so... First it was the table radio with the pretty glowing tubes. Wonderful... how does it all work? Then Ham Radio to talk with the world, and more equipment fascination. As a teen it was all about the music... loved the Do-Wop but h... | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? I'm probably an 85 DB is loud guy. Mostly jazz. Most tracks or albums have a perfect sound level, all different. I turn the sound up until the image of the voice or instrument in front of me is the right size. Too loud and it's blasting and ... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier Preamplifiers have more effect on sound quality than any other individual component save speakers. And, everything goes through your preamp. Companies that specialize in building the highest quality preamps are relatively few. The best value at... | |
| Oh no, say it ain't so. MULVELING... well said, as usual. +1 | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? Yes, I believe a good power conditioner and power cables will improve your sound quality because that's been my experience. But, it may not be yours or at least not to the extent you think it important. One of the joys of this hobby for me is th... |