cundare2
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| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? @simonmoon I almost didn’t post to this thread, but then I saw your message. "Univers Zero", you say?? An audiophile after my own heart! UZ is just one of dozens of "Rock in Opposition" and USSR artists that I’ve loved for decades, and which are... | |
| 2 separate sets of speakers one amp About a year ago, I asked the same question and got most of the same answers. I chased down every one of the suggestions and found that most of the products were no longer being sold, much less supported. The remaining few didn't seem to be audi... | |
| Subwoofers - Final Thoughts with Martin Logan ESL 13A Good question to ask a dealer. I know that Bliss HiFi in MN handles the line; and the owner Juan is pretty sharp & always happy to answer questions via email or phone. One reason why they may work is that even the R10 has pretty significant b... | |
| Subwoofers - Final Thoughts with Martin Logan ESL 13A One option that doesn’t get much airplay on Audiogon is Perlisten. The company does advertise in the glossies, but rarely offers its products for review, so it’s not surprising that it flies under most audiophiles’ radar. However, when Perlistens ... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? OK, get out your handkerchiefs. This is a sad story. About 10 years ago, I was forced to downsize from a 3500sqft house to a 900sqft condo. This entailed a 4000-mile move, so most of my stereo could not make the trip. This included meticulously ... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… Let me add my voice to the chorus of high praise for the C7ES3. I originally chose that model because more than one Harbeth employee mentioned off the the record that upper management considered the C7 line the "best-sounding" of what Harbeth had ... | |
| Are new Mark Levinson Preamps better than old? @triwhiz You mentioned upgrading ML DACs. Are you talking about migrating from a DAC1 to a DAC2 module? If so, can you provide a little detail about the ways in which the DAC2's SQ was an improvement? And in retrospect, do you consider that dif... | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? Like so many things audio, my best guess is that anybody who tries to definitively answer this question "yes" or "no" really has no idea. I can say from personal experience that speaker break-in does exist. But I can’t define with any credibilty ... | |
| Physical degradation of CD's There are a lot of reasons why CDs fail to play correctly. A case of "CD rot" -- i.e., oxidation of the aluminum layer -- is very, very rare in all but the earliest replicated discs. It can be identified with the naked eye as black layers of oxid... | |
| T+A's new R 2500 R integrated amp https://darko.audio/2024/10/ta-r-2500-r-video-review/ I just discovered this R 2500 R Darko review, which covers most of the points I outlined above, even confirming some of the reasons why an old monoblockhead like me, for the first time, chose ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? The OP can answer this question him (or her) self. Reverse the situation. You invite a buddy to listen to your great, great system, one that you've spent years tweaking. Your friend has her own spectacular system, which cost her about the same,... | |
| Sub suggestions please There are some great suggestions in this thread but, not surprisingly, nobody is mentioning the exquisite Perlisten line. Perlisten has a low profile on Audiogon, perhaps because the company rarely submits its products for review. But make no m... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget exley_99 +1 I’m in very much the same situation as the OP. I’m older and not able to handle heavy components, live in an isolated area & unable to travel to shows or dealers to hear before I buy, have a relatively small (14x17) listening r... | |
| Physical degradation of CD's Many years ago, when I was a contributing editor to various mainstream tech publications, I did a large feature on disc rot. Spoke at length with engineers, large manufacturing & fab facilities, the whole nine yards. At this point, I don’t rem... | |
| Qobuz and Tidal comparison Long-time (content) Tidal user here. But I'm always open to other opinions. I have a lot of obscure musical interests (like 1970s Soviet and Eastern European jazz & progressive rock) that Tidal serves surprisingly well. But I have one big i... |