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| Wilson to Tekton to ???? Good lesson. I've been running w my epi 100 speakers in one room or another for forty years and they still continue to amaze me. | |
| Favourite Guitarists Jimmy Page I'm not a fan of Bonamassa, not a big fan of SRV, either, though I acknowledge their talents | |
| The revolution has begun! Technics ... jus' sayin' | |
| Polk R700 excellent. Yes, I'm very much into price/performance | |
| Power cable dilemma It would make no sense at all for the Levinson to ship with an inferior power cord. Just use what the engineers supplied. | |
| Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time? Nope: no "burn in" effects. | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @cd318 +1 for Andrew Robinson more folks ought heed his "recovering audiophile" wisdom | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? it differs in the ears of the beholder ... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? The best are made right now. | |
| Vintage worth the time to explore? no, you will not get better performance from vintage amps compared to modern... I had the Marantz 2238, the Pioneer sx-450, and the HK 430 all in my room and one after the other the little modest Marantz nr1200 bested them all in sound quality ev... | |
| What am I missing? and 10-12k for a "respectable" digital system is beyond ridiculous, imo. | |
| What am I missing? CDs are still great, as far as I'm concerned. I really don't understand the resurgence of vinyl, as I lived w vinyl for many years and was so relieved when CDs came out for many reasons from space issues to easy care to sound quality... I do und... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac Sunshine on my Shoulder (or Annie's Song) - John Denver | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll hmm... I dunno, I'm no "class" expert, but the Marantz Ruby is some type of class D and sure sounds nice to me and to the various critics I've read. The Technics SU-R 1000 is None Of The Above, and it is supposedly hella great. I'm not married t... | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero I agree that the room is very important... even if not officially "acoustically treated" and just couch and rug. And, the important thing is to match the speakers w the room, which is a situation I'm struggling w right now; the speakers I "really... |