danvignau
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| Interesting study Addendum: Due to the characteristics of a very special car I loved, I got rid of it in order to quit looking like a weirdo, and to keep my license. It has nearly 400 horsepower in a 2700 pound car, but no power below 6000 rpm. It runs its best e... | |
| Interesting study As a person who has spent his life studying psychology and sociology, with the specialty, Sociology of Mental Illness, I am drawn to this phrase from the article about that study: “These are people who often see themselves as superior and are k... | |
| Is there a such too much power for speakers? Audire's Julius Siksnius thought that a really strong power supply and 100 watts was sufficient. Except for a few things I can't afford anyway, I tend to agree, even though I use 4 channels of 125 (250 and 400 into 4 and 2 ohms) wpc Audire amps f... | |
| Disappointing On Mcintosh......help To my ears, McIntosh sounds wonderfully lush, like a Sequerra tuner with rich harmonics and deep power. Like many audiophiles, I greatly prefer accuracy and detail. | |
| Cartridge misadventures I have a removable tone arm stalk so that I can easily change cartridges. Since I save me best M/C for records that are special sounding, I used the arm with the Yamaha M/C 9 that I had bought decades ago to use temporarily while I waited for my... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Australian Open | |
| WOULD IT BE DUMB TO BUY A MARK LEVINSON NO 23.5 Mark Levinson is excellent. I have owned some. You will love it . | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. One must appreciate the history of half century old jazz to get these artists. From the same time period, I simply don't get doo-wop, country and western, old rock and roll, or any smooth jazz that arose from this AM car radio era. My boy did lea... | |
| So What Is Real? My favorite audiophoolery delusion is thinking that the great designers of the best electronics were too stupid to use a decent power cord, but that some internet marketer or commission salesman has just the right secret ingredient in his contrapt... | |
| confused and don't know what to do When I accidentally destroyed all of my electronics, I decided on the B&W 804 as my test speaker, thinking it would be the closest to my older 803's, and I was not wrong. You are going to get a lot of advice, but here is mine, after listening... | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. Whatever you buy, replace all of the caps. Not really. I just wanted to say that before the tweaknerds did. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? I tried streaming ,but was unhappy with the sound. Now I just stream Democracy Now! news on You Tube, plus other TV, such as AXS concerts. | |
| Cartridge loading Around 1980, the B&W and Audire Florida rep was my neighbor near my family's St Augustine beach house. He turned me on to both brands, and suggested a Supex 900 E+ M/C to replace my Ortophon. I bought an Audire Diffet 1A preamp, which had a... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? On Main system (Audire/B&W 803, Bryston/Peerless subs, Onkyo Dx7555 CD): All Jamaica All Star Jazz Band. Astonishing vocals on, Yes this is real, "Walk On By" and "My Boy Lollipop". On Turntable: (Supex, Ariston, Signet, all old), R... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? On my television system, Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. (B&W, Audire, Rotel) |