daveyf
Responses from daveyf
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? This may come as a surprise to a few here, but i know several musicians who are now concerned about the cabling that their gear utilizes. I noticed in the studio, when i was playing, that a specific brand and type of cable was important to me, it ... | |
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? I'm an ex pro studio musician. My experience is that most musicians have little to no idea that high end audio even exists. Most who do know, are also very put off by the prices that a lot of the gear demands. But, I know of a few other ex-pros an... | |
| MBL Insolvent @yyzsantabarbara While you may be sarcastic, there are folks in the high end industry that think that business plan is a solid one. I know of a high end manufacturer who was told by his Far East dealer/rep to increase prices considerably, becaus... | |
| MBL Insolvent One thing that seems to be missing from a lot of high end manufacturer’s business plan is this: offering a product that qualifies as "value for money". There are a lot of really good high end pieces that have interest to the hobbyist, until th... | |
| Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment? Usually I do not pick up records at garage sales and swap meets. However, last week I was at the local swap meet and sure enough a vendor had two records I was interested in. The first was a M&K D to D disc of Earl Hines 'Fatha'. The second wa... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? One thing that occurs to me with regards to the dCS pricing is that one can acquire the new Metaxas And Sins Papillion tape deck, along with a good number of tapes for a price that might be less than the dCS stack. According to JV in the current i... | |
| KT150 to KT120..or KT120 to KT150 @aljordan Have you swapped back to KT150's to determine the difference between the tubes? I also wonder if the speaker that one uses has something to do with the results posted? Some less efficient speakers working better with the KT150's? | |
| What are your thoughts on Raidho? @kodak805 70% seems to be wrong. Most retailers mark up at 100% (keystone) in order to support costs and profit, at a minimum. Perhaps the dealer friend was stating 700%, which would seem more likely given Raidho’s pricing. | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One @ghdprentice Unfortunately, I believe some high end gear does qualify as ’throw away’ For example, a speaker or an amp from a manufacturer that has gone out of business. Parts no longer available, but worse, nobody to work on the gear. A lot of t... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One @ghdprentice It's actually not the fact that gear occasionally needs servicing that concerns me, it is the question whether you can actually find someone to do the servicing. Seems like this trade is becoming scarcer as more and more gear is cons... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? I run a combo of NOS vintage tubes and new reissue tubes. It depends on where and how they are in the circuit. Personally, i think that in many cases, one gets possibly a more reliable tube with some of the reissues. Simply because the NOS tubes, ... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One Owning almost all high end audio is subject to the variable of whom will repair it when it needs servicing, and all of this gear will ultimately need some kind of a repair. The problem i see is that fewer and fewer folk are able, or are incentivi... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? The dCS Varese is reviewed in the current issue of Stereophile by Jason Victor Serinus. His Varese combo comes in at over $300k. I have not read the review yet, but will be looking forward to the ongoing hyperbole. | |
| Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep I own the newly re-released MFSL Tigerlily, it’s an amazing album and well worth the price. | |
| Linn LP 12 Sondek which version To me this would be an easy choice. I would go with Version (a). The Radikal power supply is a very nice upgrade over the Lingo 4 and the Kore, while not quite up to the standard of the Keel, is actually very close. |