david12
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| Horns for SET: Low budget solutions Another vote for the Abbys, with the plus point that they are really attractive. There are some seriously big ugly horn speakers out there. Zingali are simply beautiful sounding and looking speakers. The cheaper overture I believe, speakers are no... | |
| Unhappy with tubes so which transistor amp? Lovely system, I heard the Peak consult speakers before I bought mu Acoustic Zen speakers,they were too costly for me. You have some great suggestions, particularly the Pass XA series. They were designed to give the tube like magic of the Aleph am... | |
| How much does your system retail for? £18500, which is about $36000. Thank goodness I did'nt pay anything like that, mostly ex dem and 2nd hand. I think you should worry how much, not how little you have spent. I know we all say that, but when my GNSC moddedd Resolution Opus 21 arrive... | |
| How many more years before cd's become passe? Amen to that, the subject is'nt new, but very relevant to all of us. That is in terms of supporting the format with expensive hardware. I am sure CD is more under threat than vinyl, which has become the default Audiophile choice. As with vinyl, th... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? This is an eternal question there is no answer to. One side says you can't possibly hear a difference, you are imagining it, the other that the difference is manifest and obvious. Who is right, who cares. I am not being flippant in saying who care... | |
| The Best of the Best Well sort of - CD players I can think of 2 not on your list, I might have considered first, particularly if you want dace and musicality; Resolution Opus 21 Audio research CD3 The resolution in particular punches well above its weight and you have the option of a tried and... | |
| Acousctic Zen Sil. Ref. II and Absolute, anyone? Thanks for this thread, I have been wondering the same question. I use Silver reference1's and hologram and was contemplating the Absolutes, reluctantly, they are pretty expensive. It sounds from the last post, as though I can save my money, witho... | |
| Are the online zines killing print mags in audio? There has been much huffing and puffing in the UK on this subject of valid sources of information for buyers. Most of the hot air comes from Roy Gregory at HiFi+, who seems to disparage any other source of info other than, well HiFi+. He has had a... | |
| Why HDCD did not become a dominant format? Undertow, XRCD's are certainly still available new, the problem is that they include a lot of Japanese artists you have never heard of. I buy my odd XRCD purchases from a guy in Honk kong I believe, who sells on E bay as internationalrecords. Trou... | |
| New or used? I would go for 2nd hand, but that is because I always do. The reason of course is you get more bang for your buck. You can get the latest version of a VPI, Technodec, Origin Live Aurora or any other of the good decks listed above and save yourself... | |
| What other hobby or hobbies do you have? How can people afford 2 expensive past times and a wife and family. My other interests are'nt expensive; Amature dramatics, people still talk about my Malvolio, very little is printable. Martial Arts: crawling up to black belt in Karate for wimps ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "A case of You", on Blue by Joni Mitchell, helped me through the teenage Angst "Guitar Town" by Steve Earl, has there been a better song about being trapped in a small town and longing for life to begin | |
| Looking for compilation suggestions I am afraid I don't know the label, as a friend copied it for me, but there is a CD of Bob Dylan covers from the likes of Eliza Gilkyson and Martin Simpson, called "Nod to Bob", which is one of my favourite CDs As for a CD of cover versions, try S... | |
| Vibration and Isolation at a budget? Whats the world coming to, when I was a medical student, I could'nt afford HiFi and spare time was spent in the Pub anyway. If you are not going the homemade route, another vote for Herbies. Sold direct, with good advice, but no fancy packaging, h... | |
| Amazed at Herbies Iso Cups Another vote For Herbie. I have put the Iso cups under my VERY heavy tube integrated, I almost feel sorry for them. I noticed a big improvement in base definition and imaging which suprised me a little. Knowone has mentioned the big fat dots. My r... |