david_berry
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| Have you ever deceived your wife-audio purchase What!? I have never deceived... Oh, wait, I'm among friends.Yes.My trick is usually to downplay the cost of the purchase and state the true resale price."Man, I got a great price on this Bryston 4B-ST. How much you ask? Only $800 US!".Six months l... | |
| Time to reflect - why do you post on Audiogon..... Because my wife's eyes glaze over:) As Ozfly said who else can I talk to about this stuff?Really, I do not participate in much of the subjective posts because I have only been obsessed with this hobby for 2 years and do not have much experience wi... | |
| stupid question on sacd:pls help If you require specific help with your player to change to 2-channel, list it such that we can provide the info. | |
| Canare cables in Canada Thank you for the responses. I will check both out. | |
| Are You Happy With 2 Channel SACD? I had a Sony SCD-C555ES SACD 5 disc multi-channel player and sold it (plus a few speakers) to focus on 2-channel only. I have now had my Marantz SA-14 for about 9 months now and am very happy with the purchase. My main reason for selling my "multi... | |
| Whats the Story w/ Headphones? I bought a pair of HD600's about 4 months ago and what a whole new world! Even though I have a good set of speakers, there is no room interaction to deal with. Amazing level of "musicality". As far as an outboard amp, Musical Fidelity puts out the... | |
| Jacintha SACD Tireguy,Thank you for the response. I decided to post this thread because someone else was having the same problems with this specific disc using different equipment (noted in Audio Asylum). I will see if anyone local has a SACD player to see if i... | |
| How to stop upgrading and aviod going bankrupt???? Good morning,Do a search for "Words from the Wise" (or something very similar). A lot of hard earned advice there. Or for that matter "How do I get off this merry-go-round" Again, I might have the wording a bit off but you should be able to find i... | |
| Hovland musicap capacitor: What does it do? Mhu,This is what is known as a Zobel network (a capacitor and resistor in series). I am not exactly sure what it does (meaning I do not wish to be corrected numerous times if I try to explain it technically!), however, if you do some searches on t... | |
| New Headphone User Many thanks to your thoughts/advice. I will look into a separate headphone amp and see whether or not I can accommodate it in my current setup.I have surfed around the HeadFi website and almost unanimously people say to replace the cable, as the s... | |
| New Headphone User Megasam,Good analogy. I am currently looking for a Cardas 15'cable as I have read many times what you have posted. I really do not know what improvements I will notice with the Cardas, however, as I require 15' vs the stock 10' I thought that I mi... | |
| Low-Fi Experience Included in my stereo system is a Pioneer DV-440 DVD player that I bought for $250 Cdn. new two years ago (one can probably buy it used now for $100). I tried one of my "reference" CDs in it and did a non-scientific back and forth comparison with ... | |
| High End Audio Equipment, Status Symbol? A status symbol (money status) in the general definition of the term (i.e. many other people see and realize the cost) I would have to say no. A status symbol in the eyes of the audiophile that owns it? Probably yes, especially if you are talking ... | |
| Good sounding carrousel cd player?? I had a Sony SCD-C555ES SACD/CD player that had a 5-disc carousel that was fantastic. If you search around I believe that you will find many opinions of the same nature.Regards, | |
| Should I leave my SF Line 3 SE on standby? Semi,If you only listen to the Line 3 SE on the weekends, I agree with Rec's statement. Even on "standby", the tube life is being used up, although only at 10% of that when they are "on". That "10%" is from an old brochure that SF put out a while ... |