deadhead1000
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| A Different "Analog" Question Analog watches, several of them. No digital watch, I have a phone for that. I expect one day analog watches will make a come back, just like LP's did. | |
| A video interview wth Robbie Fulks. I was unfamiliar with Robbie, thanks for the recommendation! | |
| Do You Clean Your Ears? I prefer the occ copper adhesive to gold….I also have heard dipping it in Discwasher fluid helps. @dill really enjoyed this post. Thanks for the laugh. | |
| What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo? I would agree with @ghdprentice that overall, a classical symphony is the biggest challenge. But as I do not listen nor attend a lot of classical music, I use piano and vocals as my “challenge” for a system, as I am very familiar with many vocals ... | |
| Tough situation - need advice on modern (or refurbished Equivalent) Advent Loudspeakers The KLHs ‘s or Lintons are a good “modern” replacement if that is what the insurance company wants. Using the price of another set of referb Advents would get you a much lower value, so give the insurance company what they asked for. | |
| speaker cables under 1k for Harbeth 30.2XD? I own 30.2s and went with Audience Ohno. Flexible, occ copper, adds nothing, very neutral. I will mention these are the most expensive speaker cables I have owned, so can’t comment on higher levels. But I think they are a good match for the level... | |
| Harbeth 30.2 or Falcon Gold Badge I have the 30.2s, although I cannot compare them with the Falcons, I can say I compared them with speakers up to $14k and still brought them. I listen to a lot of vocal, acoustic, blues and jazz, plus a very small amount of classical. I have poste... | |
| TECHNICS 1700 MK II or AR -XA or Reco kut - N 33H One vote here for keeping the Technics. | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I live in a big city and three out of the four places are just horrible, incompetent sales people mainly. One charges for his 'advice' and claims his advice is on the order of a Medical Doctor. Yeah, right. The other won't let you listen to any mu... | |
| What to do with my legacy CD collection? I had a similar problem, although it only totaled about 100 CD's. After I made sure I had two compete HD backups, including one in fireproof file cabinet, best bet is to give them away locally. I gave mine away to folks who were more interested in... | |
| PS Audio Nuwave DSD DAC They are still around. Try going through their website support ticket, I have their DAC and never had a problem contacting them and getting an answer to any questions. Hope this helps s bit. | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? When I sold stereo equipment in the 1980's, we had a Cerwin Vega knock off (5 inch woofer, ported, etc) that was all boom and highs. Sounded great to the teenagers who came in for their first stereo and played the latest Alice Cooper, AC/DC or Le... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? You don't need to spend a lot to get soundstage or depth. First time I heard it was with in the1980's Marantz 2035, Pioneer turntable/Shure cartridge and Advent speakers. Of course the more money you spend the better it is. My Harbeth 30.2 and Lux... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions No mention of Pat Metheny, his first album was the first Jazz Album that really got me to listen to Jazz. I still think it's his best, but they are all enjoyable. In fact, I think I'll give his first album a spin right now. | |
| What's all the fuss about late 70s and earl 80s run of the mill midfi turntables? Wow, I had a Philips 212 - I loved that table. Not that it sounded amazing, it was fine with the AT cartridge I had, but my friends were just so jealous. It was cool looking overall, then with the strobe, and the best, it also had those touch lit ... |