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| When and what was your last significant equipment upgrade? A used Matrix M Stage HPA-1 headphone amp/preamp (2012/v.2). It cost little & really impressed me sonically, bettering my Burson Soloist in certain ways. I'm upgrading it with w/OPA627AP opamps & using as my day-to-day preamp. | |
| New blog post on the world of portable hi res audio Every site has its place in the audio world. Audiogon is deep in traditional audiophile knowledge and values. I started the heavy lifting in audio 30+ yrs ago with tube amplifiers, turntables, speakers the size of small refrigerators, and so on. T... | |
| Great Stereophile article on a friend of mine, drummer Billy Drummond I, too, saw this article and was totally charmed by it--for multiple reasons. For one thing, Billy Drummond is one of the best drummers on the East Coast and has been for a long time. I've seen/heard him half a dozen times and he's the real deal. ... | |
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? My very first set of speakers, inexpensive Infinity towers (circa 1985) was unbearably bright--I wasted time & money trying to tame it. But from this came a key audio realization: know the sound you favor and build around it. I learned I favor... |