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| Beatles vs. Stones They are two different type bands, and I’ll paraphrase Paul McCartney as told by Keith Richards in his biography; the Beatles are a vocal band and the Stones more instrumental. In any case, I enjoy them both, more so the Beatles because that’s wha... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? This is probably the biggest opening to a thread I’ve ever seen. To shorten things up different cables have different effects in different systems. In mine, power cables do make a difference in sound, and add toward the synergy of the entire syste... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Some contemporary picks from my library, too many to choose but here are a few: Black Orpheus, Vince Guraldi Street Life, Crusaders Traut/Rodby, The Duo Life Dave Grusin, Discovered Again Plus on XRCD | |
| Which DAC Filter - Fast or Slow? Slow roll off is the best sounding in my opinion. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Everyone has their own tastes in music. Enjoy what you like…I certainly do. | |
| Streaming Services +1 @fuzztone. However, none of the streaming services will sound as good as local music files, so understand there are limitations, even with Quobuz. I’ve seen audio magazine reviewers use albums from streaming services for their reviews. I don’t ... | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? They had character. You knew it was a Marantz when you heard it, a Sansui, an Onkyo, a Kenwood, or a Mac. Each had its own sound. I don’t know if you can really compare that in todays terms…..they all sound more alike in my opinion. | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? I think it’s more about features or decoding the latest file rather than sound. | |
| Putting a new end on a XLR cable Tara Labs is a pretty good company and they should be able to fix the cable under warranty or relatively inexpensively. Did they really say that it would be $500 to fix the cable? If they did I find that hard to believe. | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh I think you’ll be very happy with your mc275. In my vintage system I have an mx110z with two mc30s driving Sonus Faber Venere S speakers and the sound is wonderful. My main is a c2300 with an mc500 driving Tannoy Churchill’s and I couldn’t be happ... | |
| How long do speakers last? Speakers can last a lifetime. Recone, recap, etc.. | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? I loved my spin clean. It did a good job but was a lot of manual work. You could really see that it was cleaning by how the water looked. I still have it for pre cleaning really dirty records. I upgraded to an Audiodeske System cleaner and I must ... | |
| Tube DACs I don’t think there’s anything wrong with running a tube dac through a tube pre, unless the point is there’s no need to do that, because you you already get tube sound through the pre. I agree that there’s synergy in coupling tube components toge... | |
| Where do you stop? Silver works great in systems that are not analytical, ie warm. Mixtures of silver and other metals like copper a gold can have great effects on sound ie Siltech cables. Too much silver can cause a system to sound “shrill” or overly bright. Moral ... | |
| I Was Stunned I use a rack made by Mapleshade, Amish craftmen. Sort of a blend of untilitairian and elegant. Thick maple slabs, large poles holding the slabs that can be adjusted, spiked to the floor. It’s made to help drain micro vibrations from your component... |