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| WILSON AUDIO/ cost vs. value I am looking forward to hearing the new WP8 in LA this weekend.With their current ad campaign, I think Wilson is trying to build a brand with similar attributes as those enjoyed by McIntosh in its heyday: quality, engineering excellence, overall e... | |
| contradictory communication We tend to use analogies from the other senses to describe the sound of audio systems. They are imprecise, but are generally more meaningful and useful to me than other approaches I have seen, except for those few reviewers who are able to communi... | |
| "Tell the industry what you want" postingboard As someone who does new product research for a living, I think this can be a useful exercise. I imagine that few if any high-end companies do any serious market research. Most get their feeback informally from the channel and, of course, from thei... | |
| Anyone heard Harbeth HL5s with Nuforce? Getting around to this a little late, but I have a friend's Nuforce 8s driving my SHL5's right now and I think I may buy a pair of these amps (or maybe the 9s). The combo seems a bit bright and the bass is light, but the clarity and tonal purity o... | |
| DK Design Review Which clown wrote that review? | |
| Why so much music for sale? It's because music has fallen out of favor. I mean, it's so last millenium. Those of us in the know are dumping our music collections in favor of the Next Big Thing: | |
| what digital cables for my dac? Sterevox. This is the designer who created the Illuminati digital cable, which was something of an industry standard for many years in the 90's. He's back and with a digital cable for well under $200. This is an easy decision. | |
| DK Design Review I have no position on the DK products, but I did finally read the Stereophile review yesterday. As I read it, Mr. Reina preferred the Creek. He said many nice things about the DK, but the bottom line was lukewarm at best. | |
| PAD Venustas The Speltz speaker cables are all about clarity in my experience. But I have not heard anything from Purist. | |
| Plinius 9100 or Simaudio Moon i5 for Totem Hawks? I have a Plinius 9200 I don't need any more. Email me if you are interested. | |
| Data to SPDIF conversion I think it's just that very few people have enough experience to comment. You ask a great question, though. | |
| Conservative Politics & Rock Music For the record, I'm somewhat fiscally conservative, social moderate, and almost as sexually active as I was 30 years agoStill ain't gettin' any, eh? | |
| Snake oil, subs and alcohol I'd call this a cautionary tale for the Always Trust Your Ears point of view. So where does the alcohol come in? | |
| About the new Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 8 You know, there is always someone who dumps their [whatever] for the latest [whatever]. Always. It means nothing.And another thing: In my experience with high end components, few if any excellent components ever really "smoke" other excellent comp... | |
| Data to SPDIF conversion Is the idea to use the Xbox as the interface to your PC via Windows Media Center? You should take a close look at what that interface looks like and if it's the way you would want to access your music collection. And compare it to the Squeezebox i... |