ejr1953
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| Focal Sopra 2 Vs Wilson Sophia 3 In 2015 I did a lot of music audio system upgrades, including the purchase of a new pair of Focal Sopra No2's, after listening to a lot of speakers from different, well-respected manufacturers, including Wilson Audio.At one of my audio dealer visi... | |
| For all you McIntosh fans Back when I was in college I snagged an MC225, enjoyed that amp but was offered much more than I paid for it, sold it and snagged an MC275, which was good, but needed service a college kid couldn't afford, again was offered much more than I paid f... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one I know this forum is about an Ayre product, but I see some interesting postings about MQA.Interesting that Warner is dipping their toe into the MQA pond. I see that Tidal will be distributing MQA, I wonder if they will do the conversion to some o... | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! Wow! This "are high end cables worth the cost" discussion is like the "tubes vs. solid state" or "analog vs. digital" discussion, really gets audiophiles on edge, with the "I know what I'm talking about, you don't know anything" edge to it.Hey, t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? " Testament: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin by J. S. Bach" by Rachel Barton Pine (violinist) | |
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? I have been really fortunate in my audio purchases, not a single one I regret.Having been in the retail end of the high-end audio business a long time ago, there were items that had high margins, like speakers (usually 50% profit margins for the d... | |
| Elevating subwoofer about two feet off the floor It was all I could do to move my pair of JL Audio F113V2's around at all, interesting concept, elevating subs. The JL Audio's and Velodyne's all have microphones and EQ routines, to "tune" them to the room (I imagine also taking into account the ... | |
| Your Favorite Classical Box Sets I have several versions of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, my favorite of all of them, #3, #7 and #9 are near the top of my list. If I had to chose "the best" I'd chose Herbert Von Karajan's 1963 recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic (remastered). ... | |
| A Couple Of Articles For Digital Listeners Hey, if you enjoy vinyl more than digital, or digital more than vinyl, or both, who am I to say you are "right" or "wrong" for enjoying your listening one way or another.Too many of us Audiogoners seem to insist they THEY are "right" and if you do... | |
| Opinions: Joseph Audio Pulsar vs Dynaudio Conficence C1 vs Totem Element Fire vs ????? I own a pair of Totem Fire monitors and compared them to the Dynaudio C1's, liked the C1's a lot, but in the end felt that they sounded "different" than the Fire's, but not "better". Same result from comparing them to the Sonus Faber Guarneri mon... | |
| is there a market? I don't believe there are any studio quality analog multi-track tape recorders being made today, haven't been for quite some time, and the parts for older units are becoming very difficult to find. | |
| "Shouty" treble with hi res files OK, I don't mean to stir up trouble, but some people don't believe that music should be distributed in resolutions greater than a CD qualtiy (44.1k/16 bit). Here's an interesting article to review:https://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.htmlHa... | |
| Does it ever bother you Over 35 years ago I was an audio salesman, on commission only, at a high end shop in DC. After I got somewhat "seasoned", I noticed that I could sell fairly easily to people who loved music and most of the time I was wasting my time dealing with ... | |
| Jaw Dropping I guess some people have "more dollars than sense"... | |
| Speaker Placement Can't agree more with the comments posted by yogiboy & pops. I moved my system from our living room to a much larger family room, and found that small adjustments in speaker positioning sometimes made significant changes to the soundstage. A... |