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| Neil Young - Guitarist Personally, I think Rolling Stone died by the endless, pompous, derivative, purposely-argumentative, dated lists. | |
| Linestage types versus soundstage In my original post, I said " Perhaps I’ve screwed up something else in the signal path."Well, time to fess up, man up and eat crow. I have a sub sitting in the corner, crossed over at 50 hz with a separate set of wires going from the amp taps t... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Most audiophiles care about their systems, and tubes provide that "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" ethos that allows interaction and care of a quality product. In contrast, solid state is something you bought that just sits there. I a... | |
| Linestage types versus soundstage Thanks to all who suggested and informed. A special thanks to Ralph for taking the time to address each of my issues with clarity and insight.I feel more empowered and reality-based for my decisions ahead, guided by your experiences and knowing... | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs Benchmark DAC2 if you have an integrated or a preamp, or DAC2 HGC if you don't. | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp I'm very familiar with the original VAC Avatar, which has four things going for it: 1) Switchable between triode/ultralinear, 2) great el34 tube sound for voice/midrange, 3) it's a VAC, which means great sound and good investment at used prices, 4... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 Well, I obviously mispoke on Atmasphere amps, since they're OTL. Only heard them once at a show, and thought they sounded very open. | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 I've decided that a well-designed tube amp with large transformers sound the best of what I've heard. McIntosh tube amps pioneered this formula, and I think companies like VAC and Atmasphere have refined it. What I hear on such amps is the abilit... | |
| Paradigm Persona 3 vs 5 vs Monitor Audio Anyone compared the Persona 3F against the ELAC Adante AF-61 or the Revel f208be? I'll likely purchase one of these if 100 tube watts is a good match. | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Granted, YouTube isn't a reliable tool for judging sound but Tyco Dogg has some interesting tests with the Schiit Freya preamp switching between tubes and Jfets, and between different tube sets.Here's one of the series:https://youtu.be/1Slu3u0o4Aw... | |
| what speakers to buy I'd wait to audition the new Elac AF-61 floorstander, which created a lot of buzz at the recent Munich and LA shows. And they're $5000 a pair. Worth a Google.Maggie's have a soundstage and bass that you either like or don't, are room sensitive, ... | |
| $100,000 line stage There's always a market for exclusivity. It's the measurement that measures the owner. | |
| Need a new amplifier. Need a good match for my Audio Research LS7 preamp The older Classe' CA300 or CA400 had a solid, non-bright sound back when I used SS. But the CA200 had a marginal power supply for demanding speakers. They would drive most anything and should be very cheap by now. | |
| Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player? I used my broke Wadia as an excuse to try computer audio and never looked back. But running it remote like a CD player can be a "computer-eze" pain for non-techies. | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? It could be another unintended consequence of digital technology as pop songs are constructed by digitally controlled machines and formulas that produce a level of perfection that doesn't capture the ear. I loved my old handmaid, British MG, but ... |