fdottore

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Newb Tube question
Your 65 year old ears will be able to hear the difference if you're a critical listener.  I'm 63 and have significant hearing loss (so I listen at an elevated volume) and I am able to hear things I would never have believed, and it's because I'm a... 
Beware!!! Everyone and all American citizen, you must not buy anything from BH Hi-Fi
Fellow A'Goner's:You can go to the BH HiFi website (as I did) and click on "contact" to send them an e-mail (as I did. And encourage them to ship the unit (as I did).FrankHere's my e-mail to them:You are getting a bad reputation in USA for not shi... 
Higher Efficiency Speakers
interesting...  almost sounds like the woofers were internally wired out-of-phase 
Higher Efficiency Speakers
VON SCHWEIKERT VR-35 MkII speakers, under $7k factory direct, 90db efficient and designed to be placed right up against the rear wall (as close as 3"). 
Gryphon Diablo 300: at the top of Integrated Amps?
After reading the following review of the first generation Ypsilon Aelius Monoblocks I would never buy a Ypsilon product (sorry Ypsilon fans).  The reviewer found a glaring fault in the Ypsilon's sound reproduction of complex passages that, IMO,... 
best preamps
Just bought a C-J GAT S2 (haven't received it yet), but also considered the Koda K-15EX, Soulution 725 and Audionet PRE G2 (to mate with my Audionet MAX amps), however, my dream pre would be the VAC Statement, but at $78K it was way out of my reach. 
CD players = dead?
I just purchased a T+A top of the line CD/SACD player (PDP 3000HV).  Read what T+A has to say about why they're still making disc players." It is only natural that the SACD and CD continue to lose significance, as they are increasingly superseded...