firstonetallguy
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| Benchmark AHB2 amp - what speaker connectors are used…. imhififan This is one of the best descriptive explanations to resolve the poster's problem that I have seen on the forum. Well done. | |
| Law Of Diminishing Returns? @curiousjim Don’t ever buy a new car, its value drops 30% the second you drive it off the lot! Same thing with hifi, but if you want new and exciting with a full warranty, you’ll buy new. I always enjoyed buying a new auto from a dealership.... | |
| I noticed brightness/harshness more than usual from my system a couple months back. oharek I am also over 70 years with normal hearing for this age, nothing above 12 K, and a mild case of tinnitus. I have a Marantz AV7703 Pre/Pro Tuner in my music/TV room hooked up to various amplifiers, Martin Logan Expression ESL 13A Electro... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? waytoomuchstuff Thank you for a humorously wonderful synopsis of a phenomenon that can not be explained well enough to satisfy everyone in any direction. | |
| Buyer anxiety Your smartest move during this whole transaction was to ask for advice from the Audiogon community. There is probably no greater source of experience with fraudulent actors on this planet than the audiophile fraternity. Congratulations on not ge... | |
| Fraud /SCAM I will NEVER purchase anything from an individual, not backed up by a company that can handle credit cards, unless I can buy through PayPal merchandise and services. Every other method is a ticket to give money to society's pariahs. | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Hi Everyone, I am enclosing the updated spreadsheet reflecting the additions to the suggested Direct Cable Company list. It includes the added information up to this date, 7/31/2022. I will follow up with the new submissions as needed. I espec... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Speakers first, mono amplifiers second, pre amplifiers third. All other changes are like adding sprinkles to an ice cream cone, nice but could live without. | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Hi Everyone, I have gone over all of the responses to this date, 07/04/22, and have spreadsheeted the results that you see below. These are the company names with the quantities of mentions. I thought this might be helpful to others who are fol... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Thank you to all who have responded. I had no idea there were so many cable companies that could fulfill my needs. I will follow up on every suggestion and make up my mind based on the information contained on the cable company's website and you... | |
| Another person going digital and full of questions @ gdnrbob I moved to Aurender, which had a slightly improved sound, but very limited (Tidal and Qobuz only) apps, and no means of playing on a second system. (I like to stream to both my office and the Main system). I now use a Innuos Zen ... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? I have owned the Schiit Modi and Magni for headphones. I listened to the work computer CDs and Spotify. It was much better than the add-on computer audio card and quite listenable. Was it audiophile quality? No. But who has the time or need f... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) duckworp Thank you for your excellent article. I have been considering all 3 of the streamers you mentioned and your comparisons and comments are very helpful. | |
| Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark. Using digital, I can use DSP to pervert what the musician intended and produce a frequency response like you get from vinyl. I can set up a number of different DSP profiles for each track to replicate the way the sound worsens as the needle head... | |
| The Weekend I had never heard, or heard of, Mr. Weekend before the Super Bowl ads. I was looking forward to something new and entertaining. I saw something new but not entertaining for me, nor for the other viewers in the room. I did not like the show. I d... |