fleschler
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| Overrated/Underrated After auditioning 100s of cables as a cable beta tester. High Fidelity cables wins (loses) as the worst cable in every system I've heard them in-awful. Funny how some lines of higher priced cables results in worse sound.Best underrated cable=Grov... | |
| I'm pretty excited about my new room i'm building This is how I had my custom listening room built into a double garage. It measures 15'8" X 19'8" X 10' high interior. The exterior walls are 16" thick and the 2 doors are 17" thick. No windows or other openings. Built in bass traps (very effec... | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound @robberjobberman My three blue SR fuses make a very significant upgrade over standard buss fuses in my custom tube amps and highly modified Dynaco ST70. However, they apparently make no difference in some equipment, including an EAR 864 preamp. ... | |
| An audio rack that really does make a difference. Just to answer your question, stabilization of the equipment/speakers through vibration control is very important. I've gone through three setups over 50+ years. For the past 25 years, I have hollow, heavy gauge welded steel racks filled with 50... | |
| How old are you? 65 in a few weeks. Feel 45 and look 50 at most. Very strict diet for last 30 years and modest exercise with no unhealthy habits. I never want to be a kid again, love being an adult. Inferiority complex and fearful of everything as a child with an ... | |
| Speaker upgrade I am also looking for a speaker upgrade in the $35k to $60k range. The VS VR55 requires more power but I've heard the Ultra series and it duplicates the needs for me. It has the widest listening area of all of the speakers listed and recreates t... | |
| Similarities and Differences-VAC 200IQ versus Music Reference RM-200 Thank you very much for your insight. I would not consider the MC275 as I’ve heard four iterations including the anniversary and 5 find them boring and uninvolving. Despite really liking the McIntosh MC225 and MC240, I prefer more power, 70+ watts... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? I would buy used Legacy Signature IIIs or Focuses at $2K to $3K, respectively. Both will work well with your PL and give you great dynamics and with the Sig IIIs, open sound (rear ambiance tweeter). They also have room tone adjustments (bass, mids... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? I've heard some nice Class D amps at shows which were $4K to $10K. I just read a review at SoundStageUltra.com of the Merrill Audio 118, $36K Class D amps versus Mac 1.25KW $25K amps. My best friend uses Channel Islands Class D amps for his diff... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? I've heard the big PL amps with KT150s driving $60,000 Sonus Fabers and the sound was very good. Not for detail enthusiasts but lovely sound. I do not like Mac 275s. I've heard 4 or 5 of iterations over the years. Leaves me unsatisfied with a ... | |
| Opening Record Store Millercarbon is mostly correct. Do not listen to anything nonoise utters. In SoCal, there are several successful LP/CD retail stores. They generally have an on-line presence, have both new and used stock and large collections, mostly in storag... | |
| Audiophile demographics? @artemus_5 Unfortunately, much of the rock from the 80s and 90s that she wants to listen to is not well recorded or mastered so she criticizes the system. The 60s and 70s rock is preferable. Prong, Osborne and Metallica sound more like noise than ... | |
| Preamp recommendation I would get a used EAR 864 full function preamp ($2000-$2500) or the upgraded ones EAR 868P around $5000 (more limited functionality than) the EAR 912 (outstanding phono section) at $7500-8500. Or buy the 868L for $1000-$1500 less and add a phono... | |
| Audiophile demographics? My wife is atypical music lover. She graduated Stoney Brook as a biology major. Major sports fan and an athlete. When I met her, she had a few hundred rock and pop LPs in excellent condition (now shared). However, she only loves the opera l... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? @chakster I heard the Nakamichi turntable with auto centering feature back in the 1980s at M&K Sound in Los Angeles. At the time, it was the finest LP sound I had ever heard. Dyanamic and without wow problems. I had a choice of a Linn ta... |