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| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life ^^^cool site^^^......Man oh man I remember for YEARS waiting for the new(printed paper magazine)Equipment Buying Guides from Stereophile,TAS,Hi Fi News,Hi Fi Choice & a few others long gone now & digesting them over a years time till the n... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? I thought I would update this as I have just removed the Cayin CS-55 tube integrated amp/Micromega MyDAC & installed a near mint,barely broke in Creek Evolution 50a with the Ruby2 DAC board...It’s only been an hour now but initial impressions ... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life IMO the UTMOST importance is to know what actual musical instruments sound like in various venues..If you don’t know what the real thing sounds like you will NEVER have a really good system.. After you know what to listen for start with reviews re... | |
| your opinion on buying an older Simaudio i-5 integrated IMO that amp is a WONDERFUL sounding amp but shouldn't cost more than about $500-600.00...Yes it is Dual Mono but only after the primary Power Supply winding(1 transformer)& will drive the LS50's just fine & sound great... | |
| Vintage Tannoy Gold vs Harbeth 30.1 NO,IMO there is NO good reason to go vintage,todays speakers(all audio gear for that matter)use superior parts & construction techniques than anything vintage ever used... | |
| Best cheap integrated amp Do yourself a favor DO NOT HESITATE to buy this amp before they are gone!!! It has EVERYTHING(except TT but you'll not need it after you experience streaming) you will ever need to downsize but maintain high fidelity...NOTHING recommended can touc... | |
| Vintage Tannoy Gold vs Harbeth 30.1 Haven't heard Tannoy's in 20 years or so but I have demo'd & lived with a lot of speakers in my time...NEVER in my life had better sound in my home than I do with the Harbeth M30.1's!!! | |
| Bluetooth Buds? Buds are those tiny things that just sit at the bottom of the ear & no one I know uses them.For BT In Ear Monitors I like RHA Audio & there is no loss of performance with an over the ear closed back which I prefer for comfort & IMO bet... | |
| Portable DSD/DAC Headphone Amp for iPhone? As a consumer I felt when auditioning head-fi DAC/amps that Chord was overpriced when compared to similar from iFi Audio... | |
| Love the gear (or listening to it) as much or more than the music? Sacrilege! I freely admit I love gear almost as much as the music BUT not at the expense OF the music.While I've never bought any piece of gear based solely on appearance my system did end up with gear that just happens to look like a supermodel with the voi... | |
| What kind of listener are you? IMO,you absolutely must be a bit of everything until you get your system to a point where the gear transcends existence & only the music remains..Some people never get there,either by choice or pig headedness not sure which. | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. I have a small,very selective,automatic wrist watch collection & am active in an online community...Mostly Professional grade Divers watches,NO Rolex or Omega,I’m much more selective than a brand I can see a dozen of in any financial district ... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? ^^^ @ clearthink, to"dip a toe"in any waters is to start as small as $ possible with maximum gains..An inexpensive tube buffer would exhibit all the basics of how tubes affect the sound including true staging & instrument separation,depth of s... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? If you just want to dip a toe in tube waters you could add a simple Tube Buffer.In a basic system such as yours it would make an immediate & positive impact on the tone,imaging & staging,cost about $100.00 +-... | |
| What do you think of my upgrades? I'm running M30.1's in an acoustically treated room 14'x10'x8' with 18wpc.Triode Strapped KT88 tube amp & have NEVER had more realistic sound in my home..IMO you just don't need big power unless you listen LOUD most of the time you listen...I ... |