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| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet I will say the same thing here that I just posted on AP. Let's take a simple look at history. Tyll Hertsens WAS InnerFidelity and once he was gone the website by that name died. Gone. Michael Lavorgna left Audio Stream (or was let go, can't ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE According to my retailer the upgrade cost has now risen to $3,500 plus shipping or you can trade in the Ref 6 and pay $6,500 plus shipping for a brand new Ref 6 SE or you can try selling your old unit and pay $18,000 with shipping included for a b... | |
| Hot Rats A year and half ago or so Dweezil did a Hot Rats tour and I was lucky enough to get third row seats in my hometown of Columbus OH. Amazing show and a great tribute to his father. He must have had eight band members including an amazing female voca... | |
| Cable Quality vs Customer Service I don't normally visit the Cable sub-forum but I have some experience with Analysis Plus. I am a HUGE fan of AP and love their Silver Apex for IC's and they made me a custom S/PDIF cable from Silver Apex that is simply amazing in my digital rig. W... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @fsonicsmith I just found out that my local rep for Clarus cables is also the rep for Gryphon. Unfortunately that is a Brick and Mortar brand only and doesn’t fit with my business model. Love the products though. I think you mis-read my comment... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Verdant, if you look at Michael Fremer's current "Associated Equipment" list, e.g. in his review of the Gryphon Commander Preamp, you will see he is using a SW1X LPUIII in his rotation of phono pre's. That company makes a model of DAC called the D... | |
| New John Doe on vinyl I saw him play with the Sadies too and it was one of my all-time favorite shows. It was a tiny shite hole bar and we all stood around them in a circle as they played at floor level in a circle of their own surrounded by our concentric circle and i... | |
| Aurender Conductor App Do you have a large house? I had similar problems once. It turned out that my ethernet cable connected to my Aurender needed to have a slaved router in my basement and that router had died. My main router, upsstairs, simply was not "talking" to th... | |
| Warm Tube Amp(s) to Tame Hyper-Accurate Speakers? jwpstayman nailed my first thought exactly. What SC’s are you using? I bought D7.2’s soon after they came out replacing the former D7’s and in my well treated dedicated listening room with all tubed gear they have never sounded bright per se to... | |
| Why are people paying these stupid tube prices? facten 2,141 posts 05-25-2022 at 08:45am TubeDepot isn’t presently selling the TS KT150 - look at the specific page I may be wrong but I don’t think Psvane or Linlai make KT150s The New Sensor factory owned by fuzz-pedal inventor and ma... | |
| Why are people paying these stupid tube prices? I had a great conversation with John at Tube Store today and bought two KT150's at $139 each after my back-up stash of eight KT 150's purchased three years ago from another source turned out to contain one cracked tube (lesson learned-open the box... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons A provisional update :-), the Ref 80S is sounding fine. Very fine. I am at 65 hours so I have a ways to go and the route was fairly choppy along the way. Never terrible but often just so-so and primarily lacking in bass snap. Today, Steely Dan's "... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? I agree that on first blush the post seemed silly and yet it grows upon one with further thought. Anyone who reads my posts would notice that for some weird reason I am hung up on the divergent personalities that make up the staff of Stereophile. ... | |
| Balanced versus single ended I humbly submit that it really depends on the design of the preamp and amp. But that is just from my own experience and without any engineering background. It always surprises me that so many reviewers claim that SE is just as good, and how many r... | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat @atmasphere Ralph, the two or three times I have disagreed with you, you have been so freaking nice! I vow to not disagree with you any more. If you were to declare the Earth flat I would let it go. Seriously. If I disagree with you again I will... |