fsonicsmith
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| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Once again mijostyn shows his bon ami. As to Rolexes, they are both a cliche' and a marvel to behold. The steel versions (which in the hobby are ironically known as "tool watches") are made from harder steel than any other mass produced watch. A... | |
| Best Isolation Device for Speakers? In my very humble opinion (I in no way claim to be right), I think most of you have ignored the facts that; 1) Speaker designs differ-the best place to start is to confer with the designer when possible. For example, John Devore does not recommen... | |
| DIY TT rauliruegas is an absolute contradiction in terms. He revels in ancient cartridge designs and then he cow-tows to some pundit of shorter arms on the basis of technological theory. Just as measurements and specifications will not tell you how muc... | |
| From Benz to? How does someone shell out $5,000 for a cartridge and not notice how it is spelled. Windfeld is the last name of a guy named Per Windfeld who was an important guy at Ortofon | |
| From Benz to? After starting out with two Benz Glider SL's and then trying many different cartridge "houses" I ended up with a VdH Crimson Strad and a Lyra Etna Lamda. The Lyra is my favorite but I love the VdH too. I own a slew of Ortofons. I find them a bit b... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? @cleeds & other Aurender N100H folks: I have had similar troubles, although to date Ari has got me back & running. Question: knowing this will be just a temporary component on my digital side, WITH WHAT DID YOU REPLACE the N100H? I have... | |
| SW1X Audio Design DAC III balanced S I have the DAC III Balanced. Bought it through Joe Cohen, and I am therefore an original owner. I would add more comment but with your total absence of posting history coupled with the nature of your first post I will abstain, thank you. | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? I haven’t heard them nor am I apt too. I haven’t heard Border Patrol either nor am I apt too. I could use DSP and EQ the crap out of them so perhaps awful is to strong a word, maybe extremely nonlinear is what I should have said. Mind blowing.... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? or those awful Volti's. This is what makes talking about this hobby rather than just listening to our systems so fun-divergent opinions. I don't own Voltis or AN's, but do own a pair of O/93's. I very much like my O/93's but don't love them. ... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? One day when the virus contagion is under control there will be these events called "audio shows" again. I highly recommend Axpona. It gives all of us the opportunity to hear the range of moderate to cost-no-object systems. Many times the extremel... | |
| LSA 20 Statement Speakers I have reached a certain point in my audio life where I won’t put up with shortcuts or manufacturer-opted compromises. At least no more than I have to put up with. If you look at my profile you will see signs of that. I have since added two headph... | |
| LSA 20 Statement Speakers I've said this before in another similar thread. Somewhere in China there is a factory that cranks out hundreds of thousands of these curved enclosures and anyone who orders a sufficient minimum quantity can customs-spec the cut-outs. Baltic ... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs @melm Great post. The main intent of my post is to point out that optimum DAC design is osteopathic and not allopathic. Treat the system and not the symptom. And I say this as a lawyer who sees only MD's as doctors. | |
| AKM makes the best DACs Funny [to me] that Chord gets mentioned because imho Chord is a company that in Ahab fashion focuses so much attention upon the DA chipset at the expense of many of the other things that matter like the input and output stages. A good DAC should b... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs To simply say what others have said differently, your statement is tantamount to stating "The GE 9X jet engine makes the best jet plane". I try my best to resist the "what I have is best" tendency so often demonstrated on this Board and all audio ... |