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| Townshend Audio Seismic Podiums Review @johnread57 Having twice moved into homes where I picked the basement for my listening room, I found that, right off the bat, music sounded better on the concrete basement floor than on suspended wood floors, even one room where I built as ASC W... | |
| The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!! I used to say that older music had melody and newer music does not (for the most part). So we used to be able to hum a tune. That changed around 1984 or so, when music became more technology based. They used a drum machine, keyboard and guitar. Le... | |
| Speaker cables with good timbre @audiogabby If you want to test out cables, the Cable Company has a lending library. I use it just to hear other manufacturer’s designs, or, if Shunyata comes out with a new design, I can listen to it. They do charge for that (I think 5% of the ... | |
| Furutech Flux50 NCF shoutout I found, over the years, that Furutech accentuates the leading edge at the expense of the "body" of an instrument, giving a "cool-ish" flavor to the sound of components. Harmonic richness is not something that the Furutech endows its products with... | |
| Origin Live Silver Mk4 tonearm install issues I’m glad they did, so you can get everything sorted out. Did they offer any explanation about the tonearm movement? The bases for the OL Silver haven’t changed in the past 20 years. I had a Mk 1 Silver, sold it and got a Mk II. And I still have a... | |
| Townshend maximum super tweeters that they sell on Audiogon My error. I owned the Elac ribbon tweeter. I only evaluated the Townshend. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Okay. Have you had any luck with the suggestions from the board? | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Merry Clayton in ’Gimme Shelter’ when she wails "Rape, Murder/it’s just a shot away, it’s just a shot away." Her vocals MADE this song legendary in rock annals. | |
| Pass X150.5 or Odyssey Stratos monos? I love Odyssey amplifiers. I owned a Khartago years ago. A GREAT little amp!! | |
| Class A\B or D for summer months (vs Class A) I had a Benchmark DAC back in 2007. I found Benchmark to be extremely clean and clear, but a bit sterile. Voices in real life never sounded as "clinical" as they did thru the Benchmark. So, the OP's concerns might be justified. I admired it, but ... | |
| Bluesound Node versions SQ @soix I’m sure you’ve heard the (TRUE) story of Bill Johnson, the founder of Audio Research, being accosted by an engineer back in 1972 for introducing tubes back into audio when transistors had just shown - by Golly! - that tubes were antiquate... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Try to find an ASR Emitter 1 Basic, the Rolls Royce of integrateds. Solid state but actually is as liquid as tubes, with solid state bass and excellent highs. AND, it does both macrodynamics and microdynamics exceptionally well. Imaging is spectac... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? I never stopped. I'm from the old, old, OLD school. Never stopped playing my records, and, once digital sound reached a certain level, and I got a CD player, then my digital library started. I never throw away records or photographs. They're memor... | |
| Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables? The Kimber cable was bright?!?!? Was the cable new and perhaps you did not allow enough break in? Kimber is not bright. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question @atmasphere Ralph, I just want to thank you for all your input, especially around cartridge loading. There is so much wrong information floating around. |