gbmcleod
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| 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. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question If you hear static when playing music, get some static spray. I clean my equipment - especially in the dry, winter months - with Nordost's ECO spray, but I bet a supermarket static spray for clothes might be a decent alternative. Winter's dry he... | |
| Townshend maximum super tweeters that they sell on Audiogon Yes. I owned them around 15 years ago. Do you have a question about them? | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS Don't expect the speaker alone to be good at low listening levels. That is also a trait of your amplifier and preamp/linestage. If they do not BOTH have good low level abilities, it won't happen. Most electrostatics and ribbons fare pretty well a... | |
| Room setting: new amp or new speakers? Since the amp is the weak link, the smartest move is to get a new amp so you can hear what your speakers sound like with an amp that can lift them to the skies! You should hear the speakers at their BEST before thinking of getting rid of them. At ... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. @devinplombier 10 pairs of WAMMs were sold in the ‘80s, if I am recalling Dave correctly. And most of those in the VERY early ‘80s. | |
| Is more amp power always better...? Late again, but some thoughts. Never buy just "watts." All watts are not equal. I would want something with good wattage, outstanding ability to deliver current, and the amp is not ’cool-sounding’ or ’warm-sounding.’ I’d want musc to sound like w... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question I have a Hana ML, which I've had for a few years and used in OL Silver and now The Encounter, loaded - as always - at 47k (well, unloaded). And it sounds fantastic. | |
| Origin Live Silver Mk4 tonearm install issues That's odd. When I emailed them last year, they responded within 3 days. Maybe someone got sick, but it's unusual for them to be so lax about responding. I've had their products for 20 years and have had questions, which they answered. | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? Cables do not sound the same to my ears, or else every cable would make a Yamaha and Gemeinhardt flute sound the same tonally. They sound quite different on MIT’s cable than they do on Transparent, Nordost, or Shunyata cables. Who knew??? Please ... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. @glennewdick The WATTS are 40 years old. They came out in 1984. |