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| Most enduring audio purchase I get 'The Nervosa' from time to time, but whether it's just because speakers are a pain in the balls to sell, move & change or it's even harder to find the right speaker, I find it's the speakers that last longest, followed by amps.It takes m... | |
| What was your most disappointing album purchase? I was talking about this online with friends recently. Back in the day when we used to really pay for music, not have entire catalogues available at a click, you'd wait for NEW Bowie or Led Zep or Elvis stuff to come out and listen to an album sid... | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. Autographs, musical & historical.Elvis owned items, Billie Holiday items, select baseball stuff. Beyond that, age spots like the rest of us. | |
| What would you do if items from Ebay had beenlost? This happened for me with a Krell preamp in December. You think, 'oh I paid by Paypal, I'm covered'- bulls**t.UPS said they dropped it (didn't get the signature they were supposed to) and that's all Paypal needed. With nothing else, they found for... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object is there a best wine, a best movie, a best restaurant, a best wife ?For short term leases, I continue to see ’best wives’ every now & again. | |
| Audio discounts during Coronavirus Haven't seen these elusive 'sales' on much anything myself. | |
| Pure Class A amps above 100 Watts? I agree with 8th Note. If you can't build a sublime, balls to the wall system around a Krell KSA300 amp, there's something you're doing wrong. Save some money, fine tune with your preamp and build with your ears. | |
| Calling all Vandersteen Fans The 2's will be fine with both your room and a hundred wpc.I had an extremely fine sounding Krell KST100 & 2Ci set up in the 90's. I didn't want for highs, sparkle, soundstage, depth, extension or volume. In fact, I had the 2Ci tweeter control... | |
| "You cannot handle the truth" And in this day & age of the brick & morter disappearance, the audio salons where you can see, touch, feel & hear just aren't there anymore, so many of us buy these expensive items *we're only reading about* (see my credit card stateme... | |
| "You cannot handle the truth" And, I can't even begin to remember how many magnificent pieces of stereo equipment I've sold over the years looking to move on to the next thing. There's no Rhyme or Reason to it. It's Audio Nervosa. | |
| "You cannot handle the truth" Sometimes, you just bought something you don't like. You read all the reviews and it's the 'greatest HiFi item ever', 'best for the money', 'giant-killer', etc etc, and it sucks right out of the box. That's how this hobby works. Someone takes the ... | |
| Can one ever be "done" in this hobby? I do envy those nice normal people who find a good set-up and just enjoy their records for the next 10-20 years.I've been able to squeeze two + years out of one very good rig.Speakers have been the longest lasting components in my house at four ye... | |
| Considering switching to Tubes I don't get all this 'B&W- no good with tubes' nonsense.Your 805's will flourish with a nice tube preamp. They're fine speakers that will sing in many systems. While the Rotel amp isn't the last word in sonics, it'll do just fine with a good, ... | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." 'three easy payments' offered...and Elvis didn't place an emphasis on looks and theatrics and sexuality instead of quality music? Did he not rip off black people's music for the most part and monetize their craft at a level they could never have ... | |
| Some components too old now? If money is constrained I would highly recommend yo listen to Schiit. That's the problem. The Schiit is plentiful. We need upgrades! :)I have to applaud the music loving OP and a couple of other posters for getting a system you love and just...*lo... |