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| The guru on fuses: You don’t have to agree with all of it, but if it truly offends you, please seek help. Sorry to disappoint, but anyone that keeps posting about fuses and their sound quality advantages and directionality differences, is the one that really "Needs ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Last night, Roger Waters "Amused to Death" When you want to be blown away, even without any aids.This is the "Gone with the Wind" of music CD’sThe 1994 Sony Gold Master Sound "Super Bit Mapping" version, even better than the others, which are stil... | |
| The guru on fuses: The high end fuse has been progressing and selling not everyone has a tin ear and and yes they can take well over 100 hours to fully settle in .that’s my opinion How on earth can anyone say, "they take 100 hours to settle in", was a recordin... | |
| The guru on fuses: Anyways, time to feed the chickens.. Yeah give’em a fuse also , "maybe" then they’ll **** out directional eggs also!No "snake oil" fuse threads for weeks on end, then suddenly two new fuse threads within a couple of hours.These guys are behind it,... | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? https://ibb.co/9T0S9Gn | |
| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening You want your subs to be the deepest, tightest and driest they can be, the last thing you want is an amp driving another amp, that’s just wrong and gives one note bass, that’s why line level drive the best for them. The last thing you would want i... | |
| Does it annoy you when companies don't show the internals of electronics ? Classic point to point are the last two pics.Cheers George | |
| Does it annoy you when companies don't show the internals of electronics ? A neat layout and wiring doesn't always add up to good sound or even reliability, It certainly adds up to a consistent sound quality, from unit to unit..https://ibb.co/nsvpQJGsometimes it even causes hum and noise problems. The opposite is true ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Linda Ronstadt "Simple dreams" stunning sound on todays R2R dacs, the 1987 uncompressed PCM Elecktra CD release. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Linda+Ronstadt&album=Simple+DreamsCheers George | |
| Pass labs INT60 or INT250 with JBL 4367? Pass labs INT60 or INT250 with JBL 4367? The JBL’s at 94db and 6ohms average, the INT60 will be fine.As the INT60 Stereophile tested is actually 80w into 8ohm and 125w into 4ohms so into your JBL's 6ohms will be plenty, at around >100w.https://... | |
| Why wont speaker companies publish their measurements? The measurements are meaningless unless everybody does 'em. What speakers are they? Usually they are meaningless to those that can't comprehend them, and they serve to tell one what amp/s would go well with them as well. Cheers George | |
| Why wont speaker companies publish their measurements? Why wont speaker companies publish their measurements? If your talking about the in depth detail that Stereophile go into when they measure speakers, it's because most don't have that kind of expensive measuring equipment/room, just the basics.... | |
| Streamer with R2R DAC Be an interesting shootout, the Soekris Dac-541 at $1400 vs the La Voce s3 at $4750.I know the Soekris has a very good volume control so you can go direct, but couldn't find if the La Voce has one. And that a big difference for me, as going direct... | |
| Looking for a tube Preamp new or used for under $2000... Matt, if you can solder, have patience, identify components and are not a "glitz queen", then this Japanese TU-8500 is a killer tube preamp for only $550!!!!. MM & MC phono inputs, high or low switchable preamp gain. Better than probably anyth... | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? What did your system look like 30 years ago? More like 40 years ago, an older school version of what I have now.Accoustat 2 + 2’s then made into 1 + 1’s even better imaging with Kelly Decca ribbons from 12khz up and two Kef B1814’s in 12cu ft port... |