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Jazz for aficionados
Ok rok, you are taking some historical observations and trying to twist my words. Please dont. The history of the blues is easy to trace but difficult to categorize. There can be little objective doubt that the blues was a manifestation of the uni... 
Jazz for aficionados
Rok,No offense intended but your version of history is unfortunately incomplete. To say the blues was about some people entertaining others is to ignore its genesis from slavery forward. Reconstruction for many was actually worse for a large porti... 
Jazz for aficionados
Everyone always pines for the good old days, looking back with a selective memory. Now I like the jazz masters as much as anyone can, I don't canonize their music as perfection. Some was masterful, others, well. Parker was a genius but some of his... 
Replacement parts for KEF Reference Series Model 2
How fortunate that you just happened by Lefty. Congrats on your first post! Geez. 
market value of my gears
Since this is your first post, we need your country of origin and the voltage of the equipment. If you happen to be located in Nigeria, were you able to get assistance with that $15 million bank account you offered me half of a while back? What is... 
Is the ''entry level'' DAC becoming extinct ?
Mitch, no worries and no ouch intended.I remember looking 10 years ago at Wadia 861se and Cary 306-200 cd players thinking that they were future proof with all of those inputs. Of course neither had usb inputs, no one did.The Wadia was pretty spec... 
Is the ''entry level'' DAC becoming extinct ?
"The introduction of the new Audio Research CD9 cd player that includes a high-end dac with access to use other digital sources will probably start a trend for higher end dacs to be included on the majority of high end cd players and other digital... 
Audio Equipment... the word Cool... and Life
I find that people who ruminate and analyze what is and isn't cool are typically challenged in that department although, I must confess, I have never given it any thought! ;) 
The best of the DACs
First of all, you have a TERRIFIC vinyl setup with the VPI so I have no doubt that your vinyl sounds the same or better than your digital setup, depending on the recording. Second, your digital setup is no slouch either with the Ayre player, a fin... 
Deliciously musical...Mytek DSD 192 DAC
The Mytek is in another league....if you want to want the NAD, don't compare them because the Mytek is clearly superior. I have spent some time with the Mytek and have owned some terrific DACs. The Mytek can be favorably compared with Berkeley, AR... 
What tubes fro my el84 amp?
NOS Mullards are the gold standard with Tung Sols an excellent alternative. 
The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio
Rok2id, I agree with you, if the article had not featured someone I know to be the antithesis of those traits, I would have just chuckled and moved along. Fortunately, I know Gideon has immense character and his ethics are beyond reproach. 
The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio
Again, I'm saddened that the attacks on high end audio don't just come from those who don't any better, but from some within the hobby who should.I can agree that to many people, higher priced merchandise of any consumer category may not make sens... 
The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio
OK, I'm going to interupt the piling on for a moment to say that I have made a couple of purchases from Gideon Schwartz and Audio Arts In New York. Even though I live on the opposite coast, he has provided to me tremendous advice and has been very... 
Playback mpd3
Whatever. We can agree to disagree.I stand by my opinion that there is absolutely no way that EMM would have shipped product WITHOUT an agreement. I have no problem believing that and you have to admit that to be the truth! To deny that is to stat...