gordon
Responses from gordon
| How rare is an audiophile I’ve never met one. And given that I think music has, in general, progressed over the years, disqualifies me as one, so that makes zero. | |
| Top two most important sound qualities Left and right. | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much @viridian My comment about internet sales was a general comment, and not a response to anything you posted. Sorry for the confusion. | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much @viridian the dealer frequently uses this forum to push product by respond to posts “I’m considered A,B,C” with I have X for sale.” Not cool, IMHO. To the argument that the dealer is protecting himself from someone auditioning a something, and th... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much According to his website, Brian @ Whetstone Audio in Austin is a Brinkmann dealer. I had a great experience dealing with him in the past. He’s the polar opposite of the Covina dealer. | |
| SME 20/2 Tonearm Ground Wire: Where in the table should be connected? Which version of the power supply do you have? V1 is a rectangular box with a rotary dial, V2 has a beveled part with push buttons. I have V2, and there is no grounding wire from the power supply to the table. There is a grounding wire from the j... | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? @jpan , @audphile1 Thanks for your feedback. | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? Does GIK really do an assessment of your listening environment? I modeled my room on their site, uploaded photos of my room, and uploaded REW measurements. All I got was a generic response that did not include anything related to the specifics o... | |
| Linn Kans Mine start with 042, and are from 92-93. | |
| Buying Pet Peeve - Pictures There’s a dealer advertising a pair of speaker here in which the ad has about 8 photos. One image of the actual speakers, and 7 stock photos of the same model in a completely different color. Audiogon auto selects an image for the listing, and it’... | |
| Rockport Orion @sounds_real_audio how could you have heard them several years ago? The are a recent release. Unless you’re referring to a speaker other than the Orion. | |
| Absolute Sound's "Reviews" They’re not reviews. They’re marketing material. | |
| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? @sfgak best thing I’ve read on this forum. If the creative juices are still flowing, how about one ala Charles Bukowski. | |
| Marten Parker Quintet and the Marten Parker Trio Diamond version...if you could choose ? @garebear I’ve never bought any thing from Paul Manos, but he helped me sell a pair of speakers by providing, free, a pair of jumpers i had lost. Stand up guy. | |
| Should I buy an SME 30/12A for 15K? @nferre66 Sorry, I guess my post was a bit cryptic. I meant that you suggested that he pick up the TT because it might be a scam: "If you decide to buy the SME, make arrangements to pick it up in person. You know what they say- if it seems to go... |