herman
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| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? I’d never pay for the Blue Book when HiFi shark can show me a very long history of item sales -- not what they *should* be priced at, but what historically they have sold for. That is simply incorrect. HiFi Shark searches the web for listings. ... | |
| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? ’reliable’ is as reliable as we choose to make it - that really makes no sense. It is only as reliable as the data and "we" have no choices in that Something could be sold out desperation, it could be sold as scrap, it could be pristine with ... | |
| If I wanted to make my own speaker cables, is this a good choice for wire? Canare Star-Quad Speaker Cable. https://www.markertek.com/product/4s11ft-bk/canare-4s11-star-quad-14awg-4-conductor-speaker-cable-black-per-foot terminate with some good quality ends as needed spending any more on cables is a waste of money. Th... | |
| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? The idea that the Audiogon Bluebook is "reliable" is hilarious | |
| Preamp gain vs. poweramp sensitivity So gain does make a sonic impact which is why buying a new preamp with more gain than you had before will sound different for sure and most likely better. That is simply incorrect. More gain from that component may have improved the sound in y... | |
| My 30 Watt class A is louder than my 100 Watt Class AB? I’m assuming your preamp has a resistive volume control. If that’s the case. the "higher" the volume setting the less resistance. "Less resistance" where? You don’t know where the volume control (VC) is located. Is it the first device in the ... | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? @herman Wow! Nifty! Ever take SPL readings (with the 300B amp)? no, it can go louder than I would ever play it so all good there Have you measured how loud you normally listen? What makes you think you need 80 watts? What kind of music do ... | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? dweller 3,454 posts 01-13-2023 at 10:17am @herman What speakers are you using with your 300B? I have Klipsch Forte 4 and having doubts that 300B would be loud enough. Thanks you can click my name and see my system | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? Benchmark AHB2. Reputed to be the quietest amp on the market. Around $3000 used. second this, have been using one for over a year. I like my 300B amp better but the best solid state I've had, and I've had a bunch They just went from $3000 to $... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions Consider the Merrill-Williams REAL. A number of dealers were using them to demo their equipment at AXPONA and it sounded very detailed and tuneful. You might also look at Clearaudio and Acoustic Signature. Dealers may have stock of the Merrill... | |
| Cartridge setup experts: Azimuth critique You can't optimally align a cartridge visually. You can get it close but you will never get it right... you need tools. The Wally way is one approach. I use Analog Magik. Can't believe I went all these years without it. bottom line, visually m... | |
| Stereophile Scamming Subscribers? Even though I agree that bitching about $20-30 a year is a waste of everyone’s time... I subscribed on Amazon for $9.74 a year with auto renewal. That is 81 cents an issue... That probably barely covers the postage | |
| Cables to settle brightness Herbs and spices should never be used to modify the flavor of a dish. You should always achieve the exact flavor you are aiming for through the choice and combination of the primary ingredients. If we are using food analogies we should use one... | |
| The Beatles Revolver To me it stinks of pandering to a generation that has limited attention span, doesn’t care about sound quality I’m going to venture a guess that you haven’t heard any of these remixes or you wouldn’t make such ill-informed statements. First, h... | |
| Cables to settle brightness I think you bring up a very importanr point. Ideally you want your components to sound perfect together before working on cable / interconnects. exactly. If you are trying to use cables as tone controls to dull it down then you need to back up ... |