hifiman5
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| Am I an Audiophile, a music lover-or both? @whart Right you are! My latest music purchase was a Chandos SACD of Szymanowski's symphonic works. Up till the arrival of this disc a few days ago, I had never heard any of his works. But I want to keep stretching the eclectic nature of what ... | |
| Power Conditioner Advice please... @soma70 I look forward to hearing about your experience with the Dectet. What power cords did you order? | |
| Best PLace To Buy Chinese Tubes? I would suggest going to the link below and buy two matched pairs. I have never been disappointed by any tubes sourced from Cryoset. I have tried Psvanes in the not to distant past but they got noisy after a half year or so in circuit.http://www... | |
| Am I an Audiophile, a music lover-or both? I'm wondering as I read this discussion how many of us have listened to a particular recording and been unimpressed by it only to listen to the exact same recording another time and really enjoy it?I had a rather dramatic example of this recently ... | |
| Opening a can of worms @twoleftears To follow up on your point, another way of looking at the "sweet spot" is expressed as "the law of diminishing returns." Finding equipment that is in line with your budget that gets you the maximum sonic performance for the amount o... | |
| Opening a can of worms @czarivey That must be tough to quantify. 😋 | |
| Ayre KX-R or PS Audio BHK Pre That being the case I would hesitate to invest in "old tech." especially when the manufacturer trumpets the remarkable improvements of the new model. I believe if you reach out to PS Audio they would arrange for an in home audition of a BHK. | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? There is no "most important cable" in anyone's system. Every cable in your system contributes to the resultant sound. If you doubt that, take a quality cable you currently use and replace it with the stock throw- away cables that come free in th... | |
| Opening a can of worms If there is not a difference in the sound of various brands/prices of cables, then why wouldn't we all just use the cheap stuff and invest more in music? One reason would be the "snooty" factor of liking the "idea" of having the high price spread... | |
| Ayre KX-R or PS Audio BHK Pre Is the demo unit a KXR Twenty? According to Ayres the Twenty is a significantly improved version of the KXR. | |
| What do you consider the most musical speakers—$15000 & under Agree with ctsooner's last sentence above. As a long time Vandy owner, I had never considered the virtues of the Model 1 until I heard them properly set up, fed by top notch electronics. They sounded fantastic! | |
| Another question about bi wiring @james_edward Sorry for upsetting you. The above post should read " Another solution to consider is having another set of binding posts installed on the back of your amp. Did that years ago and never regretted it. | |
| Another question about bi wiring Another solution to consider is having another set of binding posts installed not he back of your amp. Did that years ago and never regretted it. | |
| Speaker Placement - When it's perfect! @soma70 That’s a great idea! I use an SACD of Clark Terry’s "Portraits" album. The trumpet images outside the right speaker with good setup and the piano images outside the left speaker. If I’m not hearing that I know I’m not there yet. | |
| Switch preamp? @scott_w Your statement against using tube amps with Electrostatic transducers is not true in all circumstances. The best Martin Logan experience I have ever had was listening to a pair of Montis driven by a top notch all tube Audio Research am... |