hilde45
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| My list of tweaks and the verdict AJ, my (b) point was not that. Much more innocent, friendly. I’m only remembering that some of the tweaks I tried I only realized later were things I couldn’t have actually tested because of factors I hadn’t considered. It’s similar to those times... | |
| Tube amp/ pre amp. Your speaker is easy enough to drive that you have a some options under $1k, especially if you go used, which you should seriously consider. A lot depends on the qualities you're looking for in the sound and also the size and character of your roo... | |
| Is this still as important? +1 georgehifi | |
| Why audiophiles are different (explained with color) Discussions of the interdependence of language and perception goes back as far as the pre-Socratics. More recent, influential work was done by Sellars, who argued that the idea of a "given" (in other words, reality telling us how it must be interp... | |
| Greatest Audiogon Audiophiles ever and the GOAT OP, did I see you use the word "nous"? Are you a classicist or a philosopher? | |
| When A Lightening Strike Blows Your Power Company’s Transformer Off Its Utility Pole ……… OP, that's the best thread headline ever. | |
| Open Letter To REL, SVS, Hsu, etc., et al Agree. At the very least, their websites can link to test tracks to download and stream. | |
| My list of tweaks and the verdict aj523, I wonder if you made any observations:(a) about your own objectivity, viz a vis price paid vs. results? From what I can tell, you seem to be setting that aside, but what do you think about your own objectivity? (A hard question, but one we ... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again A reason to hang in there. | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy Couple of good recent comments about price to cost ratio and fetishistic nature of the hobby at times. I think the video guy and some others here are addressing the fact that some companies do offer lower markup for very good sound quality and tha... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy @jksec said,I really don’t understand the point for bashing any products based on they component value. If they sound bad then sure let us know, but estimating component value is completely useless. That’s an interesting take. Many comments I’ve r... | |
| Chick Corea Agreed. To lose him and Jarrett in a short span like this...huge. | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy Ok, well I feel quite satisfied that OCD is not worth taking very seriously. I also better understand the skepticism at my posting the video. I really thought he had more credibility than he does. You all have done a good job at showing me that, a... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy @glupson I’m not fishing for conflict. I’m seeking to see if others who know better than me can refute a video which is trying to do that. I am looking for refutations or affirmations of the claim in the video because I literally do not know if it... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy I take it that those defending the uber expensive streamers and the multi-times markup are asserting that the answer to this question -- "Are there any streamers or servers out there that are way overpriced for what you get?" -- is "no" because of... |