hilde45
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| A light-hearted essay on loving music vs the audiophilia obsession https://medium.com/stories-of-color/my-audiophile-problem-1f24bd7fb48f | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? Is this the spectrum between the tubes and solid state: on one side is "neutral" and on the other side is "tubey"? Or is one end of the spectrum "analytical" and then "neutral" in the middle and "tubey" on the the other end?I’m also curious how pe... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? +1 @mozartfan 3rd note,,I've heard a tube amp intergrated retailed for $2100 back then, now like $3500+,, make music sound live in your room. FYI: Quicksilver Integrated is $1995, right now. | |
| Best bookshelf loudspeakers under 10,000 for the pair I am drawn toward smaller makers at prices somewhat closer to 2.5-5k. I recently reviewed the Fritz Carbon 7 SE Mk II and they sounded great; the Omega Super Alnico High Output Monitor looks interesting, and so do the Salk Exotica, Silk, SS series. | |
| High end units in the U.S. market that are not black? Belles Aria, PS Audio, Raven, Cary, Sugden... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? I'm new to tubes and people have said (in forum posts and in articles) that tube gear sounds like solid state depending upon *which tubes* are used. But the conversation above doesn't really talk about which tubes very much, and people are mention... | |
| What's the best integrated amp in the $1500-$2000 range? That is fantastic to know about! Never heard of Croft before but what a price point. Look out Schiit! | |
| What's the best integrated amp in the $1500-$2000 range? I cannot find info on the Croft — at least not a price and place to buy it.Belles Aria and Parasound Integrated (Hint 6? NewClassic 200?) would have to be used to fit in $1000 (desired) or the $1500-2000 (allowed) OP price range. I've seen all use... | |
| If Audiophiles care about sound, then why so few threads on acoustics Since time and effort is a commodity that many don’t have enough of, as several have pointed out, there is a need for some expert advice. The problem becomes that most expert advice is tied to sales of a particular solution. And there isn’t really... | |
| Power cable for REL sub -- modestly priced @ptrck If mine wasn’t class D, I’d probably be much more inclined to buy cords -- as I have with other gear. FWIW, nice new video on how to make a cable by Tarun A British Audiophile: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfVYfC6tmcc | |
| Schiit Freya+ vs. high end (e.g., Mcintosh) ? Schiit seems like a good deal. I considered it and thought about the 15 day trial -- and then both a shipping fee and 5% restocking fee if I returned it. In other words, about $100 to try it out. Not bad. Still, from what folks here have said, it ... | |
| RMAF 2020 is Cancelled Denialism and conspiracy theories is literally killing people. Stop it. www dot nytimes dot com/2020/05/20/us/coronavirus-distancing-deaths dot html | |
| Power cable for REL sub -- modestly priced @a_shah -- your post's style seems inspired by Gertrude Stein. Viz., "We are able to notice that each one in a way carried a bundle, they were not a trouble to them nor were they all bundles as some of them were chickens some of them pheasants som... | |
| What's the best integrated amp in the $1500-$2000 range? Another idea: Black Ice Audio Fusion F35 Integrated Amplifier.Integrated amplifer designed by Jim Fosgate. | |
| RMAF 2020 is Cancelled A group which has poured time and money into a show which has been going for so many years with so many stakeholders is incapable of a rational response...wow. |