hilde45
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| Best €2500 sub purely for music? Rythmik subs give you adjustable phase which is critical for integration. They're under the radar for most folks but compete well with REL for value. | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? @esarhaddon If you join the CAS, you can visit the stores in Denver. Not only does the group visit private homes, they just went to Soundings, Aural HiFi, and most recently to another new store at 1431 Ogden specializing in tubes and efficient spe... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? @deone They were super nice: said there were no customers in store so there was no problem if I even listened to a system. They took me to a room (Ayre amplification; don't remember speakers) and played for me and also chatted for a while. Su... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? @esarhaddon You're right. Not all my experiences have been good and a couple stores you didn't mention were problematic. But -- whatever the gear -- I had good experiences at: Crescendo Audio Aural HiFi Gold Sound Soundings Salespeople cha... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? @esarhaddon We have different experiences of Metro Denver. The folks at Crescendo Audio were easy to deal with and have great gear (Ayre, Dynaudio, Elac, Wilson, Chord, Octave) as were the folks at Aural HiFi (Devore, Quicksilver, and lots of gr... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? @ghdprentice I understand the reaction of "moving on" if there is an attitude problem in a store. But given (a) the scarcity of audio stores and (b) the importance of hearing a system in person, many people don’t have the luxury of moving on, righ... | |
| Law Of Diminishing Returns? +1 @jjss49 Perhaps, OP, your rich buddy got rich because he mainly likes spending money, not seeking quality. | |
| Experience with Townshend Seismic Podiums on Concrete Floor (they're great) @laynes I didn't have any odor at all on mine. I agree with you about the "laugh out loud good" assessment. What I'm curious about now -- if anyone is still reading this -- is: QUESTION: Do you mass load (put a weight atop your speaker) in addi... | |
| The problem with PLC Kenjit triggers, forum responds. Repeat. | |
| Pass Labs XP32 or XP22? Anyone see this: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/pass-labs-xp-30-vs-ayre-kxr-pre?highlight=pass%2Blabs%2Bxp%2Bvs.%2Bayre and this: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/ayre-xk-r-vs-pass-lab-xp-20?highlight=pass%2Blabs%2Bxp%2Bvs.%2Bayr... | |
| Dac: Old vs New The phrase "significant improvement in sound" is too general. What sorts of improvements are you looking for? The next question is, How can you get those improvements most readily? A different DAC is not necessarily the answer. The most signifi... | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? All of the hifi industry i s based around the planned obsolescence model thesedays. "All", Kenjit? Stop hyperventilating in the forum, please. | |
| Thanks to Paul McGowan Unfortunately these guys are getting old, and they will eventually disappear, leaving the world with inferior alternatives. Do we know that the next generation is so inferior? My guess is that Paul himself would point at great engineers like D... | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? It's a crowded marketplace and grabbing attention is half the game. Whether they are thinking about the step beyond that is an open question. Do most people who buy audiophile equipment --and what gets counted, here? -- get hooked into a buying cy... | |
| Experience with Puritan Audio 136 Purifier Thank you for relaying your experience. I have heard very good reports about these products. I have also read reports from people saying they didn't hear much of a difference. Power conditions vary very widely -- in different regions, towns, h... |