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| Happy Scale 40 years ago my friends thought my system was so cool. SAE amp and pre-amp, Micro Seiki TT , ESS Heil speakers,reel-to-reel. Now when people see my current system (Schiit Vidar amp, OPPO cdp, Maggie LRS speakers) they think it's funny and make com... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Radio Paradise on net radio. They play a lot of good stuff that I've never heard before | |
| Why Does CD Sound So Good? I think modern (last ten years) CD players and dacs are essentially audibly perfect. Only problem, as always, is the sometimes very poor quality of the recording and mastering that created the CD. I have some CD's that were recorded at such a high... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Brand new LP of "Clapton Unplugged". This is the album that’s got me wondering how vinyl can sound this good. I don’t get it. I usually listen to CD or stream music because I don’t always feel like doing the hassle of vinyl. But this LP has better... | |
| Tune of the Day so this has nothing to do with anything but I live in Crystal Lake Illinois and right now they're tearing down A.J. Freunds house. He was the little boy who was beaten to death by his parents. Just drove by there and there's helicopters and news t... | |
| Schiit not that Good? The O.P. doesn't know what he's hearing and he doesn't know what he's talking about. Whatever his reason is for claiming the schiit vidar failed the comparison it wasn't because the schiit amp wasn't as good.There are ten other more plausible reas... | |
| Tune of the Day For an interesting read on wikipedia look up "Ode to Billie Joe". And I had no idea Bobby Gentry was so beautiful. | |
| Speakers that reveal bad recordings? Not for me. audiophiles don’t listen to music with their equipment, they listen to their equipment with music. The more obsessed I became with gear and sound quality the less, I found, I was enjoying the music. I love the stones and the beatles but most of th... | |
| So What Is Real? This is what I love about high-end audio. Facts count for nothing. Science counts for nothing. If you imagine you hear something, then it must be true. Wires have "sound quality". Raise them off the floor and they have even more sound quality. T... | |
| My system is where I want it be and it sounds awesome... O.P. ; same here. Oppo 203, Schiit Vidar amp, magnepan LRS speakers. I too am finished. I'm using a Yammy Aventage AVR as a pre for home theater and streaming purposes but since I'm in the "pre-amps do not have sound quality" camp I'm good with th... | |
| Pure Class A SS vs Tube Amp My Schiit Vidar amp (according to what I read about it) is class A/B and it's supposed to be class A at lower volume levels and switches to AB at higher volume so if most of your listening is at lower volume I don't think you need a class A amp. I... | |
| It looks like a debate to me. Remarkable how brave we become when we're hiding behind the internet. A lot like how every dork who gets on a Harley suddenly becomes cool. | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? Don't pay for something like that. Make your own cable risers.There is no objective empirical reason why they should not work just as well as the expensive synergistic product. You will be just as able to believe they made an important difference... | |
| Help to chose acoustic O.P.; if low distortion is what you’re after forget dynamic speakers in wooden boxes. Get either electrostatic or magnepan ribbon speakers. The detail, resolution, and transparency of the new Magnepan LRS speaker ($700/pair) blows away conventiona... | |
| Which Stands for Magnepan LRS (and other models): Mye, Magnariser, Sound Anchor, etc Also you can raise the LRS up about an inch off the floor using the supplied steel legs. Just get 4 washers and put them on the screws which hold the feet to the speaker then you can raise the speaker all the way in the slots on the feet. This put... |